George Balanchine News

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre has announced the company's 2024-2025 season, which will celebrate its 55th Anniversary. Learn more about the lineup here!

American Repertory Ballet presents Classic Beauty: An All-Tchaikovsky Program featuring excerpts from Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center, March 8-10, 2024. Experience timeless ballet masterpieces with renowned music and expressive characterizations.

As part of its new 2024 Spring Season, Baryshnikov Arts will present MERCE / MISHA / MORE_A Film Event, featuring Cunningham, Baryshnikov, Jacquelin Harris, Chalvar Monteiro and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

The Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, will present four world premieres for the 14th annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition. Learn more about the programming here!

Dance Theatre of Harlem is set to return to New York City Center for its annual Vision Gala and homecoming season, celebrating its continued vision for the world of classical dance. Learn more about the upcoming programming here!

As former Principal Dancer Patricia McBride tells it, Mr. Balanchine didn't expect much more of his dancers than 100% effort. In always giving her all, McBride found she seldom needed to warm up for the next entrance on her horizon. Watch more in this video.

Collage Dance Collective will perform at Chrysler Hall, presented by the Virginia Arts Festival. Concluding their touring schedule, the ballet company brings an exciting performance to Norfolk, VA.

Watch principal dancer Megan Fairchild reflect on learning the role from originator Merrill Ashley and Ballo della Regina's significance to her artistic development here!

Ballet Austin presents TRIAD: Three Bold Dances! Celebrate Valentine's Weekend with George Balanchine's Concerto Barocco, Amy Seiwert's Renaissance, and the world premiere of Stephen Mills' BUBBLEGUM! Don't miss this unforgettable evening of dance.

Diablo Ballet presents STARS & STRIPES JUBILEE, a program in honor of their 30th Season featuring George Balanchine's patriotic ballet. Don't miss this exuberant performance on March 22 and 23 at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek.

Texas Ballet Theater (TBT) presents 'Brilliants,' a mixed-repertoire production featuring works by George Balanchine, Val Caniparoli, and more. Experience a radiant performance showcasing different ballet styles, including 'Without Borders,' 'Grand Pas Classique,' 'Le Corsaire Pas de Deux,' and 'Rubies' from 'Jewels.' Don't miss this dazzling showcase of talent.

Collage Dance will make its debut at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina in Hilton Head, SC on Friday, March 1, 2024, at 7:30 PM. 

Tanglewood has revealed details of its 2024 season, opening in late June through August 31.

Collage Dance Collective Performs at Kenan Auditorium at the University of North Carolina Wilmington on February 24, 2024. Don't miss this debut performance by one of the nation's largest ballet companies.

BroadwayWorld is deeply saddened to report the passing of Broadway icon Chita Rivera, who, as shared by her beloved daughter Lisa Mordente, died peacefully on January 30, 2024 in New York after a brief illness. 

Giant Steps presents works by three of ballet history’s greatest choreographers, who share an entirely unique musicality and understanding of music.

Watch as original cast member Jovani Furlan illustrates how punctuated repetition, choreographic tension, and the element of surprise effect the moods of an early rehearsal that Justin Peck sought in creating Rotunda.

The 2024 Chita Rivera Awards will take place on Monday, May 20 at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. Learn more about the awards ceremony here!

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) has announced its 2024 NEW YORK CITY BALLET (NYCB) season featuring four unique programs from July 9-13 as part of NYCB's historic 75th anniversary and its 58th anniversary season in Saratoga.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 23, 2024 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours: