![Robert Fairchild coached by Jacques d'Amboise, both looking up to one arm in a pose from Apollo](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/damboise.jpg)
![Ashley Laracey wearing a blue tulle skirt in an arabesque rehearsing Hermia in A Midsummer Night's Dream](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/laracey.jpg)
![Miriam Miller and Preston Chamblee (in a donkey head) coached by Bart Cook in A Midsummer Night's Dream](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/MillerCookChamblee15x13.jpg)
![Jared Angle holding Teresa Reichlen with her legs in a U shape over his head in Episodes](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/angleepisodes.jpg)
![Robert Barnett coaching Aaron Sanz in Serenade, with Megan LeCrone and Indiana Woodward watching in blue tulle costumes](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/barnett.jpg)
![Suzanne Farrell in a decorative coral sweater looking towards her outstretched arm in a coaching session for Meditation](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/farrell.jpg)
![Renan Cerdeiro and Hannah Fischer in a pse from Ballade with Adam Luders looking on](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Ballade-gallery.jpg.webp)
![Peter Martins, in jeans and a plaid shirt placing Robert Fairchild's arm as he poses with Sterling Hyltin](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/martins.jpg)
![Suki Schorer coaching Claire Von Enck, both in dance clothes and short skirts leaning askance](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/schorer.jpg)
![Edward Villella, leg up in à la seconde, coaching Jared Angle in George Balanchine's Bugaku](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Villella15x13.jpg)
![Unity Phelan, holding her leg up, and Emma Von Enck in the back, coached by Allegra Kent and Bart Cook in Episodes](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/phelanepisodes.jpg)
The George Balanchine Foundation Video Archives represent the heart and soul of the Foundation’s efforts to preserve and extend the legacy of George Balanchine and his choreographic works.
![Helène Alexopoulos in a lunge with arms crossed reaching front, Maria Tallchief coaching from behind](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Tallchief-Alexopoulos-Rushton_denoised.jpg)
Photo by Brian Rushton
Dancers who originated important roles or worked extensively with Balanchine actively coach current dancers in order to provide a living record of the choreography and capture Balanchine’s original choreographic intent.
![Merrill Ashley, arms rounded overhead, coaching Tiler Peck being partnered by Jonathon Stafford in Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/TchaikPianConc2-colorcorr-scaled.jpg)
The Archive of Lost Choreography is dedicated to retrieval of Balanchine choreography no longer performed and in danger of disappearing permanently.
![James Fayette, in all black, holding the waist of dancer Lilyan Vigo in a white tutu as she leans back onto him in a fourth position en pointe](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Mozartiana-old-photo-denoised.jpg)
![Frederic Franklin in a white t-shirt holding the arms of Lilyan Vigo a in a white tutu in a penchée en pointe with James Fayette in all black holding her waist her from behind](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Mozartiana-old-photo-2-denoised.jpg)
![Patricia McBride sitting arms opened and interviewed by Marina Harss](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0927-colorcorr_2.jpg)
Following the coaching sessions, moderators interview the former dancers who worked with Balanchine to explore and clarify themes and intentions. Together they reflect on historical moments from the creation of the ballets.
![Patricia McBride sitting arms opened and interviewed by Marina Harss](https://balanchine.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/IMG_0927-colorcorr_2.jpg)
Following the coaching sessions, moderators interview the former dancers who worked with Balanchine to explore and clarify themes and intentions. Together they reflect on historical moments from the creation of the ballets.
Conceived of by dance historian, writer, and the Foundation’s Director of Research Nancy Reynolds, the Video Archives remain an essential resource for students, professional dancers, scholars and choreographers interested in the history and evolution of Balanchine’s work. The complete Video Archives, at present over sixty sessions recorded and edited, are housed in the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. The project continues as a major ongoing commitment of the Foundation, under the direction of Paul Boos.
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Video Archives Recorded
130
Dancer Participants
66
Ballets Coached
16
Works Reconstructed