Glimpse into a world where the studio is the stage, where practice becomes performance and viewer acts as mirror: the world of Jerome Robbins' 1953 masterwork, Afternoon of a Faun. Subtle, sensual, ...

Debussy’s Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune was composed between 1892 and 1894. It was inspired by a poem by Mallarmé that was begun in 1865, supposedly for the stage; the final version appeared in ...

NEW YORK — Theater does not consist of words alone. And much of what can be sublime in theater goes beyond words. It is true that all the great choreographers are also among the great makers of ...

Oakland Ballet is giving props this weekend to its longtime artistic director and acclaimed choreographer Graham Lustig, who is marking his 24th season as head of the popular dance troupe. In two ...

The radiant beauty of Tanaquil Le Clercq burns through the grainy images and fuzzy kinetoscopes in Nancy Buirski’s stunning documentary tribute Afternoon of A Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq. One of the most ...

UW students rehearse a scene from the ballet “Petrushka.” The UW Symphony Orchestra joins the UW Department of Theatre and Dance to produce “Petrushka” and “Afternoon of a Faun” March 29-April 3 on ...

Opens Fri., April 25 at Varsity. Not rated. 92 minutes. Almost forgotten today, the name Tanaquil Le Clercq was once renowned in the dance world. Joining the New York City Ballet in the early ’50s, ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Christopher Williams, a choreographer captivated by the otherworldly, presents the New York premieres of “Les Sylphides” and “Afternoon of a Faun.” By ...

To the late great Dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, the Afternoon of a Faun was a lazy, sensual episode in the life of a mythological goat-man; he danced it (to Debussy’s famed music) in horns, tail and dappled ...