The many lives and legacy of prima ballerina assoluta Alexandra Danilova are presented at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in New York City
Alexandra Danilova
Tag: Performance
We Move – But First, We Breathe
Lilia Hamdy renews her relationship with George Balanchine's Mozartiana. Reflections from a child performer in the role at NYCB to ABT Children's Rehearsal Director for ABT - 2026 Spring season at the David Koch Theater in NYC
Divertissement from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
In 1964, George Balanchine extended Mendelssohn's suite A Midsummer Night's Dream with additional Mendelssohn compositions to create his evening-length ballet based on Shakespeare's play. The first act is a plot-driven dance narration of the major themes of the play. The second act's nuptial scene becomes the setting for a love-themed divertissement in the language of…
Moiseyev
The legendary troupe of firebrands and charismatic dancing
Carmen Amaya
Eyes cast downwards, as if dancing on the rim of an erupting volcano, Carmen Amaya embodies – in defiance – confidence.
Nacho Duato
Nacho Duato's work roots deeply into Western historical precedent, and yet is entirely of our time. His dance vocabulary and line, unquestionably contemporary, nevertheless draw directly from classical ballet. Born in Spain, trained in England, mentored by Jiri Kylian in the Netherlands, Nacho Duato creates work reflecting today's globalization in ballet, while maintaining a distinctive…
grand jete – Nikolai Tsiskaridze
Tsiskaridze's grand jete exploits his natural physical assets with powerful, long legs, and an unusually supple spine and hip flexors for a male dancer. His muscular push into the floor with an a high upward grand battement to the front launches him into a projectile arc. He coordinates this masculine athleticism with an eloquence in his port de…
La Dame aux Camilias
A must see: pas de deux from Neumeier’s La Dame aux Camilias with Anna Tsygankova, Dutch National Ballet 2018
Dying Swan
Uliana Lopatkina incarnates The Dying Swan
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