Former ballet dancers grasp at words to describe the genius of George Balanchine in this charming documentary. By Teo Bugbee When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed film through our ...

George Balanchine once said ballets are like butterflies, as if to suggest the beauty of a ballet performance was in the dancers’ ability to express the art in that moment, since it will be gone ...

IN BALANCHINE’S CLASSROOM takes us back to the glory years of George Balanchine’s New York City Ballet through the remembrances of his former dancers and their quest to fulfill the vision of a genius.

There's long been plenty of buzz about Miami City Ballet, but usually it follows a certain story line. The company's artistic director, Edward Villella, is a dance icon replete with a famous, ...

one of the 20th century’s great choreographers, famously loved speed — he let the ballet orchestra gallop and taught his coltish ballerinas to rebound quickly from the floor. Yet he also loved the ...

S.F. BALLET’S NEW SEASON: World premieres by Yuri Possokhov and Christopher Wheeldon, a new coproduction of George Balanchine’s “Coppelia” and the return of this season’s sold-out U.S. premiere of ...

If you're a fan of ballet, there's a good chance you know the name George Balanchine. "You can't go to the ballet in the United States and not, if you love it, be a Balanchine fan," says Lesley Stahl.