100 episodes

Welcome to City Ballet The Podcast, an exploration of New York City Ballet where we'll journey through our history, delve into our new and existing repertory, and reveal insider tidbits.

Each season of City Ballet The Podcast features episodes that span three topics: New Combinations hosted by Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan, Hear the Dance hosted by dance educator and former NYCB dancer Silas Farley, and See the Music hosted by Music Director Andrew Litton.

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Welcome to City Ballet The Podcast, an exploration of New York City Ballet where we'll journey through our history, delve into our new and existing repertory, and reveal insider tidbits.

Each season of City Ballet The Podcast features episodes that span three topics: New Combinations hosted by Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan, Hear the Dance hosted by dance educator and former NYCB dancer Silas Farley, and See the Music hosted by Music Director Andrew Litton.

    The Rosin Box: Partnering

    The Rosin Box: Partnering

    This week at The Rosin Box, hosts Claire Kretzschmar and Soloist Aarón Sanz are joined by NYCB dancers and "real-life" couple Emily Kikta and Peter Walker to talk about partnering—onstage and off. Peter and Aarón share their memories of learning from legendary former Principal Dancer Jock Soto, who taught partnering at the School of American Ballet when they were students, while Claire and Emily reflect on the ways in which pas de deux challenge their stamina while offering opportunities to take risks. The most important element for a successful partnership, they all agree, is simple, if not always easy: communication. (56:23) 
    Edited by Emilie Silvestri
    Music:
    "Je ne t’aime plus" by Pink Martini
    Courtesy of Pink Martini & Heinz Records

    • 56 min
    The Rosin Box: Wellness

    The Rosin Box: Wellness

    Hosts Claire Kretzschmar and Aarón Sanz are back at The Rosin Box, joined by Corps de Ballet Member and Get Golden founder Jenelle Manzi. Jenelle describes her journey to the stage and how struggles with injuries and food allergies inspired her to start crafting her own anti-inflammatory recipes. As she shares, a stray comment from a colleague on the tour bus to the Kennedy Center sparked the formation of her business, which she runs alongside performing full-time with the Company. (40:49)
    Edited by Emilie Silvestri
    Music:
    "Je ne t’aime plus" by Pink Martini
    Courtesy of Pink Martini & Heinz Records

    • 40 min
    The Rosin Box: Costume Shop

    The Rosin Box: Costume Shop

    The Rosin Box returns for another round of candid conversations with hosts Claire Kretzschmar and Soloist Aarón Sanz. This week, they're joined by NYCB Director of Costumes Marc Happel to talk all things tutus and beyond. Happel shares his journey to the Company's storied costume shop, where decades ago Co-Founder George Balanchine collaborated with Barbara Karinska on the innovative powderpuff tutu, and artisans fit and craft costumes for today's dancers under Happel's direction. (43:32) 
    Edited by Emilie Silvestri
    Music:
    "Je ne t’aime plus" by Pink Martini
    Courtesy of Pink Martini & Heinz Records

    • 43 min
    See the Music: Symphony in Three Movements

    See the Music: Symphony in Three Movements

    In this week's See the Music episode, we revisit a 2013 live presentation with host and Associate Music Director Andrews Sill, exploring Igor Stravinsky's 1945 composition Symphony in Three Movements, the score for the George Balanchine ballet of the same name. With help from the New York City Ballet Orchestra, Maestro Sill highlights the musical "nuts and bolts" of this galvanizing piece, and outlines some of the cinematic and real-world inspirations for its taut construction and powerful impact. (14:39)
    Edited by Emilie Silvestri
    Music:
    Symphony in Three Movements (1945) by Igor Stravinsky
    All music performed by New York City Ballet Orchestra

    • 14 min
    Hear the Dance: Liebeslieder Walzer

    Hear the Dance: Liebeslieder Walzer

    Silas Farley is back with another deep dive into the Company's repertory in this week's Hear the Dance episode, devoted to George Balanchine's Liebeslieder Walzer. Farley is joined by former Principal Dancers Bart Cook and Maria Calegari, who share their memories of watching the ballet's iconic interpreters in its initial incarnations; learning individual parts within the challenging but "sublime" work; and coaching Liebeslieder in its entirety. As they describe, the ballet was like a "gift from Europe," for which many dancers have needed to learn the waltz anew—in the countless three-quarter versions Balanchine devised. (57:03)
    Written by Silas Farley
    Edited by Emilie Silvestri
    Music:
    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major (1931) by Igor Stravinsky
    Liebeslieder, Op. 52 (1869) by Johannes Brahms
    Neue Liebeslieder, Op. 65 (1874) by Johannes Brahms
    Waltzes for piano duet and vocal quartet, all set to poems by Friedrich Daumer, except last, by Goethe
    All music performed by the New York City Ballet Orchestra
    Reading List:
    Balanchine Then and Now Edited by Anne Hogan
    Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century by Jennifer Homans
    Balanchine: A Biography by Bernard Taper
    George Balanchine: Ballet Master by Richard Buckle in Collaboration with John Taras
    Following Balanchine by Robert Garis
    More Balanchine Variations by Nancy Goldner
    Johannes Brahms: A Biography by Jan Swafford
    Brahms and His Poets: A Handbook by Natasha Loges
    Ballerina: A Biography of Violette Verdy by Victoria Huckenpahler
    Balanchine’s Ballerinas: Conversations with the Muses by Robert Tracy and Sharon DeLano
    Goethe: Life as a Work of Art by Rüdiger Safranski, Translated by David Dollenmayer
    Costumes by Karinska by Toni Bentley

    • 57 min
    New Combinations: Tiler Peck

    New Combinations: Tiler Peck

    In the latest New Combinations episode, Associate Artistic Director and host Wendy Whelan chats with Principal Dancer Tiler Peck about memories from their time dancing together and Tiler's upcoming choreographic debut with the Company. Tiler describes how her internal sense of musicality drives her choreographic practice as much as her work as a performer, and shares that this commission from New York City Ballet came at exactly the right time—the dancers' happiness and enthusiasm in the studio were "exactly what she needed." (37:56)
    Edited by Emilie Silvestri
    Music:
    "Sisyphus" by Andrew Wegman Bird
    Wixen Music Publishing, Inc. as agent for Muffet Music Co

    • 37 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
138 Ratings

138 Ratings

Viveca1 ,

Rosin Box

I love the rosin box episodes! Great hosts and content. Thanks for making these wonderful episodes!

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LOVE THIS! I WANT TO DANCE WITH NYCB WHEN I GROW UP!

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A little laughter with the ballet

I love The Rosin Box. Thanks so much to the cheerful and fun hosts and guests for furthering my understanding of ballet.

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