A class act: Afternoon of a Faun depicts an interlude of discovery between ballet students in-studio. See the essential Jerome Robbins pas de deux this coming spring on Masters at Work: Balanchine & Robbins II. Single tickets are now available at nycballet.com/balanchinerobbins2spring | New York City Ballet

In anticipation of Tuesday's 8 PM EDT stream, which includes Afternoon of a Faun, we're revisiting Ballet Master and former Soloist Craig Hall's Anatomy of a Dance on the ballet, in which he emphasizes the importance of nuance while performing the choreography. "The simplicity of the ballet is what makes it so pure and so special. It's all about being as natural as possible." Here, he dances opposite Principal Dancer Sterling Hyltin, who appears in Tuesday night's streamed performance with Princ