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Final Bow: A Soloist with American Ballet Theatre Chronicles His Last Season
American Ballet Theatre’s rehearsal studios are at 890 Broadway, an old building where exposed pipes clank and hiss in uneven accompaniment to piano music. The high ceilings wear a toupee of dust. The...
View ArticleFinal Bow: Sascha Radetsky on His Final Days with American Ballet Theatre
If age someday grounds my feet and wilts my port de bras, what vestige of the old life will be left? The signs that I was a dancer will gradually fade like stripes on a beach towel. Even my knowledge...
View ArticleFinal Bow: An American Ballet Theatre Soloist on His Last Performance
On the day of my last ABT performance, New York City was hot and volatile. The air felt greasy, the pavement molten. Clouds rolled above skyscrapers, and the streets grew oddly quiet. The atmosphere...
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