New York City Ballet has shared a video showcasing George Balanchine's FIREBIRD, offering a look at the company's staging of ...

Leo Holder is standing in the cavernous warehouse of the Local 52 Motion Picture Studio Mechanics in Astoria, Queens. He raises his arms, striking them apart like Moses parting the sea, and four ...

MIAMI — George Balanchine’s “Firebird” has flown the coop. His compressed rendition of the ballet—the first ever with a Russian storyline that Michel Fokine originally choreographed for the Ballets ...

Manhattan’s bustling little City Opera Co. (TIME, Nov. 3, 1947 et seq.) proved it knew how to give the classics a new shine. Last week it was the turn of City Opera’s bright young sister outfit, the ...

Balanchine maintained a no-star policy during his lifetime. His ballets were greater attractions than any individual dancer, and if those ballets failed, he'd simply jettison the clunker and ...

The dancer who brought "Firebird" and "The Nutcracker" to life at the New York City Ballet died this week. Maria Tallchief was one of America's great prima ballerinas. NPR's Joel Rose has this ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.>> Local kids spent their Sunday auditioning for a chance to share the stage with the New York City Ballet this summer. Each year ahead of New York City Ballet’s summer residency ...