Man in the Mirror

Teenage Angst and Institutions

Watching Matthew Bourne's reworked version of the “star-cross'd lovers,” I was briefly reminded of Veronica, played by Winona Ryder, in...

Sparkles, Scraps and Spandex

Overheard after the curtain drop on “Theme and Variations,” the opener of English National Ballet’s latest mixed bill: “Well, it...

Dance of Death

Smaïl Kanouté is a French-Malian graphic designer, dancer, and choreographer based in Paris, and the founder of a Compagnie Vivons,...

Dancing over Ashes

Rosalind Crisp on DIRt (Dance In Regional disasTer zones) and how dance and collaborative arts practice might respond to the unfolding...

Dance to the Letter

Looking to the alphabet, many letters have been used to describe a swan, from the S of their long necks...

The Walking Dance

The past week has been one of celebration at New York City Ballet. The company is marking seventy-five years of...

Talking Pointes Season 3

Show and Tell

The Guggenheim Museum’s beloved behind-the-scenes New York dance series, Works & Process, was founded in 1984 by philanthropist Mary Sharp...

Turbulent and Extraordinary

The late Alvin Ailey famously set his sights on creating “the kind of dance that could be done for the...

Contrasting Paths

Few dance companies would dare to put such disparate pieces together. But such is the audacious, experimental spirit of Scottish...

The Way it Was

Seven dancers reflect on the early days of the School of American Ballet.