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NYCB Vol. 4 No. 13 - Apollo
Balanchine choreographed Apollo in 1928 when he was just 25 years old. In 1951, he revived it and cast André Eglevsky (aged 34) as...

Lauryn Johnson
Sep 30, 2022


NYCB Vol. 4 No. 11 - Scotch Symphony
On Scotch Symphony Allegra Kent said, "There were theories—I was too sylphlike, not sylphlike enough; I was really a sylph, I was a girl...

Lauryn Johnson
Sep 29, 2022


NYCB Vol. 4 No. 10 - Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
I found photos of Eddie and Violette performing Tschai Pas at Jacob's Pillow in 1963. As it turns out, Eddie tells an anecdote about this...

Lauryn Johnson
Sep 28, 2022


Vail Dance Festival Vol. 1 No. 2 - Other Dances
A Robbins biographer, Amanda Vaill, wrote, "In its first movement the two partners indulge in a few folk-inflected gestures […] that seem...

Lauryn Johnson
Jul 27, 2022


Vail Dance Festival Vol. 1 No. 1 - Other Dances
Baryshnikov recalled the rehearsal process for Other Dances with Jerome Robbins: “He himself showed us everything; he moves beautifully,...

Lauryn Johnson
Jul 27, 2022


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 31 - Apollo
(6/6) “I think Apollo is the best role for a male dancer that has ever been choreographed, and I think it has more in it than any dancer...

Lauryn Johnson
May 14, 2022


Nutcracker Vol. 1 No. 4 - Maria Tallchief
(4/50) Maria Tallchief, Balanchine’s original Sugar Plum Fairy and “America’s First Prima Ballerina.”

Lauryn Johnson
Nov 28, 2021
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