by Julia Guiheen | Dec 20, 2017 | Everything "Nutcracker", Profiles, TBT
Gelsey Kirkland and Mikhail Baryshnikov in The Nutcracker are simply iconic—two of the world’s most celebrated dancers in the world’s best-loved ballet. Starring as Clara and the Prince in American Ballet Theater’s 1977 made-for-television film,...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
I could spend days at a time watching old videos of Gelsey Kirkland. That lyricism! That lightness! She moves the way I dream of dancing in my most fantastical fantasies. Good news for serious pre-professional students: Kirkland’s New York school is holding...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Everything "Nutcracker", Profiles, TBT
It’s just not the holidays until you’ve watched the classic 1977 film of American Ballet Theatre in The Nutcracker—not least because the production stars the extraordinary Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland. PBS used to air it every December, but that...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Nov 28, 2001 | Profiles, TBT
Gelsey Kirkland caused quite a stir when she left New York City Ballet in 1974. Then a rising star in Balanchine’s company, she joined American Ballet Theatre at Mikhail Baryshnikov’s behest, and became one of the Russian star’s most frequent...
by Pointe Team | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
Sarah Jessica Parker has a few identities: Little Orphan Annie, Carrie Bradshaw, and more recently, #1 celebrity ballet advocate. Today from 12–2 pm EST, she will guest host WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show to talk all things ballet. Gelsey Kirkland and Michael...