"One of the most arresting moments occurs as Melnick and Mearns, in a meditative duet, envelop their bodies into looped sculptures of flowers. With this image, it is as if they become flower…
"Costumed by Isaac Mizrahi in loose-fitting, long-sleeved jumpsuits — white on the front, black on the back — MOON’s nine dancers suggest the light and dark sides of the moon, or per…
"The New York Flamenco Festival programmed a series of events including Irene Morales in La Argentinita at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and RAW at Joe's Pub, Sara Bara…
"What captivates me about CLOSE UP from start to finish is the clarity and force of its images. Vignettes rush past, emerging from darkness; they shift across time and tell nonlinear stories…
"What stood out from my observation of rehearsal, and from my conversations with Cook-Beatty and her company, was their passion for movement and their commitment to one another and to the wo…
"As an aging, aged, old artist, the question I'm asking is around relevance. Can I be relevant? [...] That can't be the same relevance that younger artists have [...] When you've done work…
"Susan Jaffe, the artistic director of American Ballet Theatre, has introduced a spring season to the company’s New York City schedule. Performed were dances: Raymonda, Mozartiana, N…
"Valentina Baché is a choreographer without inhibition. They take risks playing with violence and danger as they carry us on a journey through a hurricane. They hope this experience will jo…
"The Tree is full of feeling, expressed in tight, sharp hand gestures, chainé turns with hair awhirl, and long flamingo-like legs that lift and stretch as they step or hiccup. But the em…
"Mostly, what I remember are umpteen lines and angles, overlapping bodies with arms and legs slicing out in all directions. Like the astonishing music, the overall choreographic landscap…
"Imagine a free online platform explicitly geared to the dance field that combines the bonding and storytelling pleasure of Instagram and Facebook with Ancestry.com's ability to illustrat…
"I create in a way to see the music. I think of it as painting the music, rather than dancing the music […] and using the dancers through time and space as a way of sort of painting flowin…
"Start with Winter in Brief, parts 1 and 2 for highlights from Live Artery, Under the Radar, The Exponential Festival, and the Out-FRONT! Festival. IÂ reflect on the rich variety of works …
"DOCF 2026 presents 33 films from 12 countries on February 6 - 9 in Symphony Space's The Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater on the Upper West Side. Tobin Del Cuore's Through Memory and Jenni…
"The evening begins in the Peter B. Lewis Theater with a showcase of Washington's works Fearless, performed by Parsons Dance, and The 24/7 Diner, danced by her company, MasterZ at Work Dance…
"I hope that [this project] generates space for people to reflect on their body image and self valuation...I find that it's especially hard to have these conversations given the pop culture …
"Appearing in Under the Radar, Brokentalkers' Bellow at the Irish Arts Center and Company Kinoshita Kabuki's Kanjincho at Japan Society approach inherited traditions from different cultural …
"Gina and I get along really well. She just understands what I need and what I don't need. I'm totally open to all those kinds of things if they happen at the right time." " Lucinda Childs, …
"Ishmael Houston-Jones and Heidi Latsky have both devoted their careers to bodies that the dance field has not always known how to see without inherited assumptions:Â Black and brown bodie…
"I can't help but notice how the spiraling architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright's design for the Guggenheim's rotunda accentuates the world Knight and Williams exist in. The museum's whirling …
"Festival season continued through January with more offerings from Live Artery, The Exponential Festival, and Under the Radar [...] Can you believe there's more?! Stay tuned for Winter i…
"The Prix isn't just a competition; it is a place to grow and develop as an artist. The field is evolving, and we want to strengthen it. We want to create as many opportunities as possible f…
"Kevin Matthew Wong presents a compelling one-person show that blends inventive props, video interviews, singing, acting, and movement. Wong's deft performance skillfully incorporates…
"2nd Best Dance Company's Slumber, presented at Triskelion Arts, in December, reimagines Sleeping Beauty through a blend of fairy tale and contemporary theatrical strategies. Written, direct…
Ogemdi Ude's MAJOR at New York Live Arts: Majorette dance is an ensemble form birthed at Historically Black Colleges and Universities's in the 1960s when marching-band majorettes put down th…