Episode 74: The Rosin Box: Repertory Directors

City Ballet The Podcast

This week’s conversation around The Rosin Box explores the way ballets are passed from generation to generation at New York City Ballet, and the artists who are responsible for carrying on that oral tradition: the Company’s repertory directors. Hosts Claire Kretzschmar and Aarón Sanz are joined by Kathleen Tracey, who danced with NYCB for 15 years before becoming a repertory director. Tracey talks about her process—from preparing for rehearsals, to whether she refers to notes, and the essential assessments she makes whenever entering the studio—and the joy she feels from learning something new about the repertory and the dancers every day. (49:35)

Edited by Emilie Silvestri

Music: "Je ne t’aime plus" by Pink Martini Courtesy of Pink Martini & Heinz Records