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NYCB Vol. 13 No. 2 & 3 - Nutcracker
[2/52] Counting down 52 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Our next story come from former...

Lauryn Johnson
Nov 30, 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. 7 - Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet
Balanchine's Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet recieved lukewarm reviews when it premiered: "Naturally enough, there are moments--and already I...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 28, 2024


NYCB Vol. 10 No. 28 - Symphony in Three Movements
“Christopher d’Amboise and Wilhelmina Frankfurt were so extreme in their high jumps, with legs tucked under, that they seemed suspended...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 27, 2024


NYCB Vol. 6 No. 11 - Walpurgisnacht Ballet
Suzanne Farrell and Joseph Duell in Walpurgisnacht Photo by Costas from Balanchine: Celebrating a Life in Dance (affiliate link)

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 27, 2023


NYCB Vol. 4 No. 14 - Stravinsky Violin Concerto
"Lourdes Lopez and Joseph Duell moved through Aria II in a smooth flow of sensuousness and play that was compelling. Miss Lopez’s long...

Lauryn Johnson
Oct 2, 2022


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 33 - Piano Pieces
Piano Pieces was choreographed by Jerome Robbins for the Tchaikovsky Festival in 1981. Prior to that, Robbins had never presented...

Lauryn Johnson
May 18, 2022


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 3 - Serenade
Here are 5 of Balanchine’s Waltz Girls in the same arabesque. So interesting to see how the same choreography can still be so different....

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 21, 2022


NYCB Vol. 1 No. 32 & 33 - Nutcracker
Okay how cute is this: this is a dual post covering Nutcrackers 32 and 33. This post highlights brothers Joseph and Daniel Duell. (Duell...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 22, 2021


NYCB Vol. 1 No. 8 - Nutcracker
(8/50) Maria Calegari in The Nutcracker Photos by Martha Swope, 1985, 1985, 1982. NYPL

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 3, 2021
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