Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Boston Ballet will perform George Balanchine’s Apollo alongside the Boston ...

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 - ...

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 ...

is playing it safe on its most high-profile visit to New York in 16 years. (Workshops at the Guggenheim don’t count.) Three of its four performances at New York City Center—a meager allotment for a ...

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 ...

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, ...

Another reason is that dancers develop distinct individual qualities – technical, musical and dramatic – which imprint on the works they dance. Add to that the mysterious chemistry of partnering, the ...

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 ...