34 stories by "Lauren Kay"
After Sixteen Years, Annmaria Mazzini Leaves the Paul Taylor Dance CompanyThis year, Paul Taylor Dance Company celebrates 57 years, bringing classic repertoire and New York premieres alike t…
Eddie Taketa anchors new work from Doug Varone and Dancers—Now in its 24th year, Doug Varone and Dancers continues to be a preeminent modern company in the New York City dancescape. Va…
American Ballet Theatre puts a vivid twist on a holiday classicAs the holidays approach, the dance world offers its annual flurry of The Nutcracker, that classic holiday tale about a little …
Plucked from a New York club, Dan Mills makes his Broadway debut in “Million Dollar Quartet”Last December, at a gig at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC, Dan Mills was focused on boosti…
Enter the diverse, vibrant world of Cedar Lake BalletThough only in its seventh season, Cedar Lake Ballet has already become one of New York City's preeminent contemporary ballet companies.F…
A new program reintroduces New Yorkers to his early choreography — Modern dance icon Merce Cunningham was an innovator not only in angular shapes etched in otherwise flowing movement, …
Danny Gardner learns from Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly — The most famous song and dance men—the Fred Astaires and Gene Kellys—are synonymous with debonair style, majestic mo…
A preview of this season’s holiday dance offerings in New York — As you start to deck the halls, remember that it’s also a bustling season for dance events, holiday-themed …
The Queensboro Dance Festival celebrates dance companies from across the borough — In dance reputation terms, Manhattan has made its mark with stalwart institutions like American Balle…
How Paige Faure unexpectedly landed her first Broadway lead — After hitting the boards of the Great White Way in ensemble and featured roles, Paige Faure has finally landed a Broadway …
Inside her new cabaret at 54 Below — Recently, on a chilly April afternoon in her downtown studio/office, Broadway veteran Melissa Errico prepared for At the Corner of 54th & Crazy…
How fighting and dance combine in Broadway’s Rocky — The new musical Rocky, now on Broadway at the Winter Garden, incorporates everything you’d expect from the classic film…
In her new dance piece, Jody Oberfelder turns biology into art — While big-budget extravaganzas and classical dance are firmly planted uptown, it can seem like the world of downtown da…
The unlikely development of Martha Clarke’s Chéri — Like any good romance, timing was key to the flowering of Chéri, the new dance-theatre piece conceived, directed, and choreo…
Along with the indulgent taste of eggnog, a general sense of good will, and the smell of pine needles in the air, the holidays usher in a season of dance, including several productions of th…
Inside the choreography in Broadway’s Beautiful — With a canon that includes “I Feel the Earth Move,” “You’ve Got a Friend,” and “(You Make Me…
Dorrance Dance’s Michelle Dorrance sounds off at Fall For Dance — There are certain hallmarks of autumn in New York: hot lattes replacing iced coffee, the crisp autumnal smell re…
Iphigenia pushes the RIOULT dance company to new places — French choreographer Pascal Rioult has been fascinated with Greek mythology for decades. He not only delved into the stories a…
Inside the Choreography of “Here Lies Love” Choreographer Annie-B Parson, who founded Big Dance Theater in New York City, creates with a post-modern style all her own, and while …
Why Warren Carlyle makes the dancing in “Drood” accessible In the musical The Mystery of Edwin Drood, currently at Studio 54 in a revival from the Roundabout, it’s c…
In Broadway’s “Scandalous,” dance is both religious and entertaining From the fierce undulations of a tribal circle to the constant swaying of men praying in a synagogue, t…
Robert Hartwell’s onstage education in “Nice Work If You Can Get It” The ensemble of Nice Work If You Can Get It is filled with veteran Broadway dancers, so by comparison. …
How Gotham Dance Festival boosts both audiences and artists — The dance world is exploding. There are innovative choreographers all over the map, many using multimedia and intricate st…
The actress plays a cantankerous diva for Primary Stages – Welcome to Building Character, TDF Stages’ ongoing series about actors and how they create their roles With silver hair…
How Kate Skarpetowska created striking dances of her own Buoyant, vivid movement; sensual partnering; and relatable themes have made Parsons Dance a New York staple since 1985. With his stab…
