Daily Archives: February 9, 2018

Dance Magazine: The 4 Life Lessons Balanchine Taught His Male Dancers

"The three men, all in their early 80s, discussed everything from their ballet beginnings: Villella being dragged with his sister to class, to dancing with "Balanchine's gals" (as d'Amboise referred to them), several of whom were in attendance, including Patricia McBride and Suki Schorer."

2018-03-16T14:25:44-05:00February 9th, 2018|

Dance Teacher: How Balanchine Affected the Lives of His Male Dancers

"After 50 years, George Balanchine's New York City Ballet male dancers—Jacques d'Amboise, Edward Villella and Arthur Mitchell—were reunited. The one-night-only event at the National Dance Institute in New York City (founded by d'Amboise in 1976) provided a rare glimpse of what it was like to work with Mr. B. during ballet's golden years at NYCB."

2018-02-09T17:30:29-05:00February 9th, 2018|