Asked about George Balanchine's ultra-modern ballet "Agon," Arthur Mitchell once said, "It's not so much the difficulty of the steps or how flexible you are, it's the precariousness."Anxiety…
It wasn't the way she had planned it, but ballerina Julie Kent was treated to an affectionate farewell on the Kennedy Center Opera House stage Saturday night even though she hadn't danced a …
One of the happiest, most uplifting and imaginative dance productions will air on PBS's "Great Performances" at 9 p.m. tonight: Mark Morris' "L"Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato." This fu…
I don't think I've ever seen a conductor plant a hearty kiss on a ballerina's cheek before, but that's what happened Tuesday night on the Opera House stage, at the opening performance of Ame…
When American Ballet Theatre performs at the Kennedy Center this week audiences will see a company undergoing one of the most notable transitions in its 75-year history. Three of its biggest…
The simplest moments of Sara Baras's "Voces, Suite Flamenca" were the best. These were the segments of her 90-minute show that were not slashed by blinding spotlights, or jolted by self-admi…
Ballet star Jose Manuel Carreno has often played the role of the hero onstage. But his princely charisma and world-class stature may not be enough to stem the financial crisis threatening to…
Philosophers and physicists can go on debating whether logic and unpredictability can coexist. Mark Morris has already answered the question.Predictably enough, the Mark Morris Dance Group's…
Making a dance is a complex engineering problem. A ballet company, especially one as big and famous as the New York City Ballet, is a machine with myriad moving parts, of which the dancers a…
In the land that produced it, "Swan Lake" had become a curse. "I want to pull my hair out and stuff it down the directorate's throat!" complained Bolshoi ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, venting …
Just as the town of Sleepy Hollow was a magical setting for Washington Irving's classic short story, the ballet inspired by that tale boasts enchantments of its own. The Washington Ballet's …
American Ballet Theatre principal Xiomara Reyes will be a guest star in the Washington Ballet's world-premiere production of "Sleepy Hollow," which runs Feb. 18-22, the company has announced…
Here's a downbeat video to send your spirit soaring: Rag and Bone's upscale-urban menswear line showcases its edge with an inspired pairing of ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov and Memphis joo…
The highest praise for a dancer these days is to call her "an athlete." What is wrong with "artist"? Why prolong the inferiority complex about art? Let's get past that whole macho-athlete-br…
Tony-winning choreographer Twyla Tharp will bring two new works and new music to Washington in November as part of her 10-week, 50th anniversary tour this fall, Kennedy Center officials conf…
"One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don't know what's going to happen next," said Bix Beiderbecke, who probably would have liked the jazz accompanying Ragamala Dance Company's "Song…
One night I'm bound to get so carried away by an Alvin Ailey performance that I'll leap and spin through the Kennedy Center's Hall of States and end up tumbling down the stairs to the parkin…
For breadth of creativity, originality and ambition, no dance event this coming season will surpass the Washington Ballet's world-premiere production of "Sleepy Hollow."Read full article …
Some years ago, I happened to be in a country village outside Moscow on the first day of ice melt on the Trubezh River. It was April, but winter was slow to leave. Free-flowing water was suc…
For the dancers of the Mariinsky Ballet, the unearthly demands of classical technique come easily: the elegant hypermobility, the suppleness, the pointework. Grace is their default mode.But …
KanKouran West African Dance Company has been celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday with dance for 25 years, "way before it was a holiday," as Assane Konte, the group's artistic dire…
"Heads will roll!" is the rallying cry at the Washington Ballet this week, where Artistic Director Septime Webre has begun rehearsals for his new ballet, "Sleepy Hollow," which premieres…
Why did Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum weep after filming their final wrestling scene in "Foxcatcher"?Because the worst was over.Read full article >>
Has everyone fallen down the rabbit hole here? In a break from tradition, England's Royal Ballet has shelved "The Nutcracker" this season. Instead of the standard holiday fare, the premiere …
Ballet West's charming production of "The Nutcracker" couldn't have come at a better time for a Washington weary from bad news. If the world feels cold and heavy, if the reality of what some…