Jennifer Homans

Jennifer Homans is the author of Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet and the Founder and Director of the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU. She is working on a biography of George Balanchine. (January 2019)

Balanchine at the Crossroads

Balanchine at the Crossroads

January 17, 2019 issue

Hail Balanchine

Hail Balanchine

‘Serenade’ has no story or narrative. It is internal—inward, like the music, and more of a prayer or ritual than a theatrical spectacle.

December 21, 2017 issue

On Robert Silvers

On Robert Silvers

Nineteen writers remember The New York Review’s editor.

May 11, 2017 issue

Agon: ‘The Acute Edge of Risk’

Agon: ‘The Acute Edge of Risk’

Agon

a ballet by Igor Stravinsky, with choreography by George Balanchine, performed by the New York City Ballet

May 12, 2016 issue

Balanchine: Making & Being Don Quixote

Balanchine: Making & Being Don Quixote

June 4, 2015 issue

In Balanchine’s Beautiful Forest

In Balanchine’s Beautiful Forest

For Balanchine, A Midsummer Night’s Dream was deeply personal

March 5, 2015 issue

The Unknown Young Balanchine

The Unknown Young Balanchine

Elizabeth Kendall’s ‘Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer’

Balanchine and the Lost Muse: Revolution and the Making of a Choreographer

by Elizabeth Kendall

October 24, 2013 issue

Tony Judt: A Final Victory

Tony Judt: A Final Victory

March 22, 2012 issue

Geniuses Together

Stravinsky and Balanchine: A Journey of Invention

by Charles M. Joseph

December 19, 2002 issue

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