February is Black History Month, a time to honor the contributions of and pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who...
There’s something spring to how a dance work comes to life. Buds pop as something gels and a choreographer exclaims “yes, that’s...
Founded in 2004, by Sarah Slipper, NW Dance Project is a contemporary dance company in Portland, Oregon, dedicated to the creation and...
It’s fairly common for dance artists to serve in multiple roles: performer, choreographer, teaching artist, administrator, et cetera. Tiffany Rea-Fisher epitomizes such...
Congregation Kehillath Israel (viewed virtually).November 9, 2023. In Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (certainly a 2023 mega blockbuster), America Ferrera’s character proposes “Regular Barbie”:...
Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater (AXCBT) will present a newly revised and revitalized version, with a new score, of Artistic Director Gabriel Chajnik’s...
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.November 14, 2023. Complexions Contemporary Ballet, the brainchild of Dwight Rhoden (former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater...
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence, RI.November 18, 2023. Kathleen Pletcher, the Executive Artistic Director of FirstWorks RI, introduced the work about to take...
Juilliard presents New Dances: Edition 2023, the cornerstone of Juilliard Dance’s fall season, from December 6-10. The annual program features the world premieres of...
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York, NY.November 4, 2023. The Paul Taylor Dance Company’s 2023 and 11th season at the...
Book: Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly: A MemoirAuthor: Dana Tai Soon Burgess, University of New Mexico Press, September 2022. Good...
Axelrod Contemoprary Ballet (AXCBT), the Jersey Shore’s professional ballet company, presents the world premiere of Gabriel Chajnik’s The Polar Express, based on...
American choreographer and director Richard J. Hinds has recently embraced working in the UK. “I applied for my Global Talent Visa during...
Dance Informa continues its series on stories about Ann Reinking, written by colleague and friend Debra McWaters. Chapter 11: Stories of the...
“My grandma says that I was always enthralled by dance. When I was rambunctious, she’d put on ballet videos and I’d be...
CitiBank Opera House, Boston, MA.October 8, 2023. As a critic, my late summer comes with investigating and anticipating my favorite companies’ imminent...
The Vilna Shul, Boston’s Center for Jewish Culture, Boston, MA.September 10, 2023. A former mentor once said, critiquing a review of mine,...
Arts On Site, New York, NY.October 1, 2023. mignolo dance presented a diverse evening of dance works at Arts On Site on...
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has announced a much-anticipated 65th anniversary season at its New York City Center “home” from November 29-December 31. The engagement...
Regina Klenjoski Dance Company (RKDC) will present the west coast premiere of The Golden Apple and return to its Los Angeles roots,...
The cadenzas of the harps, the scamper of tiny mice feet and the smell of rosin mixed with grease paint – you...
When Artistic/Executive Director Jamie Carabetta asked her six-year-old daughter about her drawing of a horse in a circle resembling a hieroglyph, Tatiana...