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The Biggest Dance Party of the Year
Abdel R. Salaam met Dr. Charles R. Davis in 1969. Known as Baba Chuck (“Baba” being a term of endearment...
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Past Meets Present
Claudia Schreier’s “Passage” for Dance Theatre of Harlem was commissioned to mark the 400-year-anniversary of the arrival of the first...
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The Nutcracker on Ice
While Isa Braun slogged through her workday on January 10, she kept overhearing people asking each other if they were...
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From East to West
Nai-Ni Chen's first experience in the United States was as a cultural ambassador. A teenage dancer from Taiwan, she was...
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Set and Reset
When first developing "Set and Reset" in 1983, Trisha Brown knew that she wanted the work to be a collaboration....
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Accessibility in Dance
At first glance, everything in Salt Lake City, Utah’s Jeanne Wagner Theatre looks relatively typical. Rows of red velvet seats...
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Choreographers’ Scores
While performing arts organizations around the globe were decidedly hard hit by Covid-19 during the last 15 months, dancers and...
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Beyond the Muse
When asked whether she’s ever had to perform in a work she didn’t agree with or believe in, Penny Wildman’s...
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Human Touch
With eyes closed, Blakeley White-McGuire and Daniel Fetecua Soto felt stones on their bare feet and the sun on their...
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The Golden Mask
On April 22, Moscow’s Concert Hall “Zaryadye” hosted the award ceremony of the winners of the XXVII Golden Mask Award....
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Olga & Orlando
The Bolshoi Ballet recently unveiled a world premiere of “Orlando”—a two-act ballet based on the famous novel by English writer...
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Next stop, Tanz Station
Pascal Merighi’s raffish confidence dazzled when I first saw him dance in Pina Bausch’s “For the Children of Yesterday, Today...
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