Performer: Olivia MacKinnon

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

Some great and some lacklustre performances in the Jerome Robbins triple bill on opening night of New York City Ballet's winter season – and a missed opportunity.   

An evening of George Balanchine’s joyous, kitschy send-ups, with clever parodies of Petipa ballets.