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The Guggenheim Museum’s beloved behind-the-scenes New York dance series, Works & Process, was founded in 1984 by philanthropist Mary Sharp...
Continue ReadingTurbulent and Extraordinary
The late Alvin Ailey famously set his sights on creating “the kind of dance that could be done for the...
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Few dance companies would dare to put such disparate pieces together. But such is the audacious, experimental spirit of Scottish...
Continue ReadingThe Way it Was
Seven dancers reflect on the early days of the School of American Ballet.
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Batsheva Dance Company, under the artistic direction of Ohad Naharin, who led the troupe from 1990 until 2019 (he’s currently...
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The choreographer Alexei Ratmansky reflects on the war in Ukraine, the connection between geopolitics and ballet, and joining the house...
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The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts’ current exhibition is a dance epic. Full of tragedy and triumph...
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Ah, to be a mere dance writer reviewing a world premiere musical with Broadway aspirations! The sheer luxury of letting...
Continue ReadingBringing dance history to life
For novelists Eliza Knight, Barbara Quick, and Cathy Marie Buchanan, historical fiction became a window into these subtleties, allowing them...
FREE ARTICLEEdinburgh Festival Fringe
This year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe recorded its fifth highest attendance in its history, a different reality from the ghostly years of...
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In the Upstairs Studio at Dancehouse, Rosalind Crisp hands me a small card which invites me to “Please sit where...
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