"In addition to honoring Tallchief, that night's show -- played to a packed house -- marked principal dancer Ashley Bouder's final NYCB appearance. Renowned for her fierce technique, Bouder, 41, chose to end her 25 years with the troupe in Firebird, neatly book-ending her career by performing the same leading role she had been thrown into as a teen-ager, with just two hours of rehearsal, during her first year wit…
SOURCE: Dance Enthusiast at 05:06PM on February 26, 2025