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NYCB Vol. 9 No. 26 - Nutcracker
(26/50) I’m very inspired by all the family legacies in this company. I was able to find at least 10 instances of dancers whose children...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 15, 2023


NYCB Vol. 6 No. 33 - Sleeping Beauty
(left) Judith Fugate as Aurora in the Rose Adagio. Photo by Martha Swope, 1991. (right) Judith Fugate and Philip Neal. Photo by Martha...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 25, 2023


NYCB Vol. 5 No. 41 - Nutcracker
[41/50] “This was a Sugar Plum Fairy with both regal carriage and gentle, gracious manner, particularly in her interaction with the...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 26, 2022


NYCB Vol. 5 No. 12 - Nutcracker
[12/50] In 1985, Jean-Pierre Frohlich recalled his early years in The Nutcracker to author Ellen Switzer: "When I danced the Nutcracker...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 3, 2022


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 35 - The Four Seasons - Spring
I first saw Four Seasons during the Robbins 100 Festival in 2018. I have two favorite parts of this ballet, and the moment in the first...

Lauryn Johnson
May 19, 2022


NYCB Vol. 2 No. 8 - Walpurgisnacht Ballet
This afternoon, Walpurgisnacht is on. Walpurgisnacht is a ballet set to music from the opera “Faust”. The Balanchine Trust’s website says...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 5, 2022


Happy 118th Birthday, Balanchine
Happy Birthday Mr. B! Born January 22nd, 1904, today marks the 118th anniversary of Balanchine’s birth. I could go on and on about what I...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 22, 2022
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