Review: Ballet’s King of Comedy Fights Back

At New York City Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky exposes the current moment with a political satire based on “The Emperor’s New ...

At City Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky’s Morality Tale Is Wrapped in Farce

The Naked King,” based on “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” debuts Thursday. “I’ve been dealing with what I’ve been experiencing ...
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World Premiere Ballet by Justin Peck and More Set for New York City Ballet 2026 Winter Season

New York City Ballet’s 2026 Winter Season will open on Tuesday, January 20, and continue for six weeks of performances, through Sunday, March 1 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. The ...
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NYCB’s Non-Story Works Explore Ballet’s Liquid Meanings

If a ballet doesn’t have an enchanted swan, or a sleeping princess, or a mechanical woman, what is it about? Friday afternoon at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center, the New York City Ballet proposed ...
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What NYCB’s Coppélia Teaches Us About Life

In our technological age, when we increasingly depend on robots and other machines, and become seduced and bewildered by artificial intelligence, the ballet Coppélia tells us what it means to be human ...

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Sarah Jessica Parker, Kelly Ripa and Laverne Cox elite headed to the Upper West Side for the 2019 New York City Ballet Fall Gala on Thursday night. Dance coach Kurt Froman's career has taken him from ...
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New York City Ballet Art Series Presents David Michalek

“SlowDancing/NYCB,” David Michalek’s installation for New York City Ballet’s 2024 Art Series, features hyper-slow-moving images of current NYCB dancers performing iconic moments from the company’s ...