Toeing the Line
Carly Topazio, the founding director of the Rosin Box Project, knows what a challenge it is to stand out amidst San Diego’s many dance companies.
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City of Dance
With its “sprawl to the wall” density, the city of Los Angeles seems a good fit for democratizing dance, i.e., presenting site-specific movement in an array of venues—both indoors and out—all free to the public. Indeed, Benjamin Millepied, the founder of L.A. Dance Project, began the series in the French capital with his Paris Dance Project in 2024, then called La Ville Dansée, with the idea of exporting it to his adopted city in a co-production.
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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.
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A New Angle
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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Dance on their own Terms
For its upcoming New York City Center season (April 23-26, 2026), Ballet Hispánico will present “Mujeres: Women in Motion,” programming that centers on Latina women who are shaping the language of dance.
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The New Firebirds
One thing that I love about the Firebird is that she is the hero,” said Catherine Hurlin, a principal dancer with American Ballet Theatre, in a Zoom interview on a snowy February morning.
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Winners and Some Questions
The Prix de Lausanne 2026 crowned fourteen young dancers in its finale held at the Théâtre de Beaulieu in Lausanne, selected from 78 candidates who took part in the competition’s selection rounds. The jury this year was presided over by Kevin O’Hare, artistic director of the Royal Ballet.
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Guys by Dolls
When Alban Lendorf was four, he became attentive to the piano. When his lessons advanced to the learning of a Chopin waltz, his piano teacher suggested he take dance classes to help open up the music.
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‘Tis the Seasons
Last week I caught up with choreographer Pam Tanowitz and Opera Philadelphia’s current general director and president, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo to talk about “The Seasons,” the company’s latest production premiering at the Kimmel Center’s 600-plus seat Perelman Theater on December 19.
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Critics' Picks 2025
Throughout the year, our critics attend hundreds of dance performances, whether onsite, outdoors, or on the proscenium stage, around the world.
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Dancing Out of Time
It’s a law of the universe, immutable as gravity: if you’re a ballerina, in December you’re dancing “The Nutcracker.”
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Misty Copeland's Legacy
Misty Copeland’s upcoming retirement from American Ballet Theatre—where she made history as the first Black female principal dancer and subsequently shot to fame in the ballet world and beyond—means many things.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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