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Some Ravel Birthday Reveling
Thursday is Maurice Ravel’s 138th birthday, so today we're tipping our hat to this master composer. We asked you to tell us whether you'd like to hear Ravel's music for string quartet, piano or the...
View ArticleBlack Swans: Dance Theatre of Harlem's Ingrid Silva and Stephanie Rae...
Where are all the Black Swans? That question was explored anew when The Greene Space recently invited legends in classical ballet to share their complex journeys in the field and discuss the continued...
View ArticleCommunity Voices: The Rock Ballerina, Kimberly Nichole
Known as “The Rock Ballerina,” singer and songwriter, Kimberly Nichole fuses gospel/soul music with grunge/and alternative sound. In this video, Nichole performs “All Your Love I Miss Loving” in...
View ArticleGeorge Balanchine, Liidia Ivanova, and Revolution
Elizabeth Kendall tells the story of two key figures in Russian ballet: famed choreographer George Balanchine and his close childhood friend and extraordinary ballerina Liidia (Lidochka) Ivanova....
View ArticleCopland’s Cowboy Ballets
If you think ballets are only about nutcrackers, swans or fairy tales, think again. This week on Classics for Kids, find out how Aaron Copland became the composer of not one, but two, cowboy...
View ArticleMeet Agnes de Mille
From the time she was little, Agnes de Mille loved to dance. During her long career, de Mille helped transform both American ballet and musical theater. This week on Classics for Kids, meet Agnes de...
View ArticleRodeo
Aaron Copland’s Rodeo takes place on a ranch out west. This week on Classics for Kids, saddle up and enjoy the story of the cowboys and girls who gather together for a barn dance to celebrate the end...
View ArticleSaturday Morning Cartoons: Ode to Odette
For this week’s Saturday morning cartoon we present Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake. In 1981, Toei Animation used Tchaikovsky’s music in its anime film "Swan Lake." It was directed by Kimio Yabuki and...
View ArticleA Dancer's Dream: Two Works by Stravinsky
The New York Philharmonic, under the direction of Alan Gilbert performs "A Dancer’s Dream: Two Works by Stravinsky," a multidisciplinary, reimagining of Stravinsky’s ballets The Fairy’s Kiss and...
View ArticleAfternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil le Clercq
Award-winning director Nancy Buirski discusses “Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil le Clercq” her documentary about the great American ballet star Tanaquil Le Clercq, who was a muse to George Balanchine...
View ArticleAshley Bouder and Sara Mearns on Dancing in the New York City Ballet
Ashley Bouder and Sara Mearns, principal dancers with the New York City Ballet, talk about their careers as dancers, and the demands and rewards of dancing in the NYCB.
View ArticleDancers Gelsey Kirkland and Michael Chernov on Creating an Academy of...
Legendary ballet dancer Gelsey Kirkland and her husband, Michael Chernov, talk about creating The Gelsey Kirkland Academy of Classical Ballet. They discuss ballet’s role in the city’s culture, the...
View ArticleOn-Demand Video: A Sneak Peek at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's New...
Our audience got an inside look at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's new season on November 12 when WQXR's Terrance McKnight sat down with Artistic Director Robert Battle and choreographer Matthew...
View ArticleIrina Baronova, Child Star, Leads the Troupe that Introduces Ballet to the...
English film and television star Victoria Tennant tells us about the rise of modern ballet in the United States. In her new book, Irina Baronova and the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo, Tennant recounts...
View ArticleExploiting the Homeless and Exploring Calorie Counts
William Hobson, Tampa Bay Times Staff Reporter, investigates exploitation in a homeless program. Victoria Tennant talks about the rise of modern ballet in the United States. Elizabeth Gaffney’s new...
View ArticleNelson Mandela's Jailer Becomes His Friend, Finding the Virgin Mary in Rwanda
Nelson Mandela's jailer and close friend, Christo Brand. Nneka Okafor and Owiso Odera star in the play Our Lady of Kibeho, directed by Michael Greif, about a young girl sighting the Virgin Mary in...
View ArticleFrom Louis XIV To St. Petersburg To Lincoln Center: The History of Ballet
Ballet originated in the Renaissance and was embraced by France’s Louis XIV, who danced leading roles, designed costumes and wrote librettos. Ballet wound its way from Paris to Milan and Vienna, St....
View ArticleNew York City Ballet Names Andrew Litton Music Director
Andrew Litton, an internationally known conductor who grew up on Manhattan's Upper West Side, is taking over as music director of the New York City Ballet. Litton, who made his debut with the company...
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First Person: New Yorkers on Being 12
Abraham Esber, BrooklynDuring the day, this Williamsburg native is a seventh grader at East Side Community School in Manhattan. But three days a week after school, and on Saturdays, he travels to...
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