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Daniel Santos, Monica Mason retire, wedding bells at NYCB     Retirements   Daniel Santos. Photo: Steve DiBartolomeo, Courtesy ODC.   On August 11, Daniel Santos said farewell to ODC/Dance by stretching out his right hand and staring into the darkness in front of him. It was the last phrase of Brenda Way’s exquisite Part […]

David H. Koch Theater Lincoln Center New York, NY Performance reviewed: Oct. 6, 2012 (matinee)   New York City Ballet wisely commissioned corps member Justin Peck, just 25, to create Year of the Rabbit (Selections from the Chinese Zodiac), named in part after song cycle selections by the indie composer Sufjan Stevens. Although the ballet’s […]

There’s much to anticipate about tomorrow’s premiere of Justin Peck’s Year of the Rabbit: It’s the New York City Ballet corps member’s first work for the company on its home stage at the Koch Theater. Indie-pop darling Sufjan Stevens composed its score (with the arrangement by Michael Atkinson). And the works sharing the program are […]

Photographer Jordan Matter’s Dancers Among Us is full of images like this one of Jeffrey Smith, former member of Paul Taylor Dance Company.   BOOKS Dancers Among Us: A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday By Jordan Matter. NYC. Workman Publishing Company, Inc. 2012. 231 pages. Illustrated. Paper. $17.95. Inspired by his toddler son’s wide-eyed […]

New York City Ballet’s gala is tonight and the big name of the evening is Valentino. He’s costuming a pas de deux for Wendy Whelan and Tyler Angle by Christopher Wheeldon and three ballets by Peter Martins, including a premiere for 10 couples in which each of the women will be wearing a unique creation […]

We’re already missing New York City Ballet after an incredible season of ballets—a rather moving premiere by Benjamin Millepied, Wheeldon’s triumphant DGV, Balanchine’s timeless Symphony in C, his transporting Liebeslieder Walzer, and his delightful Midsummer Night’s Dream, to name just a few. So we were thrilled to discover the company’s beautiful Facebook album of what […]

Allegra Kent muses on the mirror as both friend and foe. New York City Ballet’s Janie Taylor and Craig Hall in Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun. Photo by Paul Kolnik, Courtesy NYCB. When a dancer walks into a rehearsal room, wall-to-wall mirrors are nearly always present and can serve as an immediate reference point as […]

There’s something exhilarating about dancers choosing their own rep and casting. Too often they just have to do what they’re told without participating in decisions. Once a year at New York City Ballet, for the Dancers’ Choice evening, dancers not only devise the program but also direct the marketing, as it’s not part of the […]