Critic’s Notebook: At New York City Ballet, Hits, Misses And Daring Dancers

Gillian Walsh’s latest work, with uncompromising slowness and repetition, distills the endlessness of the dancer’s quest.

Part of a texting scandal that rocked City Ballet, Mr. Ramasar, performing in his old, ebullient manner, seemed a little clueless.

“He Takes Her by the Hand and Leads Her Into the Castle, the Others Follow” is a long meditation on the themes of Shakespeare’s tragedy.

Shamel Pitts and Bobbi Jene Smith, veterans of Ohad Naharin’s company, showed their distinctive dance voices in New York performances.

Over 10 years, American Ballet Theater has become fluent in the style of Mr. Ratmansky, whose new work will be unveiled at the spring gala.

From the shop floors of factories to ballet’s grandest stages, unions are rethinking how they balance their responsibilities in sexual harassment cases.