The New York City Ballet's fiftieth anniversary stirs thoughts of the days of Balanchine and illustrious dancers past.

The nature of love inspires new American Ballet Theatre pieces by Lar Lubovitch (light and happy) and John Neumeier (not).

More lurid melodrama from the Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg.

Chucking a century's agglomeration of revisions, the Kirov looks to the original to inspire its astonishing new "Sleeping Beauty."

Though it's yet another big historical narrative, ABT's "Anastasia" is not without its charms.

Paul Taylor Dance Company
At City Center.

For the "Nutcracker"-averse, the primordial ooze of Eiko & Koma, Ralph Lemon's fusion experiments, and scary daredeviltry from Elizabeth Streb.

The Royal Danish Ballet can't handle its own sweet history.