Performances in N.Y.C. After a season of saying farewell to cherished roles, the City Ballet principal Sterling Hyltin prepares to take her final bow in “The Nutcracker.” The ballerina Sterling Hyltin ...

This image released by the New York City Ballet shows principal dancer Sterling Hyltin taking her final bow with New York City Ballet after performing as the Sugarplum Fairy in George Balanchine's ...

After a season of saying farewell to cherished roles, the City Ballet principal Sterling Hyltin prepares to take her final bow in “The Nutcracker.” By Marina Harss A guide to the best dance online ...

Rashaun Mitchell and Sterling Hyltin performing in a Platform 2015 Dance Dialogue at Danspace Project (all photos by Ian Douglas) Dance is a curious thing: an art form that both defies and relies on ...

Sterling Hyltin and Andrew Veyette of New York City Ballet in Alexei Miroshnichenko's "The Lady With the Little Dog." “There are no sisters-in-law in ballet.” Is that what Balanchine said? He was dead ...

Ballet is a young person’s game, and retirement is a bittersweet fact of life. Sterling Hyltin doesn’t quite retire this week—that comes on Dec. 4, during “The Nutcracker” season—but on Oct. 13 she ...

NEW YORK (AP) — George Balanchine’s “Nutcracker” ends with a big, collective farewell wave. Every single dancer onstage is waving — from the Sugarplum Fairy and her fellow inhabitants of the Land of ...