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
By Gabriela Estrada Last June, Héctor Zaraspe missed his 90th birthday celebration due to the COVID-19 lockdown. Earlier, he also missed the presentation of the annual choreography prize named after him by the Juilliard School, where he taught for 35 years. Maestro Zaraspe has also coached some of the greatest ballet and Spanish dancers of