Dance Informa Magazine
All posts tagged "modern dance"
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217Feature ArticlesA partnership based in mutual respect: Lucinda Childs in residency with Gibney Company
High-level dance art doesn’t happen in a vacuum – it can’t. It requires the bodies, minds, and spirits of various individuals and...
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35Feature ArticlesThe heartbeat of the class: Dance musicians
There is nothing quite like having live music in a dance class. An especially talented musician can lift the whole room and transport...
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193EventsTrisha Brown Dance Company Debuts at Vivo Performing Arts with their First Boston-Area Show in 15 Years
Making their debut at Vivo Performing Arts, Trisha Brown Dance Company brings a program spanning decades of the visionary postmodern choreographer’s groundbreaking...
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173ReviewsModern dance as the ritual: Carmen S. Rizzo’s ‘Lágrimas e Mel’
The Foundry, Cambridge, MA.December 14, 2025. Reviewing dance comes with a kind of ritual for me; I arrive, maybe snap a picture...
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121NewsEMERGE125 Sets the Stage for 2026 Season
Over an exciting ten-year period under the leadership of Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher, EMERGE125 has remade itself as one of the most innovative...
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367InterviewsBuilding a strong internal culture: Alicia Graf Mack at the helm of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater welcomes its fourth Artistic Director, Alicia Graf Mack, following only Alvin Ailey (1965-1989), Judith Jamison (1989-2011) and Robert...
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169ReviewsThe infectious joy of ‘I AM’ from Camille A. Brown & Dancers
Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, MA.November 15, 2025. Life can be a lot, and sometimes we just need joy: pure, unadulterated joy. From...
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132ReviewsGALLIM in ‘MOTHER’: A journey of whimsy and curious surrealism
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.November 8, 2025. GALLIM, the interdisciplinary arts organization and contemporary dance company led by Andrea Miller, presented...
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156ReviewsVisual arts and storytelling through dance: Limón Dance Company kicks off 80th anniversary
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.October 16, 2025. In celebration of its 80th anniversary, the Limón Dance Company performed a mixed program...
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150Feature ArticlesLimón Dance Company in midst of bold Joyce season for 80th anniversary celebration
The Limón Dance Company is in the midst of a NYC season at The Joyce Theater, kicking off the company’s 80th anniversary...
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197Feature ArticlesCapturing a modern great: Ken Browar and Deborah Ory’s ‘Martha Graham Dance Company 100 years’
In its particularly unique way, dance is best consumed as a live performance. No video, photo, written description or any other form...
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105Dance Studio OwnerThe origins of dance: How every culture moves differently
From the dawn of humanity, dance has been a universal expression of life – used to celebrate, mourn, worship, court and tell...
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212ReviewsFelice Lesser Dance Theater in ‘I AM A DANCER 2020’: A dancer’s experience of the COVID pandemic
New York Live Arts, New York, NY.June 26, 2025. I AM A DANCER 2020, performed at New York Live Arts from June...
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181ReviewsMegan Williams Dance Projects in ‘Visible’: The light of youth and the light of experience
Danspace Project, New York, NY.June 5, 2025. Megan Williams Dance Projects (MWDP) presented an evening-length work, Visible, in early June, at the...
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348ReviewsCelia Rowlson-Hall’s ‘SISSY’: A push and pull between real life and inner wonder
Baryshnikov Arts, New York, NY.April 25, 2025. Celia Rowlson-Hall presented SISSY, a dance theater journey of struggle and whimsy at Baryshnikov Arts...
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681InterviewsHenning Rübsam: Championing the human cultural heritage of dance
Henning Rübsam is artistic director of SENSEDANCE, on faculty at Juilliard (where he introduced a dance history program for the public) and...
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862ReviewsAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater in new works for 2024-25 season
New York City Center, New York, NY.December 17, 2024. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater settled into their annual winter month-long season at...
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759ReviewsAmericana in motion: Martha Graham Dance Company through Celebrity Series of Boston
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, MA.November 23, 2024. Some call Martha Graham the “mother of modern dance.” Scholars and dance enthusiasts may...
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702Feature ArticlesThe complexities of concert dance on the ‘small screen’: Thoughts on changes to ‘So You Think You Can Dance’
Hot dog and cola in hand, seasoned dance critic Theodore Bale entered a packed stadium – full of people there not to...
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464Feature ArticlesAmerican Dance Festival launches Planting Seeds: ADF and Modern Dance in China project
The American Dance Festival (ADF) has launched Planting Seeds: ADF and Modern Dance in China, an oral history project tracing ADF’s involvement in...
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768Feature ArticlesThe power of versatility: Dancer MaliQ reaches for the stars
MaliQ is a professional dancer/singer living and working in NYC. He is a powerful performer with a myriad of credits on his...
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638Feature ArticlesThe humble legend who graced us: A tribute to Judith Jamison
“Dancing is bigger than the physical body. Think bigger than that….You’re dancing spirit.” – Judith Jamison (May 1943 – November 2024) Devoted...
