Dance
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Staatsballett Berlin and Dancer Reach Settlement Over Bias Allegations
“It is a wake-up call”: A news release, issued on Thursday by the Staatsballett Berlin, uses those words in bold…
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‘I Wish I Got Pregnant in March!’ Inside the Dance Baby Boom.
At the beginning of the pandemic, one of Megan Fairchild’s former dance teachers gave her some advice: Now would be…
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Ephrat Asherie, Frederick Ashton and a Solemn Memorial
Watching: Ephrat Asherie Dance, ‘Odeon’ Sometimes you see a snippet of a dance and wish wistfully you had seen the…
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Liam Scarlett, Acclaimed British Choreographer, Dies at 35
Reviewing “Viscera,” the piece that Mr. Scarlett subsequently created for Miami City Ballet, Alastair Macaulay wrote in The New York…
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This Ain’t No Disco: Alone in a Crowd at the Armory
Earlier this week I crouched on my living room floor, laptop open before me, in the small space that for…
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A Choreographer Diving Into Grief Looks to Whales
For the film, a collaboration with the composer Everett Saunders and the cinematographer Suzi Sadler, Brooks was also thinking about…
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Lincoln Center’s Plaza Is Going Green. Really.
Lincoln Center, which is holding a series of performances outdoors while its theaters remain closed by the pandemic, announced Tuesday…
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Review: Kyle Abraham’s Calm Control of Bodies and Space
Not just snow falling, but snow falling on a silent sea. In its first moments, “When We Fell,” Kyle Abraham’s…
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Making Music Visible: Singing in Sign
On a recent afternoon in a brightly lit studio in Brooklyn, Mervin Primeaux-O’Bryant and Brandon Kazen-Maddox were filming a music…
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Review: Reveling in the Tap Magic of Ayodele Casel
Generosity is an overlooked virtue in a dancer, but shouldn’t it be just as valuable as raw talent? It energizes…
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They’re Sacred Spaces for Spain’s Flamenco Scene. Many Won’t Survive Covid.
MADRID — They’re often in darkened, cavelike spaces, with a stage nestled among patrons’ tables and chairs. These small clubs,…
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Review: The Brooklyn Academy Dips a Toe Back in With Live Skating
It was strange enough to be watching a performance in person. Try being in a park at twilight and sitting…
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What It Means to Become ‘America’s Favorite Dancers’
At the beginning, “So You Think You Can Dance” seemed unstoppable. The “American Idol”-style reality competition found a devoted audience…
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Kyle Abraham’s Second Act at City Ballet: Spare, Wintry, Abstract
Few ballets in recent years have caused as much of a sensation as Kyle Abraham’s “The Runaway” at New York…
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Review: And Now Four Dances, Completely Different
MARSEILLE, France — The performance at the La Criée theater here, for a small number of invited guests and dance…
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Review: Dreamy Cowboys and a Ballet Bath
It takes only two oscillating notes to establish a world. The coyote howl that Ennio Morricone wrote for “The Good,…
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Vail Festival to Return This Summer With Live Performances
Calvin Royal III will be the artist in residence at this year’s Vail Dance Festival, the festival announced on Wednesday.…
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A Choreographer in Quarantine (the Kind With a Guard in the Hall)
The last time I was at Kennedy Airport was a year ago, almost to the day. My dance company was…
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Review: Looking for Crickets, and Coming Up Crickets
Madeline Hollander is an artist interested in quotidian movement, habits of motion, adaptations to change. So it’s fitting that her…
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American Ballet Theater’s Leader to Step Down After 30 Years
A former principal dancer with the company, McKenzie is a direct link to the founders of Ballet Theater, which was…
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