Watch Three Dancers Pony Step Into the Sunset
A jaunty trio prances across the stage in Pam Tanowitz’s new work for Little Island.
A jaunty trio prances across the stage in Pam Tanowitz’s new work for Little Island.
Five students from the School of American Ballet perform an excerpt from George Balanchine’s classic “Serenade.”
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.
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In Abby Zbikowski’s “Radioactive Practice,” a dancer says, “You’re seeing survival and community in real time.”
By Gia Kourlas
Watch a portion of “Drumfolk,” the Step Afrika! show now at the New Victory Theater.
By Gia Kourlas
Watch a portion of Keone and Mari Madrid’s “Beyond Babel.”
By Gia Kourlas
The New York City Ballet principal Daniel Ulbricht’s solo in this Justin Peck ballet is all about momentum — and clarity.
By Gia Kourlas
John Kelly plays the Devil in “L’Histoire du Soldat,” with choreography by Robert La Fosse.
By Gia Kourlas
Michael Trusnovec dances part of a solo in “Episodes” that George Balanchine made for Paul Taylor.
By Gia Kourlas
Watch a portion of Melinda Ring’s “Strange Engagements,” created from improvisations.
By Gia Kourlas
New York City Ballet principals Joseph Gordon and Lauren Lovette dance part of a pas de deux from Balanchine’s “Stravinsky Violin Concerto.”
By Gia Kourlas
Watch a portion of Camille A. Brown’s choreography for the production at the Metropolitan Opera.
By Gia Kourlas
Faye Driscoll performs the section of her piece “Space” that explores murder, death and mourning.
By Gia Kourlas
Jeroboam Bozeman of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dances part of Jamar Roberts’s “Ode,” about the effects of gun violence.
By Gia Kourlas
Megan Fairchild of New York City Ballet performs a solo from “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.”
By Gia Kourlas
Watch a portion of “New Work for Goldberg Variations,” a collaboration between Pam Tanowitz and Simone Dinnerstein.
By Gia Kourlas
Watch the tap masters Dormeshia and Jason Samuels Smith perform part of the introduction of their show at the Joyce Theater.
By Gia Kourlas
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Eight students from the School of American Ballet are the polichinelles in “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” at City Ballet.
By Gia Kourlas
Mr. Dunne, an Irish dance artist, performs to the traditional music of Tommie Potts’s classic “The Liffey Banks.”
By Gia Kourlas
Slim Xtravaganza and Pony Zion give a spontaneous performance for #SpeakingInDance.
By Gia Kourlas
Sean Mahoney and Maria Ambrose perform part of a duet from “Scudorama” (1963).
By Gia Kourlas
Ms. Whelan, Maya Beiser and Lucinda Childs collaborated on “The Day.”
By Gia Kourlas
Calvin Royal III takes on the lead role of George Balanchine’s “Apollo” at American Ballet Theater.
By Gia Kourlas
Emilie Gerrity of New York City Ballet performs a portion of her solo from Merce Cunningham’s “Summerspace.”
By Gia Kourlas
Watch part of “Somewhere at the Beginning,” by Germaine Acogny, considered the mother of contemporary African dance.
By Gia Kourlas
In a in an exhilarating, diabolically difficult section of George Balanchine’s “Union Jack,” Ms. Mearns feels the power.
By Gia Kourlas
“I have to take everything that I’ve learned from him,” Annique Roberts says of this Brown solo. “For me it’s kind of a coming-of-age moment.”
By Gia Kourlas
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For Gus Solomons Jr., puppets relate directly to dance: “There’s no real personality there, but as soon as they move, you see one.”
By Gia Kourlas
“Dancing underwater is a form of meditation,” says Claire Friesen, an actress and synchronized swimmer.
By Gia Kourlas
This year the Beach Sessions at Rockaway is about open classes, rather than performances.
By Gia Kourlas
“Maze,” at the Shed, uses the Brooklyn street dance known as Flex to explore social issues.
By Gia Kourlas
Portraying Durga, Ashrita Keshav dances on the rim of a brass plate: “The musicians perform and then I have to answer with my footwork and my hands.”
By Gia Kourlas
In this musical adaptation of Langston Hughes’s poem, Darius Barnes and Evan Tyrone Martin play the electrifying tap duo the Nicholas Brothers.
By Gia Kourlas
Watch Maria Kochetkova perform part of her solo “Degunino,” choreographed by Marcos Morau.
By Gia Kourlas
Watch Katherine Williams dance a variation in which Florine calls out to her love, Bluebird.
By Gia Kourlas
Laurel Lynch and Billy Smith dance a portion of the romantic duet from Mr. Morris’s transcendent work.
By Gia Kourlas
In “Untitled,” two women sometimes stand at twice their height. It’s “about society and outward appearance — and also what’s going on inside.”
By Gia Kourlas
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“Everything in this art form is self-expression: That’s what voguing is.”
By Gia Kourlas
Watch a portion of Pam Tanowitz’s new dance — her first for an outdoor space — in which all the dancers, including Sara Mearns, have their own timing.
By Gia Kourlas
Watch Laura Halzack, who is retiring soon, dance part of her playful solo from Paul Taylor’s radiant “Brandenburgs.”
By Gia Kourlas
Dancers fall. Sometimes, it’s intentional.
By Gia Kourlas
In 1936, Graham choreographed this scorching response to the rise of fascism.
By Gia Kourlas
“Ballerinas never crash,” said Lauren Lovette, but, “I love falling to the floor.”
By Gia Kourlas
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