On October 11, 1948, the weather was fair in New York City. Low sixties, a moderate breeze, a waxing gibbous moon. A crowd entered the New York City Center of Music and Drama and found their seats. The 8:45pm debut performance of a brand-spanking-new company—the New York City Ballet Company—was about to begin.
Directing to experience upward and outward, in constant reconfiguration of who is in what spot interacting with whom, Tchaikovsky’s tempo is pushing the speed and his glance at ’brillante’ is
To make a company, George Balanchine first needed to make dancers. At 75, New York City Ballet pays tribute to its dancers, including three who were there at the start.
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