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Astray in Summer Dreams
Daniel Ulbricht as Puck in George Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Photo: Paul Kolnik If you can’t see a production of Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream in a woodland setting during a...
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See the Music
Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, keeping an eye on his creations George Balanchine once said that during his grueling years as a pupil in the Imperial St. Petersburg Theatrical School, he didn’t fall in love...
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Fair Winds from the West
Carla Körbes and Seth Orza of Pacific Northwest Ballet in Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette. Photo: Angela Sterling Lincoln Kirstein has written that while the New York State Theater (now the...
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All American
New York City Ballet, Lincoln Center, April 30 through June 9 Front, L to R: Brittany Pollack and Taylor Stanley, Sara Adams and Harrison Ball, Indiana Woodward and Peter Walker, Lauren Lovette and...
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Dancing Love and Love of Dancing
American Ballet Theatre’s new production of Frederick Ashton’s “A Month in the Country” on a program with Mark Morris’s “Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes” and George Balanchine’s “Symphony in C.”...
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A Lark Ascends
The revived Dance Theatre of Harlem performs at Jacob’s Pillow, June 19 through 23. Dance Theatre of Harlem in Robert Garland’s Return. Photo: Matthew Murphy If a repertory company starts its program...
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Jewels in the City’s Crown
The New York City Ballet performs Balanchine’s Jewels. The New York City Ballet in Balanchine’s three-part Jewels. Maria Kowroski and Tyler Angle lead the Diamonds portion. Photo: Paul Kolnik To see...
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Balanchine and Massine at American Ballet Theatre
ABT’s spring season at the Met offers two Balanchine ballets and one by Massine. Sarah Lane and Danil Simkin in George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations. Photo: Gene Schiavone In November, 1947, just...
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BalletBoyz® and Pacific Northwest Ballet
A company from London and one from Seattle visit NYC. Andrea Carruccio of BalletBoyz® aloft in Christopher Wheeldon’s Mesmerics. Photo: Yi-Chun Wu History often appears less as a straight line than a...
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Bracing Winds from Miami
Miami City Ballet bursts into Lincoln Center. Ashley Knox and Jovani Furlan of Miami City Ballet in George Balanchine’s Symphony in Three Movements. Photo: Sasha Iziaev Ten years ago this summer, Miami...
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New York City Ballet premieres a New Ratmansky Work
Alexei Ratmansky’s Odessa for New York City Ballet. Lifted (L to R): Tiler Peck, Sara Mearns, and Sterling Hyltin. Photo: Paul Kolnik. New York City Ballet’s 2017 Spring Gal is a testament to the...
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Excavate, Reassemble, Create
Netta Yerushalmy premieres her Paramodernities at Jacob’s Pillow Jeremy “Jae” Neal in Netta Yerushalmy’s Paramodernities #3: Revelations: The Afterlives of Slavery. Photo: Noor Eeman What? My name...
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Fashion and Dance Get Married
The New York City Ballet’s Fall Gala Lauren Lovette’s The Shaded Line. New York City Ballet’s Georgina Pazcoguin flanked by from left, Davide Riccardo, Mary Thomas MacKinnon, Gilbert Bolden, Unity...
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