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Love, War and the Refugee Crisis, Set to the Music of Sting
In “Message in a Bottle,” a dance show opening at City Center, Sting’s songbook helps tell the story of a…
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These 5 Black Ballerinas Blazed Their Own Trail
THE SWANS OF HARLEM: Five Black Ballerinas, Fifty Years of Sisterhood, and Their Reclamation of a Groundbreaking History, by Karen…
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Review: Noche Flamenca, Raising the Dead With Goya
In “Searching for Goya,” at the Joyce Theater, the troupe uses the painter’s images as frames for flamenco dances.
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Saddling Up and Feeling Spry at Martha Graham
Under the banner “American Legacies,” the Martha Graham Dance Company dusted off a classic, “Rodeo,” premiered a companion piece and…
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Loving Him Meant Facing My Greatest Fear
In the studio, filled with light, I watch my boyfriend, the artist and choreographer Matty Davis, as he dances beside…
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FKA twigs Dances Martha Graham: ‘This Is Art in Its Truest Form’
Once a young bunhead, the acclaimed musical artist is taking the stage with the Martha Graham Dance Company. For her,…
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Ushio Amagatsu, Japanese Dancer Who Popularized Butoh, Dies at 74
He brought worldwide attention to a radical yet elemental form of contemporary dance that emerged in the wake of wartime…
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Review: Dance Theater of Harlem Is in New (and Capable) Hands
The company performed its first New York City Center season under the direction of Robert Garland in a program including…
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The Sounds That Made Her Move: ‘Music Fed My Life Force’
The choreographer Dianne McIntyre presents “In the Same Tongue,” a dance she calls “an artistic history of myself,” at the…
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Review: Turning Dancers Into Aliens One Step at a Time
Under the artistic leadership of Emily Molnar, Nederlands Dans Theater returned to New York City Center with a less than…
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