On Sunday Nov. 9, the Citizens Opera House sparkled with anticipation as George Balanchine’s “Jewels” made its long-awaited return to the Boston Ballet. A staple of American ballet, the abstract ...

The Pennsylvania Ballet is closing its 54th season with a timeless classic from George Balanchine, considered the father of American ballet. In fact, the Pennsylvania Ballet was founded in 1963 by a ...

A great ballet is a still point in dance history, its movements delicately fixed in time. But, unlike a great movie or a great book, dances are shaped over their lifetimes by the many different ...

“We made a set of rubies,” said Howard Merlin, Boston Ballet’s director of costumes. “But diamonds and emeralds we’re renting from National Ballet of Canada.” In late October, Merlin and his staff of ...

The New York City Ballet followed its first two programs of early George Balanchine masterpieces with an evening of masterly showmanship Friday, capping its cycle of Balanchine works at the Kennedy ...

NEW YORK — There are certain New York City Ballet performances that have a way of making you feel you’ve danced yourself, even as you sit, quiet and still, in your seat. On Tuesday, George ...

The story is that George Balanchine was admiring the gems in Van Cleef & Arpels one day (not many choreographers like that around anymore, are there?) when artistic inspiration struck. The result was ...

NEW YORK — Suzanne Farrell, the sublime ballerina and creator of many lead roles for the choreographer George Balanchine, was back in the studio where he made many of his masterworks for New York City ...

The Russian Mariinsky Ballet performs George Balanchine's iconic "Jewels" series. George Balanchine's three-part "Jewels" series premiered in New York in 1961. It centers on Emeralds, evoking Romantic ...