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There's something glorious about watching a married couple dancing in sync. It's the shared looks, smiles, in-jokes and sense of being completely intuitive, working in symbiosis.
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There's something glorious about watching a married couple dancing in sync. It's the shared looks, smiles, in-jokes and sense of being completely intuitive, working in symbiosis.
FREE ARTICLEThe title of this dance interpretation of The Tempest highlights a notable departure from canon. In “We Caliban,” Shobana Jeyasingh imagines Shakespeare’s titular native in the collective sense—a tribe, a spirit and a place at once.
Continua a leggereIt 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.
Continua a leggereLong 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.
Continua a leggereWhen we think of countries that have shaped the world of dance our mind will often drift to the United States, Russia, or Germany. But what of Luxembourg?
Continua a leggereIn times of rapid change, predicting the road ahead can seem to be a fool’s errand. But on a spring afternoon at Lincoln Center, I feel confident in this assertion: the future of dance is very bright.
Continua a leggereThe programme of the Paris Opera Ballet School’s annual show for 2026 is shaped by a return to origins. Compared with recent editions, what stands out is its pronounced tendency to look backwards, less through canonical classics than through the recreation of an idealised past.
Continua a leggereAterballetto, the main contemporary company in Italy (now a national choreographic centre), made a hit two years commissioning a new creation by Marcos Morau: “Notte Morricone” (Morricone Night). The Spanish director and choreographer has become one of the most in demand dance
Continua a leggereMarch in Hong Kong concluded with an extraordinary week of flowers. In Victoria Park, the annual Hong Kong Flower Show was pitched.
Continua a leggereThe work of the late Frederick Ashton is less often revived in the United States than it is in Great Britain.
Continua a leggereMisty Copeland makes an observation. “I see,” she says, looking into the audience packed with attendees in formalwear, “a lot of people who care about ballet.”
Continua a leggereChamber music can be fun, too! That, at least, is the apparent message that violinist Johnny Gandelsman is trying to spread in his two-hour program, “Johnny Loves Johann.” He’s certainly not wrong.
Continua a leggereLong 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.
Continua a leggereIt 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.
Continua a leggereAs 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.
Continua a leggereOne 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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