“Sea of Troubles” through a New Lens
Kenneth MacMillan created the short expressionist ballet “Sea of Troubles” in the late 1980s. The work draws on Shakespeare’s play...
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Locke-step with Ligia Lewis
As a choreographer and dancer who conceives and directs experimental performance, Dominican-born, Florida-raised Ligia Lewis is not shy about expressing...
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The Daisy Age: Dominique Larose
Northern Ballet's critically-acclaimed adaptation of “The Great Gatsby,” now in its tenth year, is back on May 16th at Sadler's...
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Dance from the Archives
In 2014, five years before writer Toni Morrison passed away, Princeton University acquired a collection of the luminary’s personal papers,...
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Reaching for the Stars
The Telstra Ballet Dancer Award is an annual competition that recognises rising talent within the Australian Ballet. Each year, a...
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Annie Rigney, Loosening Up and Letting Go
Hovering over her on all fours, the man looks into the woman as if he's caught his own reflection. Cradled...
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Vision of Hope
“It’s amazing!” she gushed. “I’m loving every minute. It’s been busy, exciting and there’s a lot of momentum.”
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The Evolution of Noh
The genre of Noh theater and dance exists in our time thanks to important contributions by two nineteenth-century Americans. The...
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Rethinking the Broadway Body
Broadway Bodies is dedicated to “anyone who has ever been told they were too fat, too short, too gay, too...
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A New Vision with Melissa Barak
It’s been a good year for women leading ballet companies: In the recent past, Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell took the reins at...
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A Quiet Presence
When Jared Angle retired from New York City Ballet this past January after a twenty-five year career with the company,...
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Dancing in the Rain with Boris Charmatz
In an extended phone interview, I had the pleasure of posing question after question to Boris Charmatz. He told me...
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