by Gigi | Oct 13, 2023 | Dance, Finding Balance blog
Featured Image—Symphony in C with Morgan Fairchild and Joseph Gordon Photo: Erin Baiano WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 8:00 PM The October 11, 2023 Anniversary Program mirrored the inaugural one 75 years earlier. Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco displayed the poetry,... 
by Gigi | Oct 12, 2023 | Dance, Finding Balance blog
All photos, courtesy of NYCB. Featured Photo, Indiana Woodward in Serenade. Photo: Erin Baiano TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 7:30 PM Serenade, an early Balanchine ballet, famously begins with the dramatic chords of Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings and hand gestures... 
by Gigi | Oct 9, 2023 | Dance, Finding Balance blog
Symphony in C with Morgan Fairchild and Joseph Gordon Photo Credit: Erin Baiano In 1948, Concerto Barocco appeared on the first program of the New York City Ballet—exemplifying the Balanchine choreography that would become its trademark—showcasing energetic arms and... 
by Gigi | Oct 8, 2023 | Dance, Finding Balance blog
Balanchine’s Apollo. Pictured here, Chun Wai Chan and Mira Nadon. Photo Credit: Erin Baiano October 7 matinee In its 75th anniversary season this fall, NYCB offered a matinee performance of the company’s foundational work with Balanchine’s Apollo, La Sonnambula,... by Gigi | Oct 11, 2021 | Dance, Finding Balance blog
The October 8, 2021 evening program opened with La Valse, a showcase for many of the New York City Ballet dancers, set to Balanchine’s lyrical choreography and Maurice Ravel’s ominous score in timeless costumes of Karinska—burgundies, blacks, whites. Kudos to Lauren...