345 stories by "Gia Kourlas"
Reflections on the fall season of New York City Ballet, which remains in transition with a new generation raring to go.
The busy choreographer returns to the stage, maybe for the last time, in her celebrated trilogy exploring Black life.
The choreographer Fouad Boussouf presents his mystical "Näss" at the Joyce Theater as part of the Crossing the Line Festival.
The prolific choreographer tells a new story with two classic works at New York City Center: "In the Upper Room" and "Nine Sinatra Songs." In that order.
Phelan, a principal at New York City Ballet, has gone from rising to risen with a stellar fall season that has shown her range in a string of debuts.
The City Center festival continued with Kyiv City Ballet, a Christopher Wheeldon duet and a daring work for Dayton Contemporary Dance Company.
With music by Solange and ballets by Kyle Abraham, Gianna Reisen and Justin Peck, the company's annual fashion gala prizes costumes over dancing.
With more than a half-century of work behind her, Rainer goes out swinging with "Hellzapoppin': What About the Bees?," which takes on themes of race and resistance.
The South African choreographer Robyn Orlin mixes culture and politics with the help of the stunning performance artist Albert Silindokuhle Ibokwe Khoza.
The country's experimental dance artists, independent and resilient, are using their skills in a new arena: war.
In "Lifted: A Gospel House Musical," the choreographer Rennie Harris tells a tale of redemption and healing loosely inspired by "Oliver Twist."
This New Zealand company returns to the Joyce Theater with two New York premieres, but neither are as penetrating as "Handgame," a vintage gem.
Daniel Camargo's breakout season at American Ballet Theater changed his rank from guest artist to principal. (Now, all he needs is an apartment.)
Catherine Hurlin makes a major debut as Odette-Odile and the company presents the New York premiere of a mystical work by Alonzo King.
Christopher Williams, a choreographer captivated by the otherworldly, presents the New York premieres of "Les Sylphides" and "Afternoon of a Faun."
Alexei Ratmansky's "Of Love and Rage," a New York premiere for American Ballet Theater, tells its story through fluent dancing bodies.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to Lincoln Center with an anniversary and a premiere by its resident choreographer, Jamar Roberts.
American Ballet Theater opens its summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House with a triple cast, comic production. Where will it go next?
English National Ballet brings Akram Khan's "Giselle" to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, a production that prizes style over substance.
What is the role of choreography on Broadway? Two musicals, "MJ" and "A Strange Loop," shed light on the dancing body.
The company's spring season, a double whammy of Covid and injury, ended with the retirement of the principal Amar Ramasar.
The choreographer Donna Uchizono presents "Wings of Iron," a subtle, virtuosic exploration of the art of perseverance.
The choreographer Abby Zbikowski brings her raw, genre-bending "Radioactive Practice" to New York Live Arts after a two-year delay.
The choreographer Silas Farley and the composer David K. Israel team up for "Architects of Time," a premiere for the Stravinsky Festival.
The best part? It's not cosmetic. New York premieres by Madeline Hollander and Janie Taylor pair perfectly with a Bella Lewitzky revival.
