“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 ...

Vogue sits down with David Hallberg, artistic director of The Australian Ballet, to talk about the company’s latest production of Balanchine’s three-act program, in partnership with Van Cleef & Arpels ...

The standout works of the company’s current season are not its newest creations but the often surprising ones pulled from its past.

When Boston Ballet opens its season with George Balanchine’s landmark masterpiece “Jewels‚” the company honors a piece of its heritage. During the company’s early years, Balanchine was a staunch ...

George Balanchine had no time for plot, but he was a zealot when it came to atmosphere. His ability to conjure entire worlds using nothing but music and movement changed our understanding of ballet.

The Russian Mariinsky Ballet performs George Balanchine's iconic "Jewels" series. George Balanchine's three-part "Jewels" series premiered in New York in 1961. It centers on Emeralds, evoking Romantic ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. David Hallberg, director of The Australian Ballet since 2021, could hardly have picked a trickier work for his ...

As the curtain rises at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow on a snowy winter evening and the dancers are revealed, there is an audible collective gasp, then a ­spontaneous outburst of acclamation. Because ...

Boston Ballet will present George Balanchine’s Jewels, running November 6–16, 2025, at the Citizens Opera House. Returning to Boston for the first time since 2014, the ballet unites three distinct ...

Contemporary dance (and dancers) rubbed shoulders with contemporary ballet. There was neo-classical giant Balanchine, a category unto himself. Former principal artists of the Australian Ballet ...

Debuting in 1967, George Balanchine’s Jewels was a smash hit. Writing for The New York Times, amidst an abundance of effusive praise, dance critic Clive Barnes went so far as to claim, “It is open to ...

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 ...