Balanchine choreographed “Who Cares?” in 1970 to sixteen Gershwin tunes. “The real hero of the piece is a simple, good-natured,...

Mimi Paul in Symphony in C Photos by Martha Swope, 1964.

Baryshnikov recalled the rehearsal process for Other Dances with Jerome Robbins: “He himself showed us everything; he moves beautifully,...

(1/12) Twelve performances of A Midsummer Night’s Dream begins today! These first two posts feature photos from the original production...

When I watched this ballet in 2018, it was one of the first times I noticed the major importance of lighting. Jennifer Tipton’s lighting...

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...

Piano Pieces was choreographed by Jerome Robbins for the Tchaikovsky Festival in 1981. Prior to that, Robbins had never presented...

Balanchine on Stravinsky’s music: “What holds me, now and always, is the vitality in the substance of each measure. Each measure has its...

“In my opinion it is [Stravinsky’s]—it is our—most perfect work, representing a total collaboration between musician and choreographer.”...

(6/6) “I think Apollo is the best role for a male dancer that has ever been choreographed, and I think it has more in it than any dancer...

Duo Concertant was choreographed by Balanchine in 1972 for the Stravinsky Festival and it contains 5 movements. “To the first movement,...

“I don’t see why some people are so shocked by ‘The Cage’. If you observe closely you must realize that it is actually not more than the...

Tonight, Tiler Peck and Joseph Gordon will dance the Divertimento from Le Baiser de la Fée, originally danced by Patricia McBride and...

(3/6) Balanchine on the idea that his ballets are abstract: “No piece of music, no dance can in itself be abstract. You hear a physical...

(1/6) “Ballet began when Terpsichore touched Apollo’s finger, as on the Sistine ceiling God touches Adam’s, and inspired a pas de deux in...

Today I’m sharing some breathtaking photos of the original cast of Stravinsky Violin Concerto and I am struck by not just the beauty and...

(1/2) For the 1972 Stravinsky Festival, Balanchine and Robbins co-choreographed a production of Pulcinella which was admittedly...

After watching the premiere of Symphony in Three Movements at the 1972 Stravinsky Festival, Nancy Goldner wrote: “As in all Balanchine...

This season, Justin Peck’s Scherzo Fantastique is on stage, but 50 years ago Robbins choreographed to the same Stravinsky score. I...

Stravinsky’s Circus Polka had originally been composed in 1942 for the “Ballet of Elephants” that Balanchine choreographed for the circus...