Victoria Simon's defining private passion, future ballet career, and then, professional life after dance, was sealed the day she twirled on stage as a candy cane in George Balanchine's debut ...

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 ...

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 ...

The craftsmanship required of high jewelry is not unlike the rigors of a ballet. A more literal translation works too.

George Balanchine was under great pressure. The Russian-born choreographer had been hired to create dances for “On Your Toes,” a musical by Rodgers and Hart, and wanted to artfully clash American jazz ...

Amanda Smith: This is music for the ballet Apollo. The composer is Igor Stravinsky and the ballet is the oldest surviving choreography by George Balanchine. In Artworks today we're talking about how ...

It also gets the job done in a swift 30 minutes, meaning the Australian Ballet needs to fill the evening out with something else. Many choices could be made; ­artistic director David McAllister went ...

In “Pithoprakta,” a rarely seen work by George Balanchine at City Ballet, Suzanne Farrell brings a tense and eerie dance back to life. It’s a laboratory for new movement. By Gia Kourlas And the spirit ...

“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 ...

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 ...