Rose designed the choreography to complement, not overshadow, the orchestra and projections. The dancers perform their duet on an elevated half-moon platform that frames the musicians.

Weeks ahead of George Balanchine’s “The Nutcracker,” the Sugar Plum Fairy is getting ready to entertain. Her wand at hand, she has magic to command. At her palace in the Land of the Sweets ...

Long-time board member Edward Manno Shumsky has been elected chairman of the board of the New World Symphony, the national training orchestra led by Michael Tilson Thomas. He succeeds Rose Ellen ...