Special thanks to photographer Kyle Froman for allowing the gorgeous picture above to appear on my site--Kyra Nichols in the final lift as the Waltz Girl in Serenade (choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Tchaikovsky) during her retirement performance with the New York City Ballet in 2007. I have admired Kyle’s photography since reading his book several years ago—In the Wings: Behind the Scenes at the New York City Ballet. In addition to offering an inside look at life in the New York City Ballet through the lens of his camera, Kyle provides an honest and touching narrative of his experiences dancing for NYCB as well as an hourly account of a typical dancer’s day.
Kyle is a fellow Texan, and I remember watching him and his brother Kurt perform with Mejia's Fort Worth Ballet many years ago before they left to join NYCB. You can read about Kyle’s amazing journey from dancer to photographer here: "BWW Interviews: Kyle Froman in his Own Words: Photographing Ballet to Broadway".
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