Train With Gelsey

Train With Gelsey

I could spend days at a time watching old videos of Gelsey Kirkland. That lyricism! That lightness! She moves the way I dream of dancing in my most fantastical fantasies.   Good news for serious pre-professional students: Kirkland’s New York school is holding...
#TBT: Gelsey Kirkland in "Giselle" (1975)

#TBT: Gelsey Kirkland in "Giselle" (1975)

Gelsey Kirkland caused quite a stir when she left New York City Ballet in 1974. Then a rising star in Balanchine’s company, she joined American Ballet Theatre at Mikhail Baryshnikov’s behest, and became one of the Russian star’s most frequent...
Train With Gelsey

Sarah Jessica Parker Talks Ballet on WNYC

Sarah Jessica Parker has a few identities: Little Orphan Annie, Carrie Bradshaw, and more recently, #1 celebrity ballet advocate. Today from 12–2 pm EST, she will guest host WNYC’s Leonard Lopate Show to talk all things ballet. Gelsey Kirkland and Michael...