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Reach for the Stars

When dancer and choreographer Marla Phelan was a kid, she wanted to be an astronaut. “I always loved science and astronomy,” Phelan said.

INTERVIEWS | Victoria Looseleaf

Mastering Misuse with d. Sabela grimes

He’s a choreographer, movement composer and trans-media storyteller: He’s d. Sabela grimes, who grew up in Lompoc, California, and didn’t know that his true calling would be as a dancer, choreographer and teller of tales until he moved to Philadelphia in the late 1990s and met Rennie Harris of Rennie Harris Puremovement.

INTERVIEWS | Marina Harss

Ryan Tomash Steps into a New Role

Back in October, New York City Ballet got a new cowboy. His arrival occurred in the final section of George Balanchine’s “Western Symphony.”

INTERVIEWS | Eoin Fenton

Cathy Marston's Sense of Narrative

I joined choreographer and artistic director Cathy Marston over a video call at the end of another day of rehearsals.

INTERVIEWS | Eoin Fenton

London City Ballet Spreads its Wings

Times are hard for ballet. With national funding that favours the new and the bold, ticket prices rising, and accusations of elitism, only a fool would start a company focused on works of the past.

INTERVIEWS | Garth Grimball

Lee Jong-Ho, for the Love of Art

Before founding the Seoul International Dance Festival, Lee Jong-Ho began his career as a journalist.

INTERVIEWS | Marina Harss

Amy Watson, A Steady Hand

When Amy Watson took the reins at the Royal Danish Ballet one year ago, she entered stormy waters.

INTERVIEWS | Candice Thompson

Listening to the World with Abigail Levine

On a Saturday afternoon in late September, the air feels electric in an upstairs rehearsal studio at Kestrels, in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn.

INTERVIEWS | Cecilia Whalen

Between Wave and Water

Alethea Pace's latest work, “between wave and water,” is a journey. Performers physically lead an audience through the Hunts Point neighborhood of the Bronx while examining the history of a local Enslaved African Burial Ground.

INTERVIEWS | Eoin Fenton

Dancing in Circular Time

Amrita Hepi, a choreographer with Bunjalung and Ngāpuhi roots, has come a long way from her home in the Pacific.

INTERVIEWS | Karen Greenspan

Shen Wei, 30 Years of Art

To many, the name Shen Wei might conjure the distinctive choreography of the Opening Ceremonies at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

BOOKSHELF | INTERVIEWS | Cecilia Whalen

The Art of Stillness

Martha Graham said that “movement never lies”—but what of stillness? For NYC Dance Project’s latest book, Martha Graham Dance Company: 100 Years, photographers Ken Browar and Deborah Ory set out to explore Martha Graham’s legacy through photos.

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REVIEWS | Karen Hildebrand

Spellbound

Two performers crawl in on hands and knees wearing neon green, hooded coveralls—the lightweight papery kind made for working in a sterile environment—and clusters of balloons pinned to their backs.

REVIEWS | Sarah Cecilia Bukowski

Green Light

Will Rawls makes boundaries visible by defying them. Known for the disciplinary and topical range of his projects, the choreographer, director, and performer approaches issues of representation in “[siccer],” a multi-part, multi-site work co-presented by L’Alliance New York’s Crossing the Line Festival. A live performance at Performance Space New York...

REVIEWS | Faye Arthurs

Home and Away

It is always interesting when multiple theme steps emerge over the course of a mixed repertory evening, but it is uncanny on one featuring five different ballets, each with a different choreographer and composer, covering a twenty-year span (2005-2025).

REVIEWS | Karen Greenspan

Of Dandelions and Resilience

Zvidance premiered its new work “Dandelion” mid-November at New York Live Arts. Founded by Zvi Gotheiner in 1989, Zvidance has been a steady presence in the New York contemporary dance scene, a reliable source of compositional integrity, and a magnet for wonderful dancers.

REVIEWS | Steve Sucato

The Music Within

Cleveland native Dianne McIntrye received a hometown hero's welcome during her curtain speech prior to her eponymous dance group thrilling the audience in her latest work, “In the Same Tongue.”