Recently, the esteemed Gelsey Kirkland Ballet has become the headquarters for lesser known pieces from some of the greatest Russian choreographers of all time. Continuing this tradition, Gelsey ...

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Kirkland is a living legend of the dance world. She made a big splash in 1970 in the lead role in a new production of “Firebird” that famed George Balanchine choreographed. Later, as a star of the ...

It’s the holiday season, in case you hadn’t noticed, which means that nuts are cracking all around town. First and foremost, of course, at the Koch, where the sublime Balanchine version of Tchaikovsky ...

Gelsey Kirkland has had more than her share of demons, as her two distressing memoirs—and her violently checkered career—attest. Those of us who fell in love with the purity and intensity of her work ...

Three years ago, Kirkland, one of the great American ballerinas, started a ballet academy, dedicated to the “old values”: storytelling, mime, musicality, and pristine technique. During this guided ...