Artiste: Chun-Wai Chan

New York City Ballet dancing Balanchine's A Midsummer Night's Dream is the happiest way to end a long season.

Underneath, There Is Light was soothing, expansive and uplifting. One could see it becoming a regularly revived work.

If the famous fairy variations in the Prologue can sometimes expose weaknesses, NYCB proved that it excels in pure classical ballet and not only in the neo-classical repertory.