The Downtown Dance Festival, which has become the city's longest-running free public dance festival, will mark its 40th anniversary this summer!! Newly renamed the Battery Dance Festival, th…
The 31st Annual Bessie Awards will take place on Monday, October 19, 2015, at 7:30pm, at the legendary Apollo Theater in New York City. The 2015 ceremony will mark the Bessie Awards' fifth y…
"Millions of mannequins stand in stores throughout our world and we rarely question them or their function. We do not think about their gender, bodies, or idealized appearance... Through Ski…
"For Marie- Christine Giordano, the goal is not just to mentor her charges, but to provide a structured and supportive environment in which a child can thrive and the self emerge." A POS…
There is a logic that defies the logical mind, and tonight it stands firmly on the collapsing walls on the stage of the Théâtre du Rond Point in the form of Victoria Thierrée-Chaplin's …
Sperling, the foremost interpreter of modern dance pioneer Loie Fuller (1892-1968), had the enviable opportunity to dance on Arctic ice as the guest of oceanographer Robert Pickart (Woods Ho…
Drawing participants from around the world, Tap City has been a place to share new ideas and collaborate on new productions in celebration of a vibrant and diverse global tap community. "The…
"The New York City Ballet presented four casts of Midsummer in the last week of its spring season. I saw two of them. One performance featured marvelous acting, which gave the work a suspens…
"Humanity can get so puffed up. Sometimes we need a dance to remind us we are part of nature." Robert Johnson, New York. Â
"I called this piece IKIRU because all those dancers or artists I met or knew - like Pina Bausch or Merce Cunningham or Michael Jackson -Â are gone, but I am still alive and I can still d…
"We are all committed to the idea of never having the same show twice. That has been important. We talk about it when we are standing in the wings about to go on." Rebecca Stenn, Choreog…
"Cedar Lake's existential crisis unexpectedly became dire, when the company announced in March that it was closing and the BAM performances would be its last. ...Staying true to form, in its…
"I can't say the decision to use Escher, Bacon and Rothko as inspiration for this project was random, but I am also not totally sure if there is a deep statement in combining the…
"Even though the evening is intended to follow strict protocol, something is brewing under this perfect veneer. We become witnesses to a transformation as these young debutantes grapple with…
"When we embarked on our WEA initiative, we knew we wanted to attract more teens and young adults to our programs, but we didn't know what was keeping them away in the first place. By conduc…
Herrera had been scheduled to make her farewell later during the Metropolitan Opera House season, in the new production of "Sleeping Beauty" staged by Alexei Ratmansky. Yet after she tried o…
Don't Miss -WEDNESDAY NIGHTS WALK-THROUGH WITH MUNA TSENG- Muna Tseng, acclaimed NYC choreographer and Tseng Kwong Chi's sister, will offer walk-throughs of the exhibition "Tseng Kwo…