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NYCB Vol. 15 No. 15 - La Valse
Patricia McBride and Nicholas Magallanes in La Valse. Photo by Fred Fehl, 1963. In 1919, Diaghilev requested that Maurice Ravel compose...

Lauryn Johnson
May 18


NYCB Vol. 15 No. 11 - Vienna Waltzes
“'I have a bit of Vienna in my bloodstream,’ Mr. Balanchine said in an interview during a lighting rehearsal some days ago. ‘I’m from the...

Lauryn Johnson
May 12


NYCB Vol. 15 No. 10 - Vienna Waltzes
"George Balanchine’s Vienna Waltzes was given for the first time this season, in one of its very best performances, Tuesday night by the...

Lauryn Johnson
May 11


NYCB Vol. 15 No. 2 - Ballo Della Regina
Merrill Ashley in Ballo della Regina. Photo by Martha Swope. “There was George Balanchine’s Ballo Della Regina, a 1978 work set to...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 23


DTH Vol. 1 No. 5 - Concerto Barocco
Rhonda Sampson, Sheniqua Nolan, Yvonne Hall, Roslyn Sampson, Joseph Wyatt, and Lydia Abarca [5/7] This week @dancetheatreofharlem ...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 16


NYCB Vol. 14 No. 18 - Tschaikovsky Pas de deux
This footage is from a 1970 TV Special “Ballet with Edward Villella” and shows he and Patricia McBride rehearsing Tschaikovksy Pas de...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 15


NYCB Vol. 14 No. 15 - Sylvia Pas de Deux
"George had been serious when he told me the ballet would be difficult. He had me doing everything – turns, balances, jumps, and...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 12


NYCB Vol. 14 No. 10 - Firebird
Maria Tallchief and Francisco Moncion. Photo by Martha Swope. New York Public Library “It was Maria Tallchief’s performance in...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 5


IIOD Podcast Vol. 2 No. 7 - Nancy Reynolds on Balanchine's Legacy
In this episode we speak with author and dance researcher Nancy Reynolds on her lifetime of work preserving the work of George...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 22


NYCB Vol. 13 No. 44 & 45 - Nutcracker
Photo by Martha Swope [44/50] Counting down 50 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Today we hear...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 31, 2024


NYCB Vol. 13 No. 39 - Nutcracker
Photo by Martha Swope [39/50] Counting down 50 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Today we hear...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 27, 2024


NYCB Vol. 13 No. 36 - Nutcracker
Photo by Martha Swope Counting down 50 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Today we hear about...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 25, 2024


NYCB Vol. 13 No. 25 - Nutcracker
[25/50] Counting down 50 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Today we hear from Sandra Jennings...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 18, 2024


NYCB Vol. 13. No. 14 - Nutcracker
[14/52] Counting down 52 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Today we hear from Kim Kokich who...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 8, 2024


NYCB Vol. 13 No. 11 & 12 - Nutcracker
[11/52] Counting down 52 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Today we hear from Suzy Pilarre, a...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 7, 2024


NYCB Vol. 13 No. 9 - Nutcracker
[9/52] Counting down 52 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Today we hear from Diana White, who...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 5, 2024


NYCB Vol. 13 No. 4 & 5 - Nutcracker
Counting down 52 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Continuing from Maria Calegari’s stories...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 1, 2024


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


IIOD Podcast Vol. 2 No. 5 - Delia Peters and Carol Rosegg on Martha Swope
In this week’s episode of Immortal Icons of Dance we focus on the legendary photographer of ballet and Broadway, Martha Swope, who helped...

Lauryn Johnson
Nov 21, 2024


NYCB Vol. 12 No. 8 - Mozartiana
Robert Maiorano wrote a book Balanchine’s Mozartiana: The Making of a Masterpiece in which he documented just that—the making of this...

Lauryn Johnson
Oct 12, 2024
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