A self-described "dance evangelist" Brett Raphael will continue to crisscross the state of Connecticut this year with his Summer Dance Caravan, designed to promote classical dance with free,…
This November the notion of a fabled wall proposed by Donald Trump may be struck down by voters. The idea of such a wall, to a creative person, can only conjure up images of cultural cloiste…
For those both inside and outside, identifying the clang of a prison door is irrefutable; it is an absolute sound that reverberates universally. But its sound is stubbornly subjective. For t…
Head thrown back, ballet dancer Eric Carnes strikes a Grecian pose on the floor: arms stretched out as if to draw a bow, with one knee bent. He takes command of his role of the faun during a…
In a kinetic medium, modern-dance choreographer Jessica Lang's inspirational guidance for her first full-length ballet might come as a surprise: She first contemplated space, and concept. Th…
Chances are if a teenager is assigned "The Odyssey" by Homer, many feel that picking up the classic poem is an Odyssey of sorts for them, greeting the scholastic undertaking tepidly, with th…
Embodied in the art form of tap is improvisation, and it is with that spirit of collaboration that Dorrance Dance will present excerpts from "SOUNDspace" "ETM: The Initial Approach" and "The…
Standing demurely in the corner of Albano Ballet's studio in Hartford, Julia Frederick bides her time before entering on cue for her latest role at a recent rehearsal for "Swan Lake."