by Kyra Laubacher | Jun 27, 2022 | Onstage, The Latest
When choreographer Christopher Williams was 20, he saw Matthew Bourne’s reimagining of Swan Lake with its corps of all-male swans. The performance, he says, made him burst into tears and think, “I must do something like this someday.” Williams’ dream will be realized...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Dec 29, 2018 | Profiles
New York City Ballet’s Robbins 100 Festival last spring included 19 Jerome Robbins ballets performed over the course of two and a half weeks, requiring extreme stamina and versatility from the company’s dancers. No one rose higher to the occasion than...
by Joseph Carman | Feb 12, 2018 | News
One of the titans among choreographers of the 20th century, Jerome Robbins will be celebrated by a number of ballet companies worldwide in 2018 for the centennial of his birth. He died in 1998 at age 79 after a prolific career. His rare talent enabled him to direct...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | May 3, 2017 | TBT
Updated 3/21/23. Known for her long limbs and leggy grace, Tanaquil Le Clercq was one of the most transcendent American ballerinas of her generation. George Balanchine’s fourth and final wife, Le Clercq was an inspirational muse for both Balanchine and Jerome...
by Julie Diana | Jun 1, 2015 | Career, Profiles, Technique
This story originally appeared in the June/July 2015 issue of Pointe. The woman’s role in Jerome Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun is surprisingly hard. The plot seems straightforward enough: two dancers happen upon each other in a studio. But the character,...