Contributions to the New York City Ballet are put toward the cost of 23 weeks of performances, the creation of new works, and funding educational programs. A $1,500 donation gets you access to house seats for popular performances. Give $5,000 or more, and you’ll also be invited to private receptions and dinners with the dancers. [...]

In the elaborate edifice that’s City Ballet’s Double Feature, there’s a huge screen high above the state upon which bits of narrative and dialog and even pictures are displayed. Double Feauture’s conceit is that it’s a balletic tribute to silent movies, with the projections standing in for the silents’ interstitial texts. The projections are an [...]

February 19, 2005 — New York State Theatre, New York City, New York
Unless you’ve been hibernating for the past few years, you know that Susan Stroman is the premiere dance/theater choreographer of the day, and justifiably so. With few exceptions, everything she touches turns to gold. She has a string of Broadway hits to her [...]

Tonight I attended a thoroughly enjoyable performance by the New York City Ballet. Since I was there primarily as a patron, and less as a critic, I didn’t take notes and will keep this review brief. Think of it as a lost wax method of reviewing: what ever stands out in one’s memory after the [...]

Elegant evening dresses and the sparkle of jewels brought grace and glitter to a week of charity galas. On Tuesday the New York City Ballet’s opening night performance was followed by a supper dance on the promenade of the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center. Patty Davis Raynes organized the evening.
Elegant evening dresses and [...]