This Saturday night, New York City Ballet principal Rebecca Krohn is performing for the last time, in Balanchine’s Stravinsky Violin Concerto. After 19 years at the company, she’s transitioning into a ballet master role. As she told Playbill, she’s incredibly grateful for the coaching she’s received during her career, and now she wants to give […]

In the October 1957 issue of Dance Magazine, we received the latest updates on New York City Ballet dancer Tanaquil Le Clercq’s health nearly a year after her polio diagnosis. Le Clercq, who at the time was George Balanchine’s wife and muse, had become immobile from the waist down and was taken to a rehabilitation […]

In the August 1977 issue of Dance Magazine, cover star Patricia McBride told us, “My first performance with [New York City Ballet] was as an apprentice in Symphony in C. It was a disaster. There’s a very complicated tendu combination that the ensemble does in unison, framing the stage. I was right in front and […]

To celebrate our 90th anniversary, we excavated some of our favorite hidden gems from the DM Archives—images that capture a few of the moments in time we’ve documented over the decades. This image was captured during a 1978 New York City Ballet tour that took the company to Copenhagen—home turf for Adam Luders (right), who […]

A long time ago, I was a teenager, just hired as a member of the corps with New York City Ballet. I found myself standing in B-plus at the very back corner of the State Theater stage, clutching the hand of fellow teenage corps member Shawn Stevens. Though the expansive stage was filled with dozens […]