George Balanchine's "Serenade" — which will open PNB's 2026-27 season — is a dance seemingly made from moonlight, writes arts ...

In 1934, a few months after his arrival in New York, George Balanchine choreographed “Serenade.” It was his first ballet for American dancers, a seminal work that marked the way he was to reshape and ...

Is “Serenade” the most beloved ballet of all time? This isn’t a repudiation of “Swan Lake” or “Firebird” or, heaven forbid, “Nutcracker.” But for my money, “Serenade” is as close to a perfect ballet ...

George Balanchine was so taken with California orange groves, he built Serenade’s famous opening around their visual pattern, arranging 17 women in a scattered, uneven formation of an orchard rather ...

“But first, a school.” Words mythically attributed to Georgiy Balanchivadze — George Balanchine — upon coming to the United States to build what would become an American empire of ballet. Some think ...

Nashville Ballet presents a captivating double feature of Dracula and Serenade at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center from October 3 to 6. Owen Thorne stars as Dracula, alongside Brett Sjoblom and ...

Garrett Ammon must know it takes chutzpah to choreograph Tchaikovsky’s “Serenade for Strings in C Major,” the same music George Balanchine used for the first ballet he created in America, in 1934.

Let us raise a toast to George Balanchine’s “Serenade,” which will turn 80 a month from now. It is the ballet that launched the extraordinary American phase of the choreographer’s career, and, more ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Misty Copeland SERENADE A Balanchine Story By Toni Bentley Toni Bentley’s sixth book, “Serenade,” ...