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 ...

New York City Ballet opens its spring season with classic works by George Balanchine and more. Here are some dancers who will surely stand out. By Gia Kourlas Two principal dancers will say farewell ...

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 ...

The New York City Ballet will perform Balanchine’s “Symphony in C” during its run at the Kennedy Center next week. (Paul Kolnik) Perspective by Sarah L. Kaufman When a choreographer dies, the art left ...

Tiler Peck's 'Symphonie Espagnole' dazzles alongside Balanchine and Robbins in New York City Ballet's SPAC program.

Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century, Jennifer Homans, Random House, 784 pages. Could it be that traditional gender roles will only survive on the ballet stage? True, the people who make and ...

People are always telling us, wistfully, that dance is evanescent, here this minute, gone the next, and therefore that it’s like life. This is not true. Balanchine went on staging his “Prodigal Son” ...

One of George Balanchine’s former ballerinas has filed legal action contending that the choreographer’s legacy is in jeopardy. Susan Gluck, a trustee of the George Balanchine Trust, which administers ...

It’s not enough to pay homage to your mom on Mother’s Day. You’ve got to honor thy mother (as one command, said to come from on high, puts it)—giving her the respect, love, and attention she’s due—on ...

What 23 very American things tell us about our country. By Michael Barbaro, Alex Barron, Tina Antolini, Wendy Dorr, Sophia Lanman, Dan Powell, Marion Lozano, Pat McCusker and Chris Wood For her second ...

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