A trio of dances taking influence from Stravinsky, tap and William Blake’s poetry combine with powerful performances exuding showmanship ...

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, ...

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 ...

George Balanchine’s 1934 masterpiece “Serenade” opened Pacific Northwest Ballet’s 54 th season last weekend, and though it’s ...

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

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 ...

Long before he died in 1983, George Balanchine had established himself as the 20th-century’s most important ballet choreographer. How a poor boy who was born in pre-revolutionary Russia and fled the ...

Ballet is a silent art form. It relies on pantomime or movement alone to tell a story or convey emotion. Dancers do not speak, but rather become the music. This is the essence of ballet as conceived ...

George Balanchine, known as The Father of American Ballet, broke ground when he put his twist on traditional ballet standards and techniques. Before his storied career at Ballet Arizona, Ib Andersen ...

With new books and a podcast taking another look at the legacy of George Balanchine and the culture of ballet, where does a modern ballerina stand? By Gia Kourlas Ballet requires — no, demands — ...

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 ...