After one holiday season lost to the pandemic and another curtailed by Omicron, seasonal staples including “The Nutcracker,” “A Christmas Carol” and “Messiah” are back in force.
Category: New York City Ballet
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Day 15: Finding Christmas Joy in ‘The Nutcracker’
For a mother and daughter, the sweetest moment came when the production broke a barrier with the first Black dancer to play Marie, the brave young heroine.
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A Slow Dance Toward a ‘Beautifully Intoxicating’ Romance
Unity Phelan and Cameron Dieck, who met while Ms. Phelan was an apprentice and Mr. Dieck a corps member at the New York City Ballet, kept their courtship a secret for months before going public.
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Robbie Fairchild Celebrates a Different Kind of Opening Night
Robbie Fairchild, a Tony-nominated former principal dancer for the New York City Ballet, opens the doors to his floral-arrangement business.
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In New York, Masks Will Not Be Required at the Opera or Ballet
Many arts groups, worried about alienating older patrons, have maintained strict rules. Now “the time has come to move on,” one leader said.