Fearless Ascent, as a God or a Jet

By GIA KOURLAS 6:05 PM ET

Andrea Mohin/The New York Times

Chase Finlay performing "Apollo" last month in the New York City Ballet's Balanchine Black and White program at Lincoln Center.

At just 20, Chase Finlay is a rising force at New York City Ballet. He has triumphed recently in his roles as the god Apollo and as Tony in Jerome Robbins’s “West Side Story Suite.”

Dance Review: First a Toast, Then the Frolics of a Bubbly Balanchine

Dance Review

Mercurial Dramas, Vertical and Horizontal

By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

Three of Christopher Wheeldon’s ballets have been performed at Lincoln Center of late, including “Mercurial Manoeuvres” on Wednesday.

Dance Review

Series of Deft Negotiations Involving Ill-Advised Attire

By CLAUDIA LA ROCCO

Christine Elmo and Maggie Jones evoked the legacies of many dance techniques in Ms. Elmo’s “Empress, Empress fall down your skirt is too short” at the Chocolate Factory.

May 31, 2011

At Ballet Theater, Popping the Question After the Plié

American Ballet Theater seems to be experiencing an unusual rush of real romance.

May 30, 2011

At City Ballet, the Big Boss Plays the 'Big Boss'

Peter Martins, the ballet master in chief of the company, had stepped in for an injured Ask la Cour.

May 26, 2011

More Cast Changes at American Ballet Theater

Johan Kobborg, a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London, will make his first appearance with Ballet Theater as a guest artist at Saturday's matinee of "Giselle."

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Dance Review

Teresa Reichlen and Charles Askegard of City Ballet in Peter Martins's “Thou Swell” at the David H. Koch Theater.

First a Toast to the Past, Then the Frolics of a Bubbly Balanchine

By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

Echoes of a 19th-century classic in Balanchine’s “Donizetti Variations.”

Critic’s Notebook

Natalia Osipova in the Bolshoi Ballet's production of “Coppélia,” shown live from Moscow.

Morning Feast on the Bolshoi (Popcorn, Too)

By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

Natalia Osipova stars in “Coppélia,” broadcast live from the Bolshoi Ballet in Moscow.

Dance Review

Giselle Diana Vishneva in the title role on Friday, partnered by Marcelo Gomes, in an American Ballet Theater production at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Two Top Giselles, Back to Back

By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

Diana Vishneva and Alina Cojocaru bring their interpretations of Giselle to American Ballet Theater on back-to-back nights.

Slide Show: ‘Giselle’

DanceAfrica 2011, at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, includes the Bambara Drum and Dance Ensemble, here performing “Journey.” On stilts: Vado Diamonde.

The Dances of Africa, as Filtered Through the Americas

By GIA KOURLAS

DanceAfrica 2011 pays homage to “Expressions and Encounters: African, Cuban and American Rhythms.”

Slide Show

American Ballet Theater's recent premiere of “Majisimo” combined company members with guest dancers to create an almost all-Cuban lineup: from left, Paloma Herrera (of Argentina) and Jose Manuel Carreño, both of Ballet Theater; Xiomara Reyes of Ballet Theater and Reyneris Reyes of Miami City Ballet; Lorena Feijóo of San Francisco Ballet and Nelson Madrigal of Boston Ballet; and Lorna Feijóo of Boston Ballet and Joan Boada of San Francisco Ballet.

Havana’s Sphere of Influence

By GIA KOURLAS

Why Cuban dancers find work easily in North American and European ballet companies.

Dance Review

Alvin Ailey School Anne O'Donnell, far right, and other students performed parts of Robert Battle's “Channels” at the Ailey Citigroup Theater.

A Tribute to the Past, Visions of the Future

By ROSLYN SULCAS

At the Alvin Ailey School’s Spring Celebration Concert on Wednesday, the senior students were remarkable for the ardent sincerity of their demeanor as well as the excellence of their dancing.