The original Petrouchka was a puppet at a carnival who discovered he had a soul and fell in love with a ballerina bimbo. It didn’t end well. Our 2011 production of Petrouchka is a world premiere adaptation from Nicolo Fonte that may or may not involve an actual puppet. But that doesn’t mean we can’t… Read More
Your Daily Dance Break: The Bolshoi Does Giselle
For your enjoyment, and in honor of our just announced 2011/2012 season, here is a grand pas from Giselle, performed by Natalia Besmertnova of the Bolshoi Ballet. The best seats for Giselle will go to season subscribers. Become one here.
Stravinsky Conducts Firebird
Take a minute or 3 to enjoy the master conducting his own work… here’s some rare footage of the 82 year old Igor Stravinsky conducting Firebird.
Your Daily Dance Break: Lucille Ball Takes Ballet
The Bad Boys of Classical
Is 21st-century wunderkind Nico Muhly the rightful heir to Stravinsky’s legacy? By Claire Willett Igor Stravinsky Nico Muhly The Game-Changer “One spring evening in 1913 the intelligentsia of pre-war Paris gathered at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées to see & hear a sensational new ballet. The ballet, put on by famed Russian Impresario Serge Diaghilev, was… Read More