Dancing from the Heart
At La Scala the 2021/2022 season closed with a very beloved ballet, “Onegin,” a mainstay of the Milanese repertory for...
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At La Scala the 2021/2022 season closed with a very beloved ballet, “Onegin,” a mainstay of the Milanese repertory for...
Continue ReadingIn 2019, Xander Parish, then principal dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet—the first and only British dancer in the troupe’s history—was...
Continue ReadingDancers in mushroom hats frolicking in a forest; hands cupped around a sapling waiting for a lake’s lapping waters; a...
Continue ReadingWhen the Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to Lincoln Center November 1-13, iconic Taylor dances like “Esplanade” and “Company B”...
Continue ReadingChoreography is often described as a kind of drawing crafted from the materials of time, space, and flesh. In describing...
Continue ReadingAt dawn on September 11th, the Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center was quiet and still. Only the fountain glistened...
Continue ReadingMeg Howrey isn’t interested in clichés. The professional dancer turned novelist’s approach to writing, especially when it comes to portraying...
Continue ReadingOn a hot July Sunday in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico, young dancers and their families are crowded outside the Teatro...
Continue ReadingPaul Taylor’s early dances—confined to a handful of players whom he still couldn’t afford to pay—fit comfortably on the Joyce...
Continue ReadingIn very hot Italian summer, travelling between Verona and Venice could reveal the tastes and manias of “the beautiful country”...
Continue ReadingThe international dance festival Colours in Stuttgart is a fairly young endeavour. Commencing in 2015, it repeated every two years...
Continue Reading“Confidence, Sophie. You need to work on your confidence.” That’s the voice of every dance teacher I’ve ever had, a...
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