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Dance Review: Whelan and New York City Ballet Newcomers at Koch Theater
NYTimes.com Dance
Feb 03Wendy Whelan and some young dancers making their debuts in “Interplay” were highlights of New York City Ballet’s program on Wednesday. »
Dance Review: New York City Ballet Performs Balanchine at Koch Theater
NYTimes.com Dance
Feb 03The New York City Ballet’s program Tuesday night included two Balanchine works that embodied the extremes of dance: a showoff physicality and a meditative interior life. »
Heel breaks loose but the show goes on
New York Post Theater
Jan 31The main event at New York City Ballet on Saturday night was supposed to be the first program entirely by Christopher Wheeldon — a triple bill with a premiere, an import and a mainstay. But an unchoreographed drama threatened to steal the show. Jennie ... »
Goings on About Town: Dance
The New Yorker
Jan 30goatTitle--NEW YORK CITY BALLET “Russian Seasons” (2006), Alexei Ratmansky’s first ballet for the company, returns to the repertory after an absence of almost four years. Set to a song cycle by Leonid Desyatnikov, the piece is made up of scenes that ar... »
Dance Review: New York City Ballet in New ‘Carillons’ at Koch Theater
NYTimes.com Dance
Jan 29The New York City Ballet honored the choreographer Christopher Wheeldon on Saturday with an evening of his works, including a premiere, “Les Carillons.” »
Latest Blog Posts in Detail
Wheeldon and Dealin’
Our Town
Jan 11New York City Ballet returns with Balanchine and Wheeldon works By Susan Reiter Following a brief winter hibernation after its five-week Nutcracker onslaught, New York City Ballet returns to its primary business Tuesday, Jan. 17, when it opens its six-... »
Nora Younkin: Sugarplum-gate
HuffingtonPost.com Chicago
Dec 23While the accepted body aesthetic for ballet is very different than for modern dancers, we're kidding ourselves if we pretend like weight and body image are anything but nagging preoccupations for nearly all of us. »
Jennifer Edwards: Ballet Next: A Conversation With Co-artistic Directors, Michele Wiles and Charles Askegard
HuffPost New York
Dec 20When you are at the top of your field -- like Wiles, former principal dancer at American Ballet Theater, and Askegard, former principal dancer at New York City Ballet -- the natural question is, "what's next?" »
From Ballet to Fiction Writing: Sophie Flack on Bunheads
Examiner New York Edition
Nov 30Sophie Flack, former dancer of the New York City Ballet, shows what it’s like to dance for an ultra-prestigious ballet company in her first novel, Bunheads. Nineteen-year-old Hannah Ward has devoted her entire life to... »
Will the Media Suite for NYC Ballet Continue to Go Unused?
NYConvergence.com
Nov 29As part of a $107 million renovation of the New York City Ballet’s home, the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, the company constructed a “media suite” in 2009. Adorned with high tech technology to “capture, edit and store” high-definition images... »