Peter Martins

LISTEN: Paul McCartney Dabbles In New Sound

Wall Street Journal | Posted 12.03.2011

Paul McCartney is already a rock legend but he isn’t growing complacent. The 69-year-old former Beatle continues to experiment with musical genres, ...

Gazelle Emami

Paul McCartney's Ballet Stumbles Over Its Own Feet

HuffingtonPost.com | Gazelle Emami | Posted 11.26.2011

NEW YORK -- When Paul McCartney took a bow at the opening night gala for "Ocean's Kingdom" last Thursday, the record will show it was the most dramati...

CultureZohn Presents First Person: Ashley Bouder, New York City Ballet Principal Dancer

Ashley Bouder | Posted 05.25.2011

Ashley Bouder

2010-11-23-midair.jpgSlip, fall, forget choreography, it's all part of live ballet. You move on, forget, and trust it will be better. Then later, you have a good laugh.

Toronto's Babes in Wings

Erica Abeel | Posted 05.25.2011

Erica Abeel

Aronofsky's Black Swan inhabits an entirely different planet. An audacious rethink of the themes implicit in Swan Lake, it uncovers the rivalries and ambitions roiling a New York City ballet company.

BALLET: Esa-Pekka Salonen's Violin Concerto At New York City Ballet

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

Since leaving his position as Los Angeles Philharmonic music director last year, Esa-Pekka Salonen has been a regular at New York theaters. Last fall ...

Hang Out With Marsalis, Domingo, Gilbert and Others -- For Free

Jane Levere | Posted 05.25.2011

Jane Levere

How's this for a holiday gift? Time with Placido Domingo, Alan Gilbert, Peter Martins, Wynton Marsalis and Audra McDonald, free of charge, at the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Bless This House

Norman MacAfee | Posted 05.25.2011

Norman MacAfee

The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, home of the New York City Opera, is dark as it undergoes a year of renovation. It is a house of past and perhaps future artistic importance in two art forms.

Is Ballet Dead? Never! New York City Ballet Presents an Enticing Evening of New Work

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Tonya Plank

I had a wonderful night at New York City Ballet the other night. The program, titled "Here and Now", focused on some of the company's newest works, and was kind of a celebration of the future, of 21st Century ballet.