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Speaking of 'Chroma,' choreographer Wayne McGregor says he wanted "an "empty" space where "the body would provide the color."
While only skilled performers dare attempt them, the dances of the divertissement are an idealized expression of the life force and the movement potential within a child.
The characters in "Play/Pause" live under a microscope, isolated but without privacy. Their interactions are cold and brief as they slide off one another, exhausted.
Fans should not miss Polina Semionova in "Theme and Variations" tonight, or Veronika Part in "Les Sylphides" on Sunday.
A moment during the garden party during which Tchaikovsky's music slows and a footman kicks an onstage gramophone suggests Bourne's attitude toward his source material.
In a successful ballet, of course, the whole fairy tale armature is simply an excuse for dancing, but here ingenuities of plot and scenery take center stage with the choreography seemingly a…
The company aims to overwhelm us with an avalanche of thrilling new repertory.
"It's about getting ourselves out there," says Royal Ballet director Kevin O'Hare, who claims that 40,000 people in Britain watched the transmission of "Alice's Adventures in …
"The music is shockingly gorgeous," says Douglas Martin, who has choreographed a new "Romeo and Juliet" that American Repertory Ballet will present on Friday.
"It doesn't matter if you tell stories or you don't tell stories," says choreographer Andrea Miller. "It matters if you're courageous, and if you're taking big risks."
Argentina's sexy national dance is its own best advertisement, and with a company of "backup" dancers who are nothing short of brilliant, the tango doesn't need help from anyone.
A major event has been the refurbishing of Anna-Marie Holmes' beloved staging of "Le Corsaire."
Tapping on a staircase, Glover goes up, down and sideways taking incredible risks with the most expensive ankles in the business.
Ronald K. Brown's new work confirms him as one of today's most important dance makers.
The choreographer took cues from the Bible. Yet Brown's new dance also references Oyá, a Yoruba goddess who summons the winds of change.
Youngsters will be captivated by this tale, in which the man-child, Mowgli, is adopted by a pack of wolves and must use his wits to survive.
Frederick Ashton's "A Month in the Country," an outrageous sex-comedy, gives viewers a holiday from pure dance.
The roster contains some powerful talents. Chief among them is Shafeek Westbrook, who has an uncanny ability to fold his body while balancing on one hand.
Kyle Abraham's "Another Night" will be featured, when the Ailey troupe returns to Newark this weekend.
Under the stewardship of artistic director Virginia Johnson, the company's former prima ballerina, DTH is lighter and leaner, with a roster of fresh faces and a contemporary repertoire.
Rejecting an overt narrative, Jones says, 'I am trying to have it both ways about meaning and absolute freedom.'
"The subject isn't as important as the structure, and in that way, I work as a classical artist," Morris says.
"In our society, there are still those that are hunted and those that are the hunters," the choreographer says.
Stardom—specifically, her own—was the unacknowledged subtext of all Martha Graham’s dances.
The star is Carla Körbes, whose glamorous Terpsichore wows Apollo, meticulously presenting her beautiful feet and taking flight in airy "brisés."
