To end this week of Serenade exploration, conversation, and celebration, I wanted to leave you with some parting thoughts on the final...

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

(32/50) "Upon this costume of so little visible substance, Karinska dripped rhinestone dewdrops around the neck and hip. And with the...

Mimi Paul & Francisco Moncion in Emeralds. Photos by Fred Fehl, 1967. Harry Ransom Center In this video from the Foundation’s Video...

[44/50] Of Mimi Paul, Clive Barnes wrote: “Her musicality was precise and yet not so precise as to be ungracious, her manner was regal...

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

(11/12) Here are a few miscellaneous photos that didn’t fit a specific topic, but were too beautiful not to share. (top left) Kyra...

(1/4) The beauty of these photos gives me chills. Jerome Robbins working with two casts of dancers on Afternoon of a Faun in 1964. Edward...

Although Serenade’s meaning has been subject to endless speculation since it was created 87 years ago—Mr. B himself even giving...