Agon was actually commissioned to be a ballet. Stravinsky sat at a piano in the studio with Balanchine as he was choreographing, and they worked together on it. Not a lot of ballets are like that.

Agon (1957), Stravinsky's final ballet, represents a significant step on his route towards serialism. The composition was stretched out over a number of years, during which the composer became ...

But it remained for the third number on the program— the Balanchine-Stravinsky Agon—to electrify the audience. More sophisticated and far more abstract than Russian ballet fans are accustomed ...

Courtesy photo Altoona native and New York City Ballet soloist Georgina Pazcoguin ... Pazcoguin has danced featured roles in George Balanchine’s “Agon,” “Apollo, Coppelia” (Spinner ...

American Contemporary Ballet examines the evolution of the pas de deux, aka the quintessential dance duet What distinguishes each of the six pas de deux? And do they have any similarities?

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The idealized look in the 1980s was muscular and toned (with leg warmers). That morphed into the skeletal “heroin chic” of ...

The National Ballet of Ukraine is on a major U.S. tour; the dancers' mission is to show that Ukrainian culture perseveres despite the ongoing Russian attacks on their country. Organizers say that ...

The beauty of ballet captured as a moment in time. Costumes worn by ballerinas Violette Verdy, Marianna Tcherkassky, and Misty Copeland were showcased at the National Museum of American History. Read ...

Sometimes they happen concurrently, but that isn’t ideal. George Balanchine, the founding choreographer of New York City Ballet, viewed the theater as a church. “You don’t applaud in the ...

American Ballet Theater opened its fall season at Lincoln Center with premieres by Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham in his most accomplished ballet yet. By Gia Kourlas For ballet to grow, it has to ...

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