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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.
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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.
PlusSan 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.
PlusCleveland 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.
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In San Diego, a surprisingly robust number of ballet companies compete for a relatively small audience. While two such companies, City Ballet of San Diego and Golden State Ballet, present mixed repertoire programs, San Diego Ballet performs almost exclusively the work of director-choreographer Javier Velasco.
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Julie Mehretu’s current exhibition at the Marian Goodman Gallery is astronomical. Our Days, Like a Shadow (a non-abiding hauntology) is a series of large, new, multicolored paintings that seem to float like planets, inviting viewers to walk around and in between them as if orbiting through a cosmic labyrinth.
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An insistent electronic beat suffuses the dark-wood auditorium while people are milling about and locating their seats.
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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.”
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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...
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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
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.
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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.
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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.
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“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.
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23-year-old Napoleon Bonaparte was a bystander in the streets of Paris during the August 10th assault on the Tuileries Palace.
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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.
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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.
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If there’s anything Shu Kinouchi can’t do—dance-wise, that is—nobody’s told him yet. Indeed, this endlessly fascinating artist who was with Houston Ballet and Tulsa Ballet before joining L.A. Dance Project in 2020, again proved a compelling presence in the first of four solo performances seen at LADP’s black box space last weekend.
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It’s been 25 years since William Trevitt and Michael Nunn swapped the Royal Ballet for the contemporary scene, building an imaginative portfolio across the stage and screen in step with choreographers like Russell Maliphant, William Forsythe and Christopher Wheeldon.
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Dance on film is undoubtedly an integral element of the dance ecosystem, legendary works like Trisha Brown’s Watermotor or Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker’s Fase still capture the consciousness of contemporary dance fanatics and arty Instagram pages.
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Within the ranks of American Ballet Theatre, 76 dancers—who will be appearing onstage at the Metropolitan Opera House in just a few weeks—share a common background: they’ve matriculated from ABT Studio Company, where they found their footing in between their training and their professional careers.
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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...
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