Balanchine’s Sonatine premiered on the gala night of the Ravel Festival celebrating the 100th anniversary of the French composer’s birth....

Stephanie Saland. Photo by Paul Kolnik “In 1977, at the age of ninety, Karinska gave a magnificent farewell performance with her...

“'I have a bit of Vienna in my bloodstream,’ Mr. Balanchine said in an interview during a lighting rehearsal some days ago. ‘I’m from the...

"George Balanchine’s Vienna Waltzes  was given for the first time this season, in one of its very best performances, Tuesday night by the...

Men (L-R): Nicolas Magallanes, Jonathan Watts, ? Women(L-R): ?, Diana Adams, Melissa Hayden, Jillana, ? On Balanchine’s Divertimento No....

André Eglevsky and Maria Tallchief. Photo by Radford Bascome, 1954 “The chief novelty of the occasion was the first performance by Diana...

"Light, airy, surprising, George Balanchine's new Ballo della Regina is not a great ballet. It is merely terrific. There is such a...

Merrill Ashley in Ballo della Regina. Photo by Martha Swope. “There was George Balanchine’s Ballo Della Regina,  a 1978 work set to...

Peter Martins and Suzanne Farrell in Chaconne. Photo by Max Waldman. I’m so happy today begins NYCB’s Spring Season. Back to my daily...

Balanchine and Zorina on the set of "I Was an Adventuress" In 1940, during Balanchine’s “Hollywood Era” he choreographed a version of...

Photo by Steven Caras “To many of her students, Danilova represented the elegant past of ballet; she was a true ballerina. Darci Kistler,...

Rhonda Sampson, Sheniqua Nolan, Yvonne Hall, Roslyn Sampson, Joseph Wyatt, and Lydia Abarca [5/7] This week @dancetheatreofharlem ...

This footage is from a 1970 TV Special “Ballet with Edward Villella” and shows he and Patricia McBride rehearsing Tschaikovksy Pas de...

“In [the final] scene [of Firebird], the music swells to a glorious finish, but since there’s no movement, and all is still, it’s as if...

"George had been serious when he told me the ballet would be difficult. He had me doing everything – turns, balances, jumps, and...

"When we started the pas de deux, I felt secure. Standing up stage, I took an extra breath, and then made the flying leap into Frank’s...

Maria Tallchief on Scotch Symphony: “One effect in the adagio was inspired by the way goddesses, sylphs and fairies were made to fly...

Celebrating 100 Years of Maria Tallchief! In this 1959 footage originally posted by Kurt Froman, we see André Eglevsky and Maria...

“Balanchine’s Sylvia Pas de Deux was designed around Tallchief’s technical virtuosity. Although Nicholas Magallanes was her original...

Maria Tallchief and Francisco Moncion. Photo by Martha Swope. New York Public Library “It was Maria Tallchief’s performance in...