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The idea of sisterhood and brotherhood flows through “Symphonie Espagnole,” Peck’s new work for New York City Ballet. We dissect two sections.
After “Coppélia,” the New York City Ballet star will leave her dancing days behind. “I have an immense amount of peace about this whole thing,” she said.
For a short time, Rauschenberg made dances. He used roller skates, pointe shoes and parachute wings for “Pelican” (1963), now reimagined by Trisha Brown’s company.
New York City Ballet opens its spring season with classic works by George Balanchine and more. Here are some dancers who will surely stand out.
The violinist Johnny Gandelsman wanted his music to move. In the overly winsome "Johnny Loves Johann," he performs Bach's cello suites alongside four dance artists.
Her dance company, the oldest in the United States, celebrates its centennial in a series of mixed bills. But why aren't all the dances by Graham?
American Ballet Theater opened a short spring season at Lincoln Center with a full-length work by Lar Lubovitch from 1997. Time hasn't freshened it up.
This art form is alive, and Chalamet, who comes from a dance family, knows it. But what value does ballet have for the world at large?
The free-spirited figure skater spoke to our dance critic about her approach to performing, the role of music and more.
Benjamin Millepied's "Romeo and Juliet Suite," with its unusual approach to dance coupling and live performance, comes to the Park Avenue Armory.
The Trisha Brown Dance Company is presenting a stellar double bill of Rauschenberg-designed works by Merce Cunningham and Trisha Brown.
Dance Reflections, a festival that pushes contemporary dance brought performances to Manhattan and Brooklyn last weekend.
Competition can wreck a figure skater, but Liu and other Olympians shed the pressure and delivered transcendent performances focused on artistry.
Taylor Stanley debuts as Carabosse, the glamorous, evil fairy in "The Sleeping Beauty." He is the first male-identifying person to take the role at New York City Ballet.
At New York City Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky exposes the current moment with a political satire based on "The Emperor's New Clothes."
January is not a dry month for performance in New York, and this season, there were wide-ranging views of how bodies " more than words " can tell stories.
Ballet evolves slowly, and that includes footwear. But a new shoe with sneaker technology is giving dancers support from the heel up.
This year, "Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes" pays homage to the legacy of the group, but its future seems to be more about sisterhood than dancing.
Joyful, melancholy, heroic: Paul Taylor's "Esplanade" celebrates its 50th anniversary and the extraordinariness of ordinary movement.
The first week of the company's annual season at City Center featured "Jazz Island," an earnest premiere by Maija GarcÃa, and a treasure by Alonzo King.
For its season at New York City Center, its first major engagement here in years, the company disappoints with mediocre repertory.
In "My Town," Jack Ferver's one-person take on the Wilder classic with hints of "Wisconsin Death Trip," movement and storytelling are deftly intertwined.
As part of its Lincoln Center season, the company presented works by Lauren Lovette, Robert Battle and Hope Boykin.
This fall the offerings at American Ballet Theater, now in its 85th year, included a tepid premiere and touching debuts in Agnes de Mille's "Rodeo."
American Ballet Theater's first Black female principal dancer has given her farewell performance. But she's not done with this art form yet.
