Inside, Looking Out

by Leigh Witchel “I struggled a lot with how to adapt my own physicality to balletic form.” Justin Peck said … More

Late, Middle, Early

by Leigh Witchel Turn your watch, let’s move backwards in time. New York City Ballet’s triple bill of works by … More

by Leigh Witchel When Maria Kowroski retired from New York City Ballet in 2021, she stepped quickly into a new … More

by Leigh Witchel As well as a new couple in Rubies, the first Classic NYCB program featured two new ballets. … More

by Leigh Witchel Most ballets look better after a year. Justin Peck’s Copland Dance Episodes, which New York City Ballet … More

by Leigh Witchel Once upon a time, Fancy Free was contemporary. Contemporary, or that term so overused it has no … More

by Leigh Witchel One of the best tests of a dance is also one of the simplest: does it bear … More

by Leigh Witchel We’ve seen a lot of the compositional shticks in New York City Ballet’s second 21st Century Choreography … More

by Leigh Witchel The “21st Century Choreography” was a sandwich with more substantial bread than meat. It featured a premiere … More

by Leigh Witchel It’s quite a risk to remake not one, but three seminal American ballets scores by Aaron Copland. … More