State of the Company
Paris Opera Ballet's "The Sleeping Beauty"
Svetlana Zakharova and Jose Martinez, Agnes Letestu and Jean-Guillaume Bart, and Myriam Ould-Braham and Christophe Duquenne

by Marc
Haegeman

Christmas Present
Two "Nutcrackers" and a "Cinderella"
Moscow Stanislavsky Ballet, English National Ballet, and The Royal Ballet

by John Percival

Party Pieces
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
"Shining Star," "Burlesque" and "Love Stories"; and Dudley Williams' Farewell

by Susan Reiter

Speed Skating—and some nice surprises
Ice Theatre of New York
2004 Winter Festival

by Susan Reiter

Mindy Aloff's
Letter from New York

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Winter Repertory Season Opens
The New York City Ballet
“Divertimento No. 15”, “The Four Temperaments”, “Cortège Hongrois”

by Mary Cargill

A "Nutcracker" Trip
“George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker”
New York City Ballet, Pennsylvania Ballet, Stamford Center for the Arts

by Dale Brauner







Peter Boal's Drosselmeyer Debut
New York City Ballet
"The Nutcracker"

by Mary Cargill

Loving and Laughing at Ballet
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Repertory Program A

by Mary Cargill

Illusions
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Repertory Program B

by Leigh Witchel