They treat Balanchine ballets like treasures, not a call to duty.

Nonetheless, two months devoted exclusively to the performance of 73 Balanchine ballets do not an ordinary season make.

One can note a passing resemblance to certain lifts and images in other Balanchine ballets.

For others, the change is too sharp, leading to claims that the Balanchine ballets are not danced as they once were.

Remember the days when they said all Balanchine ballets looked alike?

She enjoys teaching, and has enjoyed staging two Balanchine ballets for regional companies.

And it is certainly not the clearest or most focused of Balanchine ballets.

Individually, the two Balanchine ballets are among his most exquisite.

Another inspiration was Balanchine ballets that he first saw on videotape as a ballet student.

It just feels right, and you can't say even with Balanchine ballets that that is always true.