At Ballet Theater, a Thrilling Puck and a Moment to Take Stock
Jake Roxander's soaring Puck in "The Dream" was the highlight of American Ballet Theater's final two programs this fall, the first season programmed by Susan Jaffe.
Jake Roxander's soaring Puck in "The Dream" was the highlight of American Ballet Theater's final two programs this fall, the first season programmed by Susan Jaffe.
A new "Pal Joey" at City Center has reimagined the never-quite-satisfying script to make Joey (Ephraim Sykes) a forward-thinking Black jazz singer.
Sankai Juku, an all-male Butoh company, returns to New York with a program of greatest hits that too often feels tedious.
Liang, a choreographer who has run BalletMet in Ohio for 10 years, is the first Asian American to lead a ballet company of this size and stature.
Gregory Maqoma and Thuthuka Sibisi's "Broken Chord" considers the 19th-century tour of a group of South African singers to England and North America.
Two dances at Baryshnikov Arts Center are part of Christopher Williams's project of reimagining, and often queering, works by Diaghilev's company.
Olivier Tarpaga's "Once the dust settles, the flowers bloom" is a subtle work of beauty and mystery.
The festival, with its variety of styles and cheap tickets, plays to excited audiences. Why can't it give them better programs?
Wanjiru Kamuyu's solo performance at the Chocolate Factory Theater in Queens isn't a straightforward immigration story.
The production, about the slow rewards of romance, starring the musician serpentwithfeet, premiered at the Joyce Theater in Manhattan on Friday.
Matthew Lutz-Kinoy's "Filling Station" has new choreography and music but converses with the 1938 original and its "glimmer of queer liberation."
Balanchine didn't think his ballets would last. But many have become classics, the cornerstone of repertory not just at City Ballet but around the world.
Alexis Blake's "Crack Nerve Boogie Swerve," her first work to be shown in New York, focuses on strength and fragility.
The choreography on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour doesn't ask her to do too much, but she knows how to use her simple moves to her advantage.
Jody Gottfried Arnhold has a mission (and the means) to cultivate dance education. To her, it is a basic human right " and vital to democracy.
Engaging viewers' bodies is central to this Broadway musical, a rare production that sets its audience in motion on the dance floor.
Stormy weather at a summer festival wraps performances of a debut and some classic works by two very distinct choreographers.
The polka chinata, in which two men whirl together in a crouch, is revived in a dance by Alessandro Sciarroni, coming to PS21 in Chatham, N.Y.
The choreographer and his Puremovement troupe brought their touring show, "Nuttin' but a Word," to Prospect Park for BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
"One Dance," part of Korean Arts Week at Lincoln Center, puts a contemporary spin on rituals and ceremonies.
The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's free summer arts festival presented several pieces, including "duel c" on Governors Island, that employed humor for serious purposes.
Carlota Santana is neither a star performer nor a choreographer. But her skills as a director have kept her company an active part of the New York scene.
An arts program in a California state facility disproves the idea that "nobody dances in prison," encouraging inmates to channel their lives and emotions into movement.
Ballet Hispánico debuts two works: one about the 17th-century nun and poet Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, and the other, "Papagayos," featuring a supernatural hat.
Mack, whom one student called an agent of change, wants to "create a place where people feel like themselves" " and a model for the professional world.