Alexei Ratmansky’s “Paquita” brings Marius Petipa’s 19th-century style to New York City Ballet through two lenses: his own and George Balanchine’s. By Elizabeth Kendall New York City ...

But for this one, it helps to come armed with some history and context, as Paquita is steeped in both. In 1947, Marius Petipa brought the crowd-pleasing ballet to Russia. He’d spent a few years ...

Ratmansky’s “Paquita,” with costumes by Jérôme Kaplan, leads with Balanchine’s “Minkus Pas de Trois,” last performed by City Ballet in 1993, before moving onto the Grand Pas.