On the opening night of Fancy Free: “[Harold] Lang’s bravura solo, in which he vaulted on and off the bar and ended one air turn in a...

Baryshnikov dancing the 2nd solo in Robbins’ Fancy Free. Photo by Martha Swope, 1979 Video from “Dance in America” dir. Emile Ardolino, 1981

The most unreal photos you've ever seen of Afternoon of a Faun. (In my opinion...) These photos began as 1-inch by 1-inch proofs with red...

“Every ballet, I believe, is individual. It sets up its own world, its own society and mores; it has its own life. The approach,...

Kyra Nichols on the kiss at the end of the ballet: “You don’t really touch your face, you just reach up and feel the heat of the kiss on...

When you watch Robbins' Afternoon of a Faun in the audience, you become aware that the opening of the proscenium is actually the mirrored...

"The first ballet I ever did on stage was in Paris, and it was Afternoon of a Faun, and I was 15 and didn't realize how extraordinary...

Jerome Robbins: "One should feel immediately that the three are good friends, used to bumming around together, used to each other’s...

“It is gentle in tone and fascinating in its nuances. What seems like a simple canon becomes movement repeated in a different direction...

An excerpt from the outline that Jerome Robbins wrote for Fancy Free circa 1943: “Three sailors explode onto the stage. They are out on...

"To get right to the point without any ifs, ands, or buts, Jerome Robbins’ ‘Fancy Free,’ which the American Ballet Theatre premiered last...

“Once while performing The Cage, I did not fasten my sleek black beetle like wig securely, and by mid-dance it was hanging near my ear. I...

We talked to Unity Phelan and Aaron Sans about their pas de deux in Robbins' "In the Night." Unity returns to the role while Aaron is...

We caught up with Tiler today as she prepares "Other Dances" for the stage tonight. LJ: Where did your journey with "Other Dances" begin?...

We caught up with artistic director Damian Woetzel today to talk about his experiences with the ballet "A Suite of Dances". LJ: How...

"A Suite of Dances" was Robbins' first choreographic work in 5 years, created at the prompting of Baryshnikov: "Listen, if at some point...

A series on Robbins’ “In the Night” with all the poetic descriptions authors and critics used to describe each of the 3 couples. —————...

A Robbins biographer, Amanda Vaill, wrote, "In its first movement the two partners indulge in a few folk-inflected gestures […] that seem...

Baryshnikov recalled the rehearsal process for Other Dances with Jerome Robbins: “He himself showed us everything; he moves beautifully,...

When I watched this ballet in 2018, it was one of the first times I noticed the major importance of lighting. Jennifer Tipton’s lighting...