SARATOGA SPRINGS — It seems a good portion of George Balanchine’s choreographic skill is manifested in visions of unattainable love. The subject, mostly explored as the endless search for the elusive muse, was one of his favorites. He expressed it with simplicity and great emotional effect in the Divertimento from “Le Baiser de la Fee.” The ballet from 1972 has not been seen at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center in decades, so it was a welcome sight on Friday night as New York City Ballet continued its residency here. Megan Fairchild is the fairy who bewitches an artiste, danced by Joaquin de Luz. Both are marvelous, but Fairchild is at her very best. The ballet, with music by Stravinsky and an ending with Tchaikovsky’s “None but the Lonely Heart,” belongs to Fairchild. She is the only ballerina who performs it and for good...
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