George Balanchine News

 Miami City Ballet will open 2025 with Winter Mix, a program celebrating the artistry of women in dance and music throughout South Florida. Learn more about the program here!

Sky Arts Freeview has announced its upcoming lineup of broadcasts for the holiday season, including several musicals any theatre lover can enjoy. The lineup includes The Nutcracker, La Traviata, Edward Scissorhands, Titanic the Musical, and more.

Director of The Royal Ballet, Kevin O’Hare has announced that Melissa Hamilton has been promoted to Principal Dancer, the highest rank in the Company, taking effect from 1 January 2025. 

The fortieth season of Works & Process at the Guggenheim will open with the Underground Uptown Dance Festival, a festival of commissioned dances. See full programming and learn how to attend.

Gillian Murphy, a Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre since 2002 and the Company's longest-standing current dancer, will take her final bow in the iconic role of Odette/Odile in Swan Lake on Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Metropolitan Opera House.  

Kick off the New Year with dance and be the first to see three new performances commissioned by Works & Process on Long Island's East End at The Church in Sag Harbor, Guild Hall of East Hampton, and The Watermill Center. Learn how to attend.

What did our critic think of holiday favorite THE NUTCRACKER at The Academy Of Music?

Check out video of featured dancer Baily Jones as she performs 'Marzipan' in the New York City Ballet 2024 production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, beginning performances tonight at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. 

What did our critic think of GEORGE BALANCHINE’S THE NUTCRACKER® at Kennedy Center?

NYC Ballet is now presenting George Balanchine's The Nutcracker- one of the most complex theatrical, staged ballets in the Company's active repertory. The popularity of the ballet is immense and it provides an unforgettable spark to everyone's holiday season.

Connecticut Ballet, under the artistic direction of Brett Raphael, announced the celebrated guests artists who will appear in the company's 40th anniversary production of its holiday blockbuster, Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker. 

The national ballet company of Japan, one of the world's great powerhouse ballet nations, will become the first Asian dance company to perform on the main stage of the Royal Opera House in more than 15 years.

The Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts has announced performances with enhanced accessible features, including American Sign Language interpretation (ASL), Audio Description (AD), captioning services, and sensory-friendly offerings.

TDF will host an autism-friendly performance of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in January, tailored for families with members on the autism spectrum or with other developmental or cognitive disabilities.

New York City Ballet will open its annual season of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker® this month at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. 

Explore the diverse November line-up at the Kravis Center, featuring family-friendly shows, dance performances, comedy acts, and more offering entertainment for all ages. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Lydia Johnson Dance has announced its 2024 Season at the Graham Studio Theater. Learn more about the season lineup here and find out how to get tickets to an upcoming show!

Dance Theatre of Harlem has announced the highly anticipated remounting of one of its most signature ballets, Firebird.

Jobsite Theater once again dives headfirst into a world only they know how to portray. A world reveling in the strange, the unorthodox, and yet proving to be a masterclass of all things twisted and warped. This production which harkens back to their production of Shockheaded Peter, a few seasons back, once again dives into a little unfamiliar territory than we normally witness in the area, but an area so well known to Jobsite and its followers. Perfectly demented and, perfectly placed this deranged grouping of child-like tales have a bleak ending for most of the characters involved.

The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director Ashley Wheater MBE has announced the addition of four dancers to the Joffrey roster for the 2024-25 season.