Dancing Laser Beams

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One of my favorite moments in George Balanchine’s Rubies is when the soloist, known as the “Tall Girl,” emerges from the corps de ballet and finds herself at center stage. She carefully places each foot in a wide second position—an exaggerated stance, feet apart and turned out—and beckons the four men of the corps toward her. They […]

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