Perpetual Motion
An insistent electronic beat suffuses the dark-wood auditorium while people are milling about and locating their seats.
Continue Reading
Latest
Something Old, Something New
Doug Varone and Dancers celebrated its 40th anniversary at the Joyce this final week of May with a time-honored formula—“something old and something new.”
Continue Reading
Ballet Fantastique
The world premiere of Remi Wörtmeyer's "La Bohème" marked a seminal moment in the history of BalletMet. The two-act production was unlike any that the 48-year-old Columbus, Ohio-based company has ever staged and showed a marked ascent in its artistic merit.
Continue Reading
Echoes of the Studio
In rehearsal, Dionne Figgins is exacting. She has an eagle eye as she runs choreography in short sections, making sure each detail is accounted for.
FREE ARTICLE
Get Lost
Where do you go when you’re at the theatre? Are you looking for escape or confrontation? Do you want to weep for the world or tap your toe? In their latest tour to London for A Festival of Korean Dance, Korea National Contemporary Dance Company straddles somewhere in the middle.
Continue Reading
Next Gen
Around the corner from the crowds, billboards, Bubba Gump Shrimp and the Hard Rock Cafe, one can now find a decidedly more refined respite in the midst of midtown Manhattan.
Continue Reading
A San Francisco Ballet Season
San Francisco Ballet delivers one of the most intense home seasons in the dance world, a scheduling crucible that artistic director Tamara Rojo, in her four years of leadership, has tried to change without success.
Continue Reading
Bespoke Cinderella
Cleveland Ballet's new “Cinderella,” choreographed by artistic director Timour Bourtasenkov, was the culmination of the company's steady growth in size, quality, and stature since its founding in 2014.
Continue Reading
Imaginary Seatmate
At the memorial for Joan Acocella, held at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in the fall of 2025, I was drawn to the only red chair in the auditorium.
Continue Reading
The Rest is Silence
“Hamlet” for many brings about fear. Not for its ghosts or its bloody end, but rather nightmarish memories of English classes where Shakespeare’s longest play was the source of ire for students across the English-speaking world.
Continue Reading
Rebel Rebel
23-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte was a bystander in the streets of Paris during the August 10th assault on the Tuileries Palace.
Continue Reading
Firing the Canon
The Thai classical dance form khon to most westerners brings about images of gilded and ornate centuries old dances, but there is a great deal of science to it.
Continue ReadingFeatured Reads
Firebird Rising
Long before the dancers take the stage, Dance Theatre of Harlem’s season at New York City Center feels like one of the most energizing cultural events of the spring.
Continue Reading
Rare Birds
It is rare for George Balanchine’s grand, bedazzled “Symphony in C” to open a program. Its champagne-popping finale for 52 dancers tends to be a nightcap.
Continue Reading
The Spring is Blooming festival, by Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels, now in its fifth year, has become a highlight of the spring dance circuit.
Continue Reading
Jack of Hearts
As the audience come to their feet at the end of this ballet there is a noted difference to be seen on stage. Three women stand with joined hands, taking their call as the romantic leads of a loud and proud lesbian ballet.
Continue Reading
School Report
One of San Francisco Ballet’s greatest assets is its home venue, the Beaux-Arts style War Memorial Opera House, with four rings of seating that require performers to project their energies practically to the exosphere.
Continue Reading