GEORGE BALANCHINE considered his ballets ephemeral: “A breath, a memory, then gone.” He worked hard in the moment and, following a near fatal illness in his youth, for the moment, so it is easy to ...

Let’s be honest. For most people, ballet is just a blur of leaping, turning, and pointed toes. But for the true devotee, there are great differences between the flowing movement of Italy’s Cecchetti ...