Category: NYCB

The All Balanchine program Friday evening featured three diverse works: the plotless Donizetti Variations, the somber one act ballet La Sonnambula, and the uplifting Russian fairytale classic Firebird. Donizetti Variations is a bright, cheerful, and light piece with Ashley Bouder …

I had a post last week on several creative dance videos on New York City Ballet dancer Emily Kikta’s YouTube page. The dance and music videos on her page are a collaboration between Emily and fellow NYCB dancers Josh Thew, …

With not much going on in the New York dance scene until National Ballet of Canada’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland September 9-14 at Koch Theater, I’ve been going through interesting videos on YouTube from New York City Ballet dancers. The …

New York City Ballet great Jacques d’Amboise turns 80 today. My first Balletfocus post in September covered a lecture demonstration he gave at Bank Street College in New York City. The fast moving hour plus presentation featured dances by students …

New York City Ballet is performing at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center until Saturday. The company has been performing there since 1966 and will return to a two-week season in 2015, up from the current one-week season. Here is a …

Here is a sweet New York Times article on Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild, both New York City Ballet Principal Dancers that were married Saturday. They met in 2003 at the summer program at School of American Ballet (the school …