Like a Prayer

by Leigh Witchel New York City Ballet is pushing Peter Walker in an unexpected way – to be a partner … More

Endurance

by Leigh Witchel The final program for Fall for Dance involved enormous changes at the last minute. Sara Mearns took … More

Double Vision

by Leigh Witchel Through much of its history, New York City Ballet has had pairs of dancers who came to … More

The Point and the Line

by Leigh Witchel New York City Ballet planned the spring of its 75th anniversary season as looking towards the future. … More

It Gets Better – Or We Do.

by Leigh Witchel As always, performances at New York City Ballet look better on a second viewing. It was no … More

Creating a Character

by Leigh Witchel The third All-Balanchine program at New York City Ballet featured dances with some of the most on-brand … More

Star Quality

by Leigh Witchel Balanchine may have been ambivalent about stars, but some of his ballets benefit from one. In the … More

And Then There Were Two

by Leigh Witchel Things get shaved down for various reasons. When New York City Ballet put on a Viennese program, … More

Back by Popular Demand

by Leigh Witchel This season’s guest choreographers at New York City Ballet were repeat commissions. Gianna Reisen and Kyle Abraham … More

Potluck

by Leigh Witchel Often the only connection between the works in a Fall for Dance program is that there’s no … More