So Very Jerry

by Leigh Witchel A choreographer is not without honor, except in his hometown. Gerald Arpino, a native New Yorker, didn’t … More

Season’s Close

by Leigh Witchel American Ballet Theatre’s season at the Metropolitan Opera House, its first under the direction of Susan Jaffe, … More

by Leigh Witchel It was chilly at the Lake this summer. In American Ballet Theatre’s two-decades-plus-old production of “Swan Lake,” … More

by Leigh Witchel Catherine Hurlin’s New York debut as Giselle was auspicious. American Ballet Theatre played its hand wisely, letting … More

by Leigh Witchel You usually know what’s happening in Christopher Wheeldon’s story ballets. But you don’t always care. He’s moved … More

by Leigh Witchel For the first time, American Ballet Theatre opened Incubator, its choreographic workshop, for public performance. Even with … More

by Leigh Witchel American Ballet Theatre fielded several new dancers in two substantial ballets during its fall season. Both dances … More

by Leigh Witchel Was childhood ever this psychedelic? “Whipped Cream” came back for a visit in all its lysergic glory, … More

by Leigh Witchel American Ballet Theatre programmed two new works on a mixed bill program. One underpromised and overdelivered. The … More

by Leigh Witchel It’s great that Alexei Ratmansky made a new full-length ballet. That he chose to make “Of Love … More