345 stories by "Gia Kourlas"
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.
Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri ring in the New Year in their physical and introspective "Many Happy Returns."
Sara Mearns, the New York City Ballet principal, announced her 10-year struggle on Instagram. She tested out her new hearing aids in "The Nutcracker."
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo opens its season at the Joyce Theater with its vintage, vampiric "Giselle" and a new take on Balanchine.
The choreographer Tess Dworman inhabits an assortment of people (and an ottoman) in her dance-theater work "Everything Must Go."
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns for its annual December season with an enigmatic premiere by Jamar Roberts and the revival of "Grace."
