Watch as Principal Dancer Andrew Veyette reminisces on the first NYCB performance he attended as a School of American Ballet student. The performance was certainly impressive, but a chance glimpse of an artist's humanity in the wings made the most lasting impression.
Watch as Andres Zuniga talks about his early dance inspirations and joining New York City Ballet. With both parents in the medical field, Andres Zuniga saw the same path for himself until a performance of Balanchine works and encounter with his most revered muse veered his aspirations towards the NYCB stage.
Ballet runs in the blood of Pittsburgh native Emily Kikta, who basically learned to walk (and then, to dance) at her mother's ballet studio. Emily shares how the move to New York City hardened her resolve to be self-sufficient, and why her hometown roots keep her grounded.
As we celebrate The Evolution of NYCB's artistry this winter, audiences will bear witness to the evolution of an artist when Principal Dancer Tiler Peck presents CONCERTO FOR TWO PIANOS, her choreographic debut for the Company, on February 1.
'Every time you dance it, it has to be alive,' Daniel Ulbricht insists in discussing the Third Campaign of Stars and Stripes, George Balanchine's ode to America. Watch Ulbricht's expertise in building energy and camaraderie onstage while delivering a 'white glove treatment' that maintains the choreography's polish for future interpreters' benefit.
Fancy Free established Jerome Robbins' as a groundbreaking American choreographer. In this installment of Anatomy of a Dance, Corps de Ballet Member Sebastian Villarini-Velez talks about his showy solo as a debonair sailor.
As dancer Russell Janzen notes, Jerome Robbins' Glass Pieces may be an abstract ballet with an experimental score by Phillip Glass, yet it's also rooted in the real world, especially the feeling of driving, pulsing undercurrents found just by walking through New York City. See Janzen talk about the work in the video below!
BroadwayWorld.com has learned that FIDDLER ON THE ROOF composer Jerry Bock passed away last night, at the age of 81. This comes just one week after the passing of FIDDLER bookwriter Joseph Stein.
Before CATS' Georgina Pazcoguin was pouncing and pirouetting at the Neil Simon Theatre, she was dancing with the New York City Ballet. Below, watch her journey from ballet to Broadway!
NYC Ballet announces their winter program, with two programs paying tribute to NYCB Founder George Balanchine, including the return of Prodigal Son and Swan Lake, as well as a reprise of his tragic narrative work La Sonnambula.
Career Transition For Dancers just held its 30TH ANNIVERSARY PEARL JUBILEE: A STAR-STUDDED RETROSPECTIVE last night, September 28.As a part of the festivities, Robert Fairchild, a New York City Ballet principal and the award-winning star of 'An American In Paris' performed 'A Tribute To Gene Kelly.'
BroadwayWorld stopped by Fairchild's rehearsal yesterday to chat with the star about dancing in the steps of Kelly. Below, check out an exclusive interview and watch clips from the tribute!
Welcome to BWW's exclusive talk show, BACKSTAGE WITH Richard Ridge. Follow Richard as he visits the theater's best and brightest in their dressing rooms, on their stages and favorite hang outs to talk about their lives, careers and all of the things you don't know, but want to know. In the special interview below, Richard welcomes 2015 Tony nominee Robert Fairchild. Watch as they discuss how things are going at the Palace Theatre, how he made the switch from dance to theatre, and so much more!
The Chicago Tribune just posted a video of Ben Jacoby and Julia Udine performing 'All I Ask of You' from The Phantom of the Opera, which is currently on tour and running at Chicago's Cadillac Palace Theatre through March 2. Watch the duo sing below!
November 11, 2010. The Hartt School Community Division presents The Nutcracker Suite, featuring American Ballet Theatre dancer and HCD alumna Meaghan Hinkis as the Sugar Plum Fairy, and live orchestra by the Connecticut Youth Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dan D'Addio, on Saturday, December 18 at 7:00 PM and Sunday, December 19 at 2:00 PM, in Millard Auditorium at the University of Hartford's main campus, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford. Tickets are $25, $15 for seniors and students. For tickets and information, visit the University of Hartford Box Office at Lincoln Theater, call the Box Office at 860.768.4228, or purchase tickets online at http://harttweb.hartford.edu/tickets.aspx. There are no discounts available for this performance, which is entirely funded by ticket sales.