Robert La Fosse, Magali Messac, Cynthia Gregory, Fernando Bujones, Martine van Hamel, and Clark Tippet. Photo by Martha Swope, 1983. "Twyla Tharp's Bach Partita is a pure-dance, plotless work. Focused on formal concerns that deal with structure in music and dance, it also explores a host of movement possibilities. [...] This is the conceptual Tharp at her most sophisticated and at her most elegant. Those who climbed aboard the Tharp bandwagon when she went into an overtly po

Merrill Ashley in Donizetti Variations. Photo by Martha Swope, 1979. Said one dancer of Donizetti Variations, ‘It’s like an endless...

Elisha C. Keeler Square dance calling was in Elisha’s blood. His father, Thaddeus Keeler, farmer, carpenter and sawyer, was a well known...

Nicholas Magallanes and Patricia Wilde. Photo by Martha Swope, 1957. "Last night at the City Center the New York City Ballet presented its first new work, and the hitherto sluggish young season came to life with a bang. The work in question was George Balanchine's "Square Dance" and it is a gem. "The set is just a bare hall such as usually houses square dancing, and on a dais sits a band of fiddlers in shirt-sleeves. Below them is caller (a famous one he is, named Elisha C. K

Violette Verdy and Conrad Ludlow. Photo by Martha Swope, 1960s. "Though the New York City Ballet's season at the City Center closes...

The Music and the Mirror: Five Cassies Celebrate Five Decades of A Chorus Line Donna McKechnie, Charlotte d’Amboise, Robyn Hurder,...

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

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...

[43/50] Counting down 50 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! My Christmas gift to you all is a...

[13/52] Counting down 52 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Today we hear from Viki Bromberg...

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...

This year Saratoga Performing Arts Center is celebrating the 50th anniversary of Balanchine’s “Coppélia,” which debuted here in Saratoga...

Back in August, I discovered several photos of a very young Suzy Pilarre in the corps of Serenade: Photos by Fred Fehl, 1964 Harry Ransom...

Below is the program note that accompanied Serenade at its second performance in December, 1934 performance in Hartford, CT: “Without an...

Suzanne Farrell wrote: “I was cast as one of four tall fairies in Titania's retinue; Diana Adams was Titania. One day while we were...

“It was in 1977, the City Ballet's first performance after a long orchestra strike. The audience booed the musicians as they took their...

"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...

Tzigane was the first ballet that Balanchine choreographed for Suzanne after she returned to NYCB. She wrote about the choreographic...

After being away from NYCB for a decade, working on various Broadway shows, Jerome Robbins returned home to the company after he received...

“For a quarter of a century, Milly [Melissa Hayden] and I danced together, guesting with other companies, doing concerts and...