“'I have a bit of Vienna in my bloodstream,’ Mr. Balanchine said in an interview during a lighting rehearsal some days ago. ‘I’m from the...

"George Balanchine’s Vienna Waltzes  was given for the first time this season, in one of its very best performances, Tuesday night by the...

Photo by Steven Caras “To many of her students, Danilova represented the elegant past of ballet; she was a true ballerina. Darci Kistler,...

Patricia McBride and Sean Lavery. Photo by Steve Caras “Sean Lavery’s partnering of a buoyant Patricia McBride in the Intermezzo [of...

Merrill Ashley, Sean Lavery and Mel Tomlinson. Photo by Martha Swope, 1982. Robbins’ “Concertino” was originally the third part of a...

On Robbins’ Other Dances: “The ballet needs a kind of innate eloquence to make its understated, folk-accented solos and partnering shine....

(47/50) Kay Mazzo and Sean Lavery. Photo by Martha Swope, 1977.

“In Apollo’s second variation, Balanchine hit on a startling image to convey that the god is conscious of his divinity. Twice Apollo...

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

Lourdes Lopez and Merrill Ashley in Concerto Barocco. Photo by Steven Caras, mid 1980s. (left) Heather Watts (R) & Sean Lavery. Photo by...

On Raymonda Variations, Balanchine wrote: "The music itself, its grand and generous manner, its joy and playfulness, was for me more than...

“Here they are, outstanding simply because they have been malleable to genius.” This is how Anna Kisselgoff, described Colleen Neary,...

Happy birthday to NYCB! On this day in 1948, New York City Ballet held its first performance which included Symphony in C! Tonight a...

Earlier, I shared that one of my favorite parts in this ballet is the 4 men in Spring. My other favorite part is the role of the Autumnal...

(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...

(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...

(6/10) Darci Kistler danced Odette in Balanchine’s Swan Lake for her SAB workshop performance in 1980 at 15 years old. At 16 she debuted...