{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 36.2: Hear the Dance: Prodigal Son (Part 2)","description":"The second part of our Hear the Dance exploration of Balanchine\u2019s Prodigal Son continues, with host Silas Farley and former NYCB Principal Dancer Edward Villella looking back on Villella\u2019s legendary career. They discuss Balanchine\u2019s recreation of Apollo on the young dancer; the Company\u2019s momentous tour of the Soviet Union; and the importance of School of American Ballet teacher Stanley Williams\u2019 mentorship to Villella\u2019s development as a dancer and as a leader in the field. Villella would go on to found Miami City Ballet with the idea, as he explains, to \u201cprovide people with the closest to the best of themselves that they could achieve,\u201d with his NYCB history providing the motivation and education that inspired this vision. (35:15) This is a continuation of&amp;nbsp;Part One of this episode. Music: Apollon Musag\u00e8te (1928) by Igor Stravinsky Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra (1929) by Igor Stravinsky Agon (1953-56) by Igor Stravinsky ","author_name":"City Ballet The Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.nycballet.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/18014813\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/9b8730\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/96344915"}