The latest episode of City Ballet The Podcast is a special two-part Hear the Dance, hosted by NYCB Soloist Silas Farley, with special guest Patricia McBride. Her illustrious 30-year career with NYCB—highlighted by her promotion to principal dancer at just 18 years old—included 60 different roles, 30 of which were created for her. In this first part of their wide-ranging discussion, Farley and McBride discuss her early years in the Company and working with Balanchine, through the 1964 premiere of Rubies. (41:23)

Continue listening to Part Two of this episode.

Music:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major (1931) by Igor Stravinsky
Apollon Musagéte (1928) by Igor Stravinsky
Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1929) by Igor Stravinsky
Symphony No. 1 in C major (1855) by Georges Bizet
Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56, 'Scotch,' (1842) by Felix Mendelssohn