Miami City Ballet’s ‘Jewels’ serenades the colors of dance

Jewels” is recognized as the first full-length plotless ballet, and the palette changes to green, red, and white in reference ...
Buffalo Rising

Ballet, Reimagined: Complexions Contemporary Ballet Returns to UB Center for the Arts

Complexions Contemporary Ballet visits the University at Buffalo Center for the Arts (UBCFA) on Saturday, March 28, 2026, at ...
The New Criterion

What ballet is

Editors’ note: The following is an edited version of remarks delivered at a dance demonstration on May 11, 2023, at The New Criterion’s spring soirée. I have a theory that if ballet were done a little ...
The New York Times

The Ballet Roots of a Broadway Star

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by An Appraisal Chita Rivera saw herself as a dancer, and that’s fitting: Her early ballet training was her secret weapon — and it never left her body.