345 stories by "Gia Kourlas"
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.
The choreographer Wally Cardona revisits a David Gordon duet, "Times Four," performed in the loft in which it was made and remade for today.
The programs were all over the map, but the dancers held the season together. Six were promoted, including India Bradley, the first Black female to become a soloist.
American Ballet Theater opens with an all-Tharp program, including "Push Comes to Shove," the first work she created for the company and its newly defected star, in 1976.
The esteemed company presents a full-length contemporary work by Hofesh Shechter at New York City Center. Forget about pointe shoes. This is Chanel in socks.
New York City Ballet presents a new work of uncanny beauty, with costumes by Iris van Herpen, inspired by nature and technology.
The next step, in the case of "Ballade," coached by its original ballerina, Merrill Ashley, is to keep it in the repertory. Especially with Mira Nadon in the lead.
It can feel overwhelming to watch a dance. But if you follow the hands, they can unlock the mysteries of a moving body.
The New York City Ballet principal brings together dancers from four companies to perform works by the esteemed choreographer in a festival at the Joyce Theater.
The choreographer's latest works, at the Joyce Theater, explore the music of James P. Johnson and John Luther Adams.
In a tremendous performance, this American Ballet Theater principal danced her final "Swan Lake" to end her glittering 29-year career.
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.
