by Laura Cappelle | Jan 9, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Choreographers line up to update Swan Lake or The Rite of Spring, but Apollo and other Balanchine classics haven’t inspired nearly as many reinventions—until now. In France, the country where Apollo premiered in 1928, 31-year-old Brett Fukuda uses a female perspective...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Dec 23, 2019 | Career, Instagram, Profiles
In one sense, American Ballet Theatre soloist Calvin Royal III’s company debut as the lead in George Balanchine’s Apollo in October felt momentous: a black dancer, in a historically lily-white company, portraying a god. In another, it felt inevitable:...
by Jennifer Heimlich | Nov 28, 2001 | Company Life
You’re going to want to catch “60 Minutes” this Sunday. Reporter Lesley Stahl will go backstage at New York City Ballet, following Robbie Fairchild as he learns the title role in Apollo. See the performance with Tiler Peck, Sterling Hyltin and Ana Sophia...