Diamonds are the New York City Ballet’s best friend, or so it would seem after their season-opening performance on Sept. 22 ...

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 ...

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 ...

On “Spectacular Balanchine!” at American Contemporary Ballet, Los Angeles. Opening the program is the “Sweet and Lowdown” section from Who Cares?, Balanchine’s 1970 ballet set to the music of George ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Alexei Ratmansky’s “Paquita” brings Marius Petipa’s 19th-century style to New York City Ballet through two lenses: his own and George Balanchine’s. By ...

Seventeen women in tulle stand in moonlight, right arms raised, hands flexed to the sky as Tchaikovsky's chords swell. The opening of George Balanchine's "Serenade," the centerpiece of San Francisco ...

“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 ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Isabella DeVivo, left, and Wona Park in Balanchine's "Serenade." (Lindsay Thomas) Seventeen women in tulle stand in moonlight, ...

Watching Balanchine should be a pleasure, but that isn't always the case. Why? Because we all know what the work can mean if fully realised. And if it isn't? One can have a lovely evening at the ...