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Tag Archives: neoclassical ballet
Robert Fairchild & Chase Finlay: A Tale of Two Apollos at New York City Ballet
Two competing qualities define the title character of George Balanchine’s Apollo: youthfulness and godliness. The ballet is a portrait of a mighty Olympian — the master of light, the sun, and the arts — but it’s an early chapter of … Continue reading
Posted in Ballet, George Balanchine, Lincoln Center, New York City Ballet
Tagged Apollo, Apollon Musagète, Balachine, Ballets Russes, Chase Finlay, George Balanchine, Igor Stravinsky, Lincoln Center, neoclassical ballet, New York City Ballet, Polyhymnia, Robert Fairchild, Serge Diaghilev, Sterling Hyltin, Tiler Peck
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Jewels: A Balanchine Celebration of Music, Style, & Women
Jewels, a plotless 1967 triptych by George Balanchine, can be approached in a number of satisfying ways. Some consider it a kind of ballet world tour, an homage to three national forms of classical dance: The romanticism and thick nostalgia … Continue reading
Posted in Ballet, George Balanchine, New York City Ballet
Tagged Abi Stafford, Antonio Carmena, Arlene Croce, Ashley Bouder, ballet, Charles Askegaard, classicism, David Koch Theater, Diamonds, Emeralds, Gabriel Faure, George Balanchine, Gonzalo Garcia, Igor Stravinsky, Jenifer Ringer, Jewels, Joaquin de Luz, Lincoln Center, Maria Kowroski, Marius Petipa, Megan Fairchild, neoclassical ballet, New York City Ballet, Peter Tchaikovsky, Rubies, Sara Mearns, Savannah Lowery, Teresa Reichlen, Tiler Peck, Tyler Angle, Wendy Whelan, women
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Chase Finlay: New York City Ballet’s Newest Apollo
Apollo is, for many reasons, one of George Balanchine’s most important ballets. For starters, it’s the oldest one that survives, dating from 1928, when a 24-year-old Balanchine was working in Paris for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes. (Shockingly, it is also his … Continue reading
Posted in Ballet, George Balanchine, New York City Ballet
Tagged Ana Sophia Scheller, Apollo, ballet, Ballets Russes, Chase Finlay, David Koch Theater, George Balanchine, Igor Stravinsky, Lincoln Center, Nancy Goldner, neoclassical ballet, New York City Ballet, Peter Martins, Robert Fairchild, Serge Diaghilev, Sterling Hyltin, Tiler Peck
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