Performed on Thursday at Lincoln Center, the ballet unites two sections of Marius Petipa’s 1881 “Paquita”: George Balanchine’s 1951 “Minkus Pas de Trois” (staged by Marina Eglevsky ...

Ashley Bouder bid farewell, Mira Nadon dazzled in “Swan Lake,” Maria Tallchief was honored and Alexei Ratmansky had another winner.

Leon’s stylish costuming. “Paquita,” by artist in residence Alexei Ratmansky, presents two zesty numbers originally composed by Ludwig Minkus for Marius Petipa’s three-act, 1881 narrative ...