In Petipa's 1890 production of Sleeping Beauty, the Precious Stones Pas de Quatre included the Gold Fairy, Sapphire Fairy, Silver Fairy,...

If you aren't familiar with the fairy tale The Bluebird: "The characters Princess Florine and the Bluebird come from the famous French...

In 1988 (3 years prior to NYCB's full production), Merrill Ashley and Lindsay Fischer appeared in the grand pas de deux from Sleeping...

"In the original 1890 Mariinsky production, she was portrayed by the great Italian dancer Enrico Cecchetti. But Peter Martins, who...

"Ms. Nichols spotted intriguing similarities between the Lilac Fairy and Glinda, the Good Witch in The Wizard of Oz. 'There's some...

"Ms. Kistler found everything she needed to know about Aurora's sweet persona in Tschaikovsky's radiant score. 'You hear every feeling,...

Violette Verdy's thoughts on Firebird: “What I love about Firebird is the quality of entombed independence of that bird who has a...

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

(left & right) Suki Schorer in Donizetti Variations. Photo by Martha Swope, 1968. (center Suki Schorer and Balanchine in rehearsal for...

Merrill Ashley in Valse Fantaisie Photo by Martha Swope, 1977

“The leading dancer of the work follows the piano in the cadenza, but her cavalier also has his important part, as do the supporting...

Donizetti Variations was originally choreographed in 1960 as "Variations from Don Sebastian" with music by Gaetano Donizetti. Ten years...

“The novelty of the program was Violette Verdy making her debut, strangely enough, in George Balanchine’s 'Allegro Brillante.' One says...

Of Heather Watt's solo in Walpurgisnacht, Anna Kisselgoff wrote: “There was a breathtaking instant when she seemed suspended in slow...

Maria Tallchief on Allegro Brillante: “The ballet captivated me. The business of being lifted into the air in my flowing chiffon skirt...

“This is a dance ballet, pure and simple, to some pleasant music by Donizetti. It was originally produced as a part of “Salute to Italy,”...

"The Valse is so lovely. You feel beautiful."—Suki Schorer in Repertory in Review: 40 Years of the New York City Ballet The ballet Valse...

[50/50] One last bow for 2022! Allegra Kent on dancing Sugar Plum in 1964 for the first time on the larger New York State Theater stage,...

[49/50] Suzy Pilarre recently reached out to me to share her history with the Nutcracker: "In 1958, at 10 I was brought to SAB by Melissa...

[47/50] “Suki Schorer was a Dew Drop that had the lightness of a refracted sunbeam, and made the “Waltz of the Flowers” an enchanted...