At American Ballet Theater, the fall season is a chance to steer the company away from full-length works. With one exception, ...

‘The famous story is that [Balanchine] was walking down Fifth Avenue, saw the Van Cleef and Arpels boutique and in the window, there were rubies, diamonds and emeralds - to which he thought, wouldn't ...

After 58 years out of the repertory, Pithoprakta, pieced together from incomplete film recordings and Farrell’s memory, gives ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by City Ballet at 75 Balanchine didn’t think his ballets would last. But many have become classics, the cornerstone of repertory not just at City Ballet ...

In the ephemeral realm of dance, the longevity of his influence is unique and shows no signs of waning. It’s fitting that choreographer George Balanchine is experiencing a cultural moment around the ...

George Balanchine watching a dance rehearsal at a studio in New York City, 1960s. (Photo by Ernst Haas/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) Jennifer Homans is a dance historian and critic. Her first book, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "My goal," said Lincoln Jones, "is to create an experience today that has the depth of [the art of the past] but also the ...

“Nutcracker,” that ubiquitous Christmastide ballet even now readying to launch its annual conquest of American ballet audiences, was originally a magnificent Russian flop. It became an American—and ...

“Dance is a continuation. You cannot predict the signs of its evolution.” IN THE SPRING of ‘67, the great Russian-born American choreographer George Balanchine unveiled at the New York State Theatre ...

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Jennifer Homans’s excellent biography Mr B increases one’s awe at Balanchine's talent even as it exposes the dark corners of his psyche Rupert Christiansen was the opera critic and arts features ...

Ballerinas stir in the early afternoon light that shines through a fountain and into the studio. A jeté flashes in silhouette, a pirouette vanishes like a whisper. The dance is not there yet, but ...