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NYCB Vol. 18 No. 1 - Symphony in C
"If there ever was any doubt that Balanchine was the greatest choreographer of our time, this doubt was dispelled when the curtain came down on his Symphony in C. Here is a classic ballet that will go down in history as the finest example of this thrilling art form. “Symphonic ballet at its greatest, it builds with ever-mounting force to a thrilling cli-max. The fifty dancers on the stage at the same time not only give exhilaration to the final movement of the ballet, but mak

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 21


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, 2025


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 5 & 6 - Dances at a Gathering
After being away from NYCB for a decade, working on various Broadway shows, Jerome Robbins returned home to the company after he received...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 27, 2024


NYCB Vol. 10 No. 23 - The Concert
Jerome Robbins: “The Concert goes back to my childhood when a musical piece was briefly explained to me as ‘butterflies,’ ‘raindrops’ and...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 21, 2024


NYCB Vol. 9 No. 30 - Nutcracker
(30/50) Sara Leland, Carol Sumner & Suki Schorer in Marzipan. Photo by Fred Fehl, 1960. Harry Ransom Center

Lauryn Johnson
Dec 17, 2023


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 7, 2022


NYCB Vol. 3 No. 2 - Goldberg Variations
“Jerome Robbins’ new ballet, Goldberg Variations, is a work of such amplitude and grandeur that it can make you fall in love with the...

Lauryn Johnson
Apr 20, 2022
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