The company's first show in 1948 featured 16-year-old Ruth Lawrence Doering, who finished her dance despite her shoe breaking mid-performance.
One of the best-known dance companies in the world is taking a bow with the celebration of a major milestone.
It was a joyful moment on stage when the New York City Ballet marked 75 years of excellence with a performance that included dancers from the program's very beginning."Look how much the seats were, $3!" she exclaimed, looking at a cherished old program."The show must go on. I mean, what am I gonna say? 'Excuse me, please. I have to go off stage and fix my shoe?' she said."Yeah, no, you do what you have to do.
The company's first female associate artistic director, Wendy Whelan, a former principal dancer, now helps decide what's performed. "Balanchine would commission female choreographers, always a little bit," she told CBS News."Now we have a full-on commitment to it. But especially to diverse women. That's very, very important to me.""Nobody knew it was gonna be this great company," Doering said."It's wonderful."
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