The Alvin organization announced that health concerns related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic will prevent Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s presentation of...
Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) has announced a new Virtual Scholarship Program. The world’s largest ballet scholarship competition will continue its mission to...
New York City Center, New York, NY. December 6, 2019. Sophisticated, thoughtful dance art — and programming of its presentation — can take...
It doesn’t take long into a conversation with Jamar Roberts to get a sense of who he is — passionate, curious and...
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY. November 11, 2019. For such a young nation, relatively speaking, America has an impressive dance heritage —...
New York Dance Project (NYDP), a new dance company in its third year of existence, is a small but mighty enterprise. Its...
Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY. June 15, 2019. In dancemaking, there’s the meaning of the work at hand (the...
Formal dance training includes much about patterns in the body: the sequential arcs of port de bras, common step sequences such as...
A tendu is a tendu, a jeté is a jeté, and a pirouette is a pirouette. When does movement go beyond that...
Laurel Lawson, an Atlanta-based activist, disability arts leader, dancer and technologist recently received an inaugural Dance/USA Artist Fellowship. The select group includes...
Dancing costs money. Well, to get up and move is free, but to take classes, buy required clothing and shoes, order recital...
The concert dance life is no easy road; the physical, energetic, mental and financial challenges can feel constant. For some, this is...
New York City Center, New York, NY. December 2, 2018. Dance as an art form owes a lot to legacy – the...
Camille A. Brown is a rising dance-world icon. Use of gesture and theatricality, amalgamation of various stylistic influences, and a unique kind...
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is a very special company, as are its dancers. Currently, the company is gearing up for...
New York City isn’t the only hot spot for dance on the east coast. Many other cities are also rich in exciting...
Aszure Barton is a choreographer who has made works for Mikhail Baryshnikov, English National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and Alvin Ailey American...
If you haven’t heard of her by now, it’s time to come out from under that rock and recognize the incredible force...
No one wants to watch a performer who’s just going through the movement. Spectators want to be transfixed and enchanted by an...
The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington. April 27, 2018. It wouldn’t be spring in Seattle without Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual visit....
In many classical ballets, Broadway shows and contemporary works, there is a love story. Two characters, with passion, find each other, and...
As you venture into the new year, it’s an optimal time to step outside of your comfort zone and jeté into a...