by Gigi | Nov 17, 2024 | Dance, Finding Balance blog
One legacy of Balanchine is evidenced in the major ballet companies headed by former Balanchine dancers. These include: the New York City Ballet with founders Lincoln Kirstein and George Balanchine, and then Peter Martins, Jonathan Stafford, Wendy Whelan; San... 
by Gigi | May 1, 2024 | Dance, Finding Balance blog
Featured image: Peter Boal as a student, courtesy Peter Boal Edward Villella, mid-air leap, in costume for his role as the Peppermint Stick in Tschaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker” as performed by the New York City Ballet at City Center (LOC Archives)... 
by Gigi | Jun 20, 2023 | Dance, Finding Balance blog
“Worlds to Come,” PNB’s last set of performances for its 50th Anniversary Season, streamed digitally June 15-19. The program, with its two world premieres and a live performance premiere, was one of the best I’ve seen at Pacific Northwest Ballet. All three... 
by Gigi | Jun 17, 2023 | Dance, Finding Balance blog
Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Season Encore June 11-15, 2023 celebrating principal dancer Lesley Rausch’s career as a dancer was indeed bittersweet. But, with eight separate pieces (many, excerpts) on the program, it was indeed a reveling in Rausch’s rich career as... 
by Gigi | May 4, 2023 | Dance, Finding Balance blog
Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, with delightful music from Felix Mendelssohn, is a crowd pleaser for sure. The choreographer himself must have had fond memories of when he performed, as PNB artistic director notes in his April 12, 2011 post in “Director’s...