351 stories by "Brian Seibert"
This edition resembles past ones, with an international miscellany of approaches to the question of what filmed dance can be.
The challenge of casting the Encores! revival of "The Tap Dance Kid" exposes some of the complications of tap, show business and Black history.
Despite the pandemic disruptions, this festival of contemporary dance from Asia went on, nearly as planned, with four North American premieres.
Chyrstyn Fentroy was a star at Dance Theater of Harlem before joining Boston Ballet, where she has been promoted to the top rank of principal.
Michelle Dorrance and Dormeshia set the friendly tone of an evening of tap, with guests and gratitude, at the 92nd Street Y.
The French circus company Libertivore makes its American debut, though its director had to give up her performing career.
In Big Dance Theater's new work, premiering at BAM Fisher, Annie-B Parson melds her sensibility with that of the Conceptual artist Guy de Cointet.
Celebrating 10 years as the artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Battle says he is most proud of the chances he has taken.
Created during the pandemic, Zvi Gotheiner's "The Art of Fugue," performed by ZviDance at New York Live Arts, now registers as a work of recovery.
Indigenous Enterprise is rooted in tradition but also has hip-hop influences, discernible in footwork, bounce and especially attitude.
The choreographer Christopher Williams's queer reimagining of the Narcissus myth is brilliantly conceived and costumed, though a bit stodgy.
The Martha Graham Dance Company's return to the Joyce Theater featured a premiere, classic repertory and an intriguing experiment in reconstruction.
Risk and improvisation are integral to kathak, the Indian classical dance form on display in Rachna Nivas's stunning solo performance at Dixon Place.
This mixed-nuts dance series returned with a whiplash-inducing program of Streb Extreme Action, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham and the Verdon Fosse Legacy.
Caleb Teicher's "Sw!ng Out" at the Joyce Theater aims to bring swing onstage as it lives today in a program that's part variety show, part hangout.
Alejandro Cerrudo's "It Starts Now" gets its underwhelming debut at the Joyce Theater.
Also on the bill for this free outdoor program is the choreographer's U.S. premiere of "Quad," a wordless television play by Samuel Beckett.
The excellent Bharatanatyam troupe, Ragamala Dance Company, reopens the theater to live performance with "Fires of Varanasi."
Mauro Bigonzetti's premiere was slight, but a way to show off Maria Kowroski, who retires in October.
"In Conversation With Merce," a virtual program, features Merce Cunningham's "Landrover" and responses to it, by Liz Gerring and Kyle Abraham.
In Colleen Thomas's work at New York Live Arts, created and performed by women, the sense of pent-up release was strong.
The up-and-coming company tried to deliver energy to an audience in Brooklyn with "Trapped," but the last thing we need onstage is more screen time, our critic writes.
Two stars, Lauren Lovette of City Ballet and Jamar Roberts of Alvin Ailey, are retiring from the stage to focus on making dances.
"The Other Shore," by the Seattle-based dance and visual art team Zoe Juniper, features an experience with a Google Cardboard VR viewer.
A rare gathering of Black dancers from different companies meet to discuss a new production on Little Island, curated by Misty Copeland and Robert Garland.
