In Ratmansky’s ‘Paquita,’ Worlds Collide to Make a Ballet Big Bang
It’s a test tube ballet: an experiment that at first glance might seem like pining for the past. But while Alexei Ratmansky’s new production of “Paquita” finds its footing from…
Alexei Ratmansky’s ‘Paquita’ Is an Echo Chamber of Ballet History
New York City Ballet dancers trickled onstage in mismatched sweatshirts, down vests, practice tutus and leg warmers at the start of a rehearsal for Alexei Ratmansky’s “Paquita.” They disappeared, then…
Review: In Justin Peck’s New Dance, Air, Earth and Self-Help
Justin Peck’s newest work for New York City Ballet, his 25th, is called “Mystic Familiar,” a title that turns out to be telling. Those two words encapsulate the rise and…
New York City Ballet Pays Tribute to Maria Tallchief in Her Centennial Year
In 1946, Tallchief and Balanchine married: It would be the most wonderful thing, she remembered him saying in her 1997 memoir, and they could work together. The Russia-born Balanchine was…