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Peter Martins retires and the dance world edges into the world of “me-too”

January 3, 2018 – 10:16 am

Following accusations of sexual misconduct Peter Martins, the Balletmaster-in-Chief of the New York City Ballet gave his resignation to the

By valerie | Posted in News | Also tagged George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, New York City Ballet, Rudolf Nureyev, The Red Shoes | Comments (0)

2016: The past, the present, and a very big challenge of the future

January 3, 2016 – 1:13 pm

A hundred years ago the Ziegfeld Follies opened on Broadway with Bachelor Days, a vaudeville show that included a song

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged A Midsummer Night's Dream, Akram Khan, Alexander Ekman, Alexei Ratmansky, Arthur Pita, Ballets Russes, Bolshoi Babylon, Bolshoi Ballet, Bolshoi Theatre, Cacti, Dieter Graefe, Ethan Stiefel, Fearful Symmetries, Forgotten Land, Giselle, In the Middle Somewhat Elevated, Ismene Brown, Jiri Kylian, Johann Kobborg, John Adams, John Cranko, John Macfarlane, La Scala, Leonard Bernstein, Lest We Forget, Liam Scarlett, Lowell Liebermann, Lucy Moore, Makhar Vaziev, Mark Franchetti, Max Weber, Natalia Osipova, Nick Read, Paul Taylor, Queensland Ballet, Reid Anderson, Richard Buckle, Royal New Zealand Ballet, Russell Maliphant, Sadlers Wells, San Francisco Ballet, Sergei Diaghilev, Sergei Filin, Sergei Polunin, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Stuttgart Ballet, Sydney Dance Company, Tamara Rojo, Tamas Detrich, Till Eulenspiegel, Vaslav Nijinsky, Vitesse, Vladimir Urin, William Forsythe, World Ballet Day, Ziegfield Follies | Comments (0)

Tanaquil Le Clercq: the muse of Balanchine and Robbins and her bravery in life after dance

February 12, 2014 – 9:16 am

In a new documentary, the American film producer and director Nancy Buirski tells the tragic story of Tanaquil Le Clercq,

By valerie | Posted in Features | Also tagged Afternoon of a Faun, Anna Kisselgoff, Bernard Taper, George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Nancy Buirski, New York City Ballet, Suzanne Farrell, Tanaquil Le Clercq | Comments (1)

Choreographers: the last untouchables

October 1, 2011 – 12:34 am

It’s hard to escape the watery headlines that ridiculed Ocean’s Kingdom, the ballet we didn’t have to have: “That sinking

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Ocean's Kingdom, Paul McCartney | Comments (1)

The great survivors of dance

August 7, 2011 – 10:19 am

The artistic directorship of a dance company is a perilous place to be. Yes, there is the exceptional Alicia Alonso,

By valerie | Posted in Footnotes | Also tagged Alicia Alonso, David McAllister, Edward Villella, Helgi Tomasson, John Neumeier | Comments (1)

Apollo shines his light on City Ballet’s spring

June 5, 2011 – 8:34 am

He’s only 20 years old and still in the corps de ballet but Chase Finlay is being hailed as the

By valerie | Posted in Reviews | Also tagged Chase Finlay, Christopher Wheeldon, George Balanchine, Gonzalo Garcia, Joaquin de Luz, Maria Kowroski, Megan Fairchild, New York City Ballet, Tiler Peck, Tyler Angle | Comments (0)