350 stories by "GIA KOURLAS"
Christopher Wheeldon's lengthy "The Winter's Tale," a ballet based on the Shakespeare play, is filled with bad behavior but also love and forgiveness.
The Russian ballerina Olga Smirnova lit up the start of the company's six-week summer season. She wasn't alone.
Garcia, a former principal at New York City Ballet and San Francisco Ballet, takes over as Miami City celebrates its 40th anniversary.
In "The Life of Chuck," the actor known for spontaneous eruptions of joyful movement, lets loose with a feast of footwork.
The Taylor company revives "Churchyard," a forgotten gem from 1969 that shifts from angelic to ferocious as it cycles from life to death.
Copeland, the first Black female principal at American Ballet Theater, has announced she's retiring. She made history, and then made it count.
The spring season of New York City Ballet didn't seem to warrant much excitement " until it did, with a rush of dynamic debuts.
The tap choreographer and dancer returns to the Joyce Theater with "The Remix," a glorious gathering of artists, sound and soul.
Amy Sherman-Palladino's new series, created with her husband, takes ballet somewhere it doesn't usually go: the world of comedy.
The New York City Ballet principal Andrew Veyette is retiring after 25 years: "My path had a lot of peaks and valleys. Some very deep and some very high."
In "Lunch Dances," which tells fictional stories of regular people pursuing personal research, Monica Bill Barnes and Company invades the New York Public Library.
Gibney Company brings an uneven trio of new works to the Joyce: a deft premiere by Childs and dances by Roy Assaf and Peter Chu.
A member of Merce Cunningham's final company, Toogood brings to the job years of experience as a dancer and educator.
"There's a time for everything," said Farrell, who has returned to New York City Ballet to teach a new and eager generation of dancers.
The choreographer Reggie Wilson premieres his latest, "The Reclamation," a stark, formal dance for seven, at NYU Skirball.
Two of the art form's best join forces in a program curated by Mearns at City Center that features a new work by Roberts, "Dance Is a Mother."
Tharp celebrates her 60th anniversary as a dance maker with a program pairing the monumental "Diabelli" (1998) and the new "Slacktide."
It was a busy winter: Ashley Bouder bid farewell, Mira Nadon dazzled in "Swan Lake," Maria Tallchief was honored and Alexei Ratmansky had another winner.
The Academy Award-nominated actress discovers her inner dancer in "Emilia Pérez" with the help of the choreographer Damien Jalet.
Miriam Miller, newly promoted to principal at New York City Ballet, is set to make her debut in "Swan Lake."
The performance portion of "Edges of Ailey" at the Whitney Museum of American Art was best when it stepped away from tradition.
Ashley Bouder, the longtime New York City Ballet principal, is leaving with a final performance in "Firebird."
Alexei Ratmansky creates a joyful new "Paquita" for New York City Ballet, giving the dancers a classical frame in which to find new versions of themselves.
Florentina Holzinger, the daring Austrian choreographer, is back with "Tanz," a rendering of ballet horror featuring the 83-year-old dancer Beatrice Cordua.
Highlights so far of the 2025 contemporary dance festival, spread across New York City, are Symara Sarai and Leslie Cuyjet's outstanding dances.
