Carla Maxwell, Keeper of the José Limón Flame, Dies at 79
Her stewardship of the troupe that bears his name became a model for other dance companies, like Martha Graham's, after their founders died.
Her stewardship of the troupe that bears his name became a model for other dance companies, like Martha Graham's, after their founders died.
The latest work by the choreographer Pam Tanowitz combines music and design in fresh and delightfully unpredictable ways.
At the Joyce Theater through Sunday, the Paul Taylor Dance Company revives two half-lost works from the 1960s, traversing matters both sacred and profane.
At the Chocolate Factory Theater in Queens on Friday, Martita Abril's performance expressed life on the border from multiple angles.
Our critics picked 10 performances that have offered a robust alternative to the here and now with a tonic of beauty, rage and wisdom.
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar's new work for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Brooklyn Academy of Music moves between church and twistin' the night away.
A Trisha Brown company tour recalls a time when Rauschenberg, one of the country's most influential artists, was changing and being changed by American dance.
Among the 20th century's most significant choreographers, he led the Bolshoi Ballet for more than 30 years, creating epic ballets like "Spartacus."
This year's DanceAfrica festival at BAM features Song & Dance Company of Mozambique, which a member likened to a mirror for the nation.
Before he served in Iraq, Román Baca was a ballet dancer. Now he helps other veterans deal with their trauma " through dance.
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company's season at New York Live Arts features the premiere of "Curriculum III: People, Places & Things."
In the Tony-nominated musical "Operation Mincemeat," five performers play a slew of roles. The choreography onstage and off is fast, elaborate and exacting.
Jasperse's engrossing "Tides" was a thrilling opener to a festival that often feels like a home for first drafts.
"Urban Stomp" at the Museum of the City of New York chronicles the metropolis's social dance. It also invites you to join the party.
On program of New York premieres at the Joyce Theater, Abraham's contribution stands out and so do his dancers.
Celia Rowlson-Hall's "Sissy" at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, a dance-theater hybrid featuring Marisa Tomei, pokes at the boundaries between art and life.
The Uptown Rhythm Festival will mix styles, including tap, swing and flamenco, that are flourishing despite problems of rehearsal and performance space.
Robert Garland, the company's artistic director, has created his first work for the dancers since taking over in 2023.
At 99, the Graham company continues to grapple with the legacy of its founder with reimagined lost works and commissions.
As part of its 50th anniversary, the East Village institution presents reimagined dances by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Fred Holland, Donna Uchizono and Bebe Miller.
Vallejo Gantner, a longtime arts administrator in New York City, has taken over as artistic and executive director at PS21 in Chatham, N.Y.
On a program with three New York premieres, the company seems stuck in an international style, though there are flickers of something more distinctive.
Boy Blue brings its new show, dense with dance and rootsy British hip-hop, to Lincoln Center.
In "Terrestrial: The Sprout," at New York Live Arts, three directors present a show about epic memory and indescribable feelings.