By Barbara Quick The Russian ballerina Tamara Karsavina became a writer at the age of 46, when — against all odds as someone who only learned English as an adult — she penned a richly detailed, wonderfully written memoir for the English-speaking world: Theatre Street, first published in London in 1931. I sought out the
By Gerard Davis Rudolf Nureyev has become an almost mythological name in ballet. Probably best known for his 1961 defection to the West from the Soviet Union and for his partnership with Margot Fonteyn, he transformed the art form he loved through his dancing, choreography, and international stardom. If you asked anyone in the world
By Elaine Gaertner For Joysanne Sidimus, the path to becoming a repetiteur for the George Balanchine repertoire began in 1969 while she was a principal dancer with the newly formed Pennsylvania Ballet. That’s when she first staged Serenade, a ballet she had performed numerous times as a corps member with New York City Ballet, and