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NYCB Vol. 15 No. 8 - Glass Pieces
Robert Lyon. Photo by Costas, Arlene Croce: "In his latest work for New York City Ballet, Jerome Robbins uses a Glass score; he even uses...

Lauryn Johnson
May 7


NYCB Vol. 15 No. 7 - Suite of Dances
Photo by Paul Kolnik Robbins: “Misha Baryshnikov asked me for a new work for himself and I said very tentatively—well, I can try, but I...

Lauryn Johnson
May 6


NYCB Vol. 15 No. 3 - Glass Pieces
Bart Cook and Maria Calegari. Photo by Martha Swope, 1983 "Bart Cook and Maria Calegari were stunning as always as he central couple,...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 24


NYCB Vol. 14 No. 5 - Concertino
Merrill Ashley, Sean Lavery and Mel Tomlinson. Photo by Martha Swope, 1982. Robbins’ “Concertino” was originally the third part of a...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 30


NYCB Vol. 13 No. 37 - Nutcracker
[37/50] Counting down 50 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Today we hear a Jerome Robbins'...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 26, 2024


NYCB Vol. 12 No. 2 - Baiser de la Fée
Balanchine’s Divertimento from “Le Baiser de la Fée” Nancy Reynolds: “Balanchine’s gift for choreographing to the strength of his dancers...

Lauryn Johnson
Sep 18, 2024


NYCB Vol. 12 No. 1 - Glass Pieces
Today NYCB’s 2024-5 season opens and we are all glad to be back at the theater! Returning to the stage for opening night is Jerome...

Lauryn Johnson
Sep 17, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 25 - Philip Glass
This week at NYCB, the dancers had the honor of performing Jerome Robbins' Glass Pieces for the composer himself! He sat discreetly in...

Lauryn Johnson
May 18, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 24 - Glass Pieces
“The lights dimmed and dancers inched across the back of the stage while Bart Cook lifted Maria Calegari from side to side. Whereas the...

Lauryn Johnson
May 17, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 21 - Glass Pieces
Cast of Glass Pieces Photo by Martha Swope, 1988 New York Public Library “Glass Pieces is stunning, When it opens with 36 dancers in...

Lauryn Johnson
May 14, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 20 - Other Dances
"It seemed as if it would be a relatively ordinary night of repertory on Thursday evening when the New York City Ballet performed at the...

Lauryn Johnson
May 12, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 18 - Other Dances
On Robbins’ Other Dances: “The ballet needs a kind of innate eloquence to make its understated, folk-accented solos and partnering shine....

Lauryn Johnson
May 9, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 17 - Interplay
Edwin Denby wrote:“Robbins’ Interplay, once in Billy Rose's"Concert Varieties" and now a success in Ballet Theater's repertory, is of...

Lauryn Johnson
May 9, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 16 - Interplay
(L-R) Harold Lang, Tommy Rall, Janet Reed, Melissa Hayden [lifted], John Kriza [lifting], Muriel Bentley, Fernando Alonso, Roszika Sabo....

Lauryn Johnson
May 8, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 15 - Interplay
Jerome Robbins choreographed Interplay in 1945, not for ABT, but for Billy Rose's 'Concert Varieties.' "Stirred by dim memories of the...

Lauryn Johnson
May 7, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 9 - Dances at a Gathering
In an interview with Edwin Denby on Dances at a Gathering, Robbins said, “The second dance, for John Prinz and Allegra Kent, I call it...

Lauryn Johnson
May 1, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 5 & 6 - Dances at a Gathering
After being away from NYCB for a decade, working on various Broadway shows, Jerome Robbins returned home to the company after he received...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 27, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 4 - Dances at a Gathering
Dances at a Gathering opens with a solo for the Brown Boy who was originally danced by Edward Villella . Eddie wrote about this solo in...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 25, 2024


NYCB in London No. 4 - Rehearsals
“During the day we rehearsed both ballets [Serenade & Symphony in C], and it was painful. The Covent Garden stage took getting used to....

Lauryn Johnson
Mar 9, 2024


NYCB in London No. 1 - Covent Garden
This week NYCB takes London as part of its 75th anniversary season tour schedule! In 1950 and 1952, NYCB made two important trips to...

Lauryn Johnson
Mar 7, 2024
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