Wendy Whelan has had a date with Balanchine’s “Bugaku” for many years, but it wasn’t until this month at New York City Ballet that the rendezvous came to fruition. May marked Ms. Whelan’s debut in ...

Maria Kowroski took to Balanchine’s “Bugaku” so well in her debut Wednesday night that, at first, I wondered why she hadn’t been cast in the ballet earlier in her career. But, on second thought, I ...

SARASOTA — The Sarasota Ballet has added a work once called by former New York Times reviewer Anna Kisselgoff “the sexiest show in ballet” to its 2017-18 season lineup. “Bugaku,” a rarely performed ...

To Choreographer George Balanchine, the dancers of the Japanese Imperial Household, who made an American tour three years ago, offered more than an unfamiliar art form. They gave him a novel idea: Why ...

Daisy Diamond grew up just outside Philadelphia with a deep love of art and a curiosity that couldn’t be confined to a single path. “I tried out many jobs that you can do with art,” she recalls, “art ...

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