Apollo was George Balanchine's first collaboration with Stravinsky, marking a turning point in the choreographer's career. After decades of refinement by Balanchine, the leotard ballet performed today is our co-founder's longest surviving work. Revisit Apollo and the three muses this spring on the All Balanchine I program: nycballet.com/allbalanchine1spring Featuring Principal Dancers Unity Phelan and Taylor Stanley | New York City Ballet

"Apollo I look back on as the turning point of my life. In its discipline and restraint, in its sustained oneness of tone and feeling, the score was a revelation. It seemed to tell me that I could dare not to use everything, that I, too, could eliminate." —George Balanchine Experience Balanchine's formative ballet, his first of many successful collaborations with Igor Stravinsky, on the All Balanchine I program: nycballet.com/balanchine1spring Featuring Unity Phelan and Taylor Stanley | New York

In a recent Anatomy of a Dance feature, Principal Dancer Tiler Peck shares how she grew into the role of Terpsichore, the muse of dance in George Balanchine's Apollo, while dancing it with fellow Principal Taylor Stanley. Don't miss Apollo, returning to the stage this week only on the Stravinsky Festival III program: nycballet.com/stravinskyfestival3 | New York City Ballet