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NYCB Vol. 16 No. 10 - Red Angels
To watch my 80-minute lecture on Red Angels, featuring demonstrations by Mira Nadon and violinist Mary Rowell, click here . Wendy Whelan....

Lauryn Johnson
Sep 30


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

Lauryn Johnson
Jul 30


NYCB Vol. 15 No. 7 - Suite of Dances
Photo by Paul Kolnik Robbins: “Misha Baryshnikov asked me for a new work for himself and I said very tentatively—well, I can try, but I...

Lauryn Johnson
May 6


NYCB Vol. 13 No. 47 & 48 - Nutcracker
Photo by David Michalek Counting down 50 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Today we hear from...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 3


NYCB Vol. 13 No. 46 - Nutcracker
Photo by Paul Kolnik [46/50] Counting down 50 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Today we hear...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 1


NYCB Vol. 13 No. 6 - Nutcracker
[6/52] Counting down 52 NYCB Nutcrackers this year with stories from NYCB dancers past and present! Today we hear from Sara Adams, a...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 3, 2024


SAB 90 - Andrei Kramarevsky
Who was Andrei Kramarevsky? “Dancing came from my family. My father was a ballet master; my mother was a dancer. All through my childhood...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 19, 2024


NYCB Vol. 9 No. 26 - Nutcracker
(26/50) I’m very inspired by all the family legacies in this company. I was able to find at least 10 instances of dancers whose children...

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 15, 2023


Vail Dance Festival Vol. 1 No. 3 - Red Angels
Ulysses Dove's ballet "Red Angels" had its premiere at NYCB in 1994. The next day, Anna Kisselgoff of the New York Times proclaimed that...

Lauryn Johnson
Jul 28, 2022


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 20 - Symphony in Three Movements
After watching the premiere of Symphony in Three Movements at the 1972 Stravinsky Festival, Nancy Goldner wrote: “As in all Balanchine...

Lauryn Johnson
May 6, 2022


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 5 - Goldberg Variations
By now, you know that I find the lineage of dance so important to study and honor. Dance is not a skill that can be learned by reading a...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 22, 2022
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