In New York, Van Cleef Becomes the ‘Fairy Godmother’ of Dance
The jeweler’s generously funded Dance Reflections program is having a major influence on the city’s scene. How much impact is too much?
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The jeweler’s generously funded Dance Reflections program is having a major influence on the city’s scene. How much impact is too much?
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Jodi Melnick’s new work is performed throughout a gallery installation, while one by Annie-B Parson sprawls in a sculpture park.
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The emerging field of dance neuroscience is finding that dance, with its multifaceted demands, engages the mind as intensively as the body.
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Pam Tanowitz’s “Day for Night” flows with and against the current of its surroundings, reflecting the park’s strange mix of the natural and man-made.
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Watch Three Dancers Pony Step Into the Sunset
A jaunty trio prances across the stage in Pam Tanowitz’s new work for Little Island.
Watch a Sisterhood of Budding Ballerinas
Five students from the School of American Ballet perform an excerpt from George Balanchine’s classic “Serenade.”
Watch a Tap Dance That Transcends Time
For her improvised solo to Max Roach and Cecil Taylor, Ayodele Casel said “the way in is to honor what you’re hearing.”
Click through as Joseph Gordon performs a section from Alexei Ratmansky’s new dance for New York City Ballet, a reaction to the horrors of the war in Ukraine.
By Gia Kourlas and
Rugged, Physical Work With Durability
In Abby Zbikowski’s “Radioactive Practice,” a dancer says, “You’re seeing survival and community in real time.”
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The BBC said it would add chaperones to rehearsals after allegations of abusive behavior at a hugely popular dance show that inspired international versions.
By Isabella Kwai
The film follows a National Ballet of Canada production of “Swan Lake” as dancers and others deal with long-simmering issues of racism and sexism.
By Alissa Wilkinson
Organizers avoided disruption by agreeing to give performers on temporary contracts a greater cut of broadcast royalties.
By Aurelien Breeden
To open the Games, the theater director Thomas Jolly has masterminded a spectacular waterborne ceremony depicting 12 scenes from French history.
By Catherine Porter
The 20 recipients, including a Broadway composer, a Marvel video game voice actress and a three-time Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, are the initiative’s final cohort.
By Sarah Bahr
Jakob Karr, from “So You Think You Can Dance?,” has conceived and choreographed a show set to songs by the country musician Orville Peck.
By Brian Seibert
Michelle Dorrance’s new work, “Shift.,” honors Gene Medler, the teacher who founded the North Carolina Youth Tap Ensemble.
By Brian Seibert
The best dance by far on Smuin Contemporary Ballet’s program at the Joyce is by Amy Seiwert, who is about to be the company’s director.
By Brian Seibert
John Neumeier has run the Hamburg Ballet for 51 years, putting his stamp on the company and the city.
By Roslyn Sulcas
Grégory Milan, who works with Biles and the French national team, has found a home in gymnastics, though his pure dance background is unusual in the sport.
By Laura Cappelle
After a tremendous “Swan Lake” performance, Chloe Misseldine was promoted onstage at the Metropolitan Opera House. The audience went nuts.
By Gia Kourlas
The rise of the soloist Chloe Misseldine is part of the artistic director Susan Jaffe’s master plan: Start them young and give them time to grow.
By Gia Kourlas
Tap festivals have been pivotal in passing on tradition. But New York’s has been canceled and the institution that supports it faces an uncertain future.
By Brian Seibert
Fifty years ago, Baryshnikov defected from the Soviet Union. He discusses that day, the war in Ukraine and the challenges facing Russian artists today.
By Javier C. Hernández
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For Pride Month, we asked people ranging in age from 34 to 93 to share an indelible memory. Together, they offer a personal history of queer life as we know it today.
By Nicole Acheampong, Max Berlinger, Jason Chen, Kate Guadagnino, Colleen Hamilton, Mark Harris, Juan A. Ramírez, Coco Romack, Michael Snyder and John Wogan
Wayne McGregor’s 2015 work, making its New York debut with American Ballet Theater, fails to make dance poetry of Virginia Woolf’s novels.
By Brian Seibert
The festival, the final one for its longtime director, started with a bravura work by Wayne McGregor that was at once otherworldly and deeply human.
By Roslyn Sulcas
American Ballet Theater brings Wayne McGregor’s “Woolf Works,” which evokes elements of three novels and the writer’s biography, to New York.
By Joshua Barone
Many remarkable performances fueled the Royal’s mini-festival of ballets by Frederick Ashton, the company’s founding choreographer.
By Roslyn Sulcas
BAM, which has faced cutbacks in recent years, unveiled a reorganization as it announced its Next Wave Festival for the fall.
By Annie Aguiar
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