Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Critic’s Notebook By Alastair Macaulay When the choreographer George Balanchine created dances, he generally confined himself to matters of pure form: ...

In Paris in 1928, when classical dance was démodé, Balanchine created a ballet that prompted Diaghilev to remark at a rehearsal: “What he is doing is magnificent. It is pure classicism such as we have ...

Boston Ballet will perform George Balanchine’s Apollo alongside the Boston Symphony Orchestra in an exciting guest engagement at Tanglewood. The legendary work brings humanity to Greek mythology, ...

Sacramento Ballet will wrap its 2023-24 season at a technical and inventive peak with Innovations (May 17-19, 2024), a thrilling bill of challenging, in-demand works. The performances feature Apollo - ...

His three muses were a mixed blessing—but not mixed enough, too undifferentiated in height and appearance. Tiler Peck danced impeccably (as she always does), but for me Terpsichore is both more leggy ...

And it's easy to see why George Balanchine's seminal work seemed like a dance from the moon when Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes first performed it in 1928. At its Houston Ballet premiere Thursday, ...

I celebrated the centenary of George Balanchine’s birth on January 22 by staying at home and reading and thinking about I celebrated the centenary of George Balanchine’s birth on January 22 by staying ...

The rich history of American ballet is celebrated in classic works by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, two choreographic giants of the 20th century. Apollo brought Balanchine together for the ...

I still have the program: Jan. 6, 1962—my first encounter with the New York City Ballet. It began with George Balanchine’s single-act version of “Swan Lake,” with Violette Verdy as the Swan Queen.

The New York City Ballet continued its post-pandemic “On and Offstage” experiment Thursday afternoon at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center with its second sampler of ballet excerpts, this time all ...