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Justin Peck in 2016 interview about his own 2015 “Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes”.
The male Nocturne quintet second movement of Justin Peck’s “Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes”
Turning 50 With Wit and Youthful Vigor to Spare (So Who Needs Gimmicks?)
Olivier Wevers and Louise Nadeau of Pacific Northwest Ballet in George Balanchine’s Agon. Photograph: Angela Sterling.
Twyla Tharp Season With a Cast of Three Companies
Carlos Guerra and Jennifer Kronenberg in Miami City Ballet’s production of Twyla Tharp’s Nine Sinatra Songs. Photograph: Joe Gate.
The Bolshoi’s Whiz Kids on Display in London
The Bolshoi female corps de ballet in the Shades scene of La Bayadère. Photograph: Dee Conway.
Turning a Danish Prism of Joy
Thomas Lund in August Bournonville’s “Flower Festival at Genzano” pas de deux. @Dansamanie.
New York City Ballet’s Very 21st-Century Steps
Sara Mearns in "The Shimmering Asphalt" by Pontus Lidberg Thursday evening at the David H. Koch Theater. Photographer:. Andrea Mohin.
Opening Night of a Portfolio of Premieres and Old Favorites
Members of the Paul Taylor Dance Company in Taylor’s Arden Court. Photograph: Michelle V. Gains.
Master Builders of Ballet’s Future
Jerome Robbins rehearsing “The Concert” in 1956 with New York City Ballet. New York City Ballet Archives.
A Program in Four Parts, With One a Farewell
Giovanni Villalobos and Sterling Hyltin in Christopher Wheeldon’s Rococo Variations. Photograph: Paul Kolnik.
Moving Between Cool Style and Broadway-Flash Pizazz
Frederick Earl Mosley’s Saddle Up, danced by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre. Photograph: Nan Melville.
Swinging Into Comedy (and Along With Sinatra)
Jeffrey Golladay, Maria Riccetto, Kristi Boone, and others In American Ballet Theatre production of Twyla Tharp’s “Baker’s Dozen”. Photograph: Andrea Mohin
Flights Across Continents, Soft Landings on the Stage
Ekaterina Kondaurova and Islom Baimuradov in Alexei Ratmansky’s Middle Duet
New York Loves Them? Tough!
Maria Calegari in the original cast of Brahms/Handel, jointly choreographed for New York City Ballet by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp