Story Ballets for Our Times?
By Jetta Martin Ballet reinvents itself repeatedly"from classical to neoclassical, contemporary and beyond. Still, many of the most famous story ballets that companies perform today premiered in the nineteenth century. These include, but are not limited to, Don Quixote, recently performed by the San Francisco Ballet, La Bayadere, La Sylphide, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake, and Coppélia. The Nutcracker, one of the most…