Two principal dancers will say farewell in the 2026-27 season, which features the revival of Balanchine’s “Pithoprakta” and ...

Balanchine regarded Apollo as his artistic coming of age. He said that through the creation of this work, he learned he could "dare not use all my ideas, that I too, could eliminate. . . to the one ...

The central part in “Apollo” (1928) — the oldest George Balanchine work that the company performs — is one of the most difficult male roles in the repertory, requiring athleticism and dramatic depth.

The 1928 work, the oldest Balanchine piece in City Ballet’s repertory, imagines Apollo as a youth, still a little raw and vulnerable, experimenting with three muses, discovering music and dance. NEW ...

Balanchine regarded Apollo as his artistic coming of age. He said that through the creation of this work, he learned he could "dare not use all my ideas, that I too, could eliminate. . . to the one ...

Set to Tchaikovsky’s “Mozartiana Suite,” Balanchine’s ballet is often described as a reflective summation of his artistic life. Created in 1981 for the Tchaikovsky Festival, it was the choreographer’s ...

What a bonus it is that, in this centennial year of George Balanchine's birth, we have witnessed not only fine performances drawn from the choreographer's unrivaled body of works but also, finally, ...

He was born in St. Petersburg and trained at the Imperial Ballet School, later moving to Europe; it was here that he met Sergei Diaghilev and joined the groundbreaking Ballet Russes as a choreographer ...

The ‘Balanchine's Legacy' International Ballet Gala, a landmark event dedicated to the work of George Balanchine - the figure who redefined the language of 20th century ballet and laid the foundations ...