379 stories by "Gia Kourlas"
For its season at New York City Center, its first major engagement here in years, the company disappoints with mediocre repertory.
In "My Town," Jack Ferver's one-person take on the Wilder classic with hints of "Wisconsin Death Trip," movement and storytelling are deftly intertwined.
Dancers are famous for buckling down and getting through it. But a new openness about mental health has companies and schools focusing on their well-being, both physical and emotional.
As part of its Lincoln Center season, the company presented works by Lauren Lovette, Robert Battle and Hope Boykin.
For her new work, opening at BAM Fisher, Juliana F. May looks to early influences to create her version of a postmodern musical.
This fall the offerings at American Ballet Theater, now in its 85th year, included a tepid premiere and touching debuts in Agnes de Mille's "Rodeo."
American Ballet Theater's first Black female principal dancer has given her farewell performance. But she's not done with this art form yet.
The choreographer Wally Cardona revisits a David Gordon duet, "Times Four," performed in the loft in which it was made and remade for today.
The programs were all over the map, but the dancers held the season together. Six were promoted, including India Bradley, the first Black female to become a soloist.
American Ballet Theater opens with an all-Tharp program, including "Push Comes to Shove," the first work she created for the company and its newly defected star, in 1976.
The esteemed company presents a full-length contemporary work by Hofesh Shechter at New York City Center. Forget about pointe shoes. This is Chanel in socks.
New York City Ballet presents a new work of uncanny beauty, with costumes by Iris van Herpen, inspired by nature and technology.
The next step, in the case of "Ballade," coached by its original ballerina, Merrill Ashley, is to keep it in the repertory. Especially with Mira Nadon in the lead.
The wild grandeur of a choreographer just starting out is a breath of fresh air. It's no secret. Blue just picked up an Emmy and an MTV Video Music Award.
The wild grandeur of a choreographer just starting out is a breath of fresh air. It's no secret. Blue just picked up an Emmy and a Video Music Award.
The choreographer takes over the Park Avenue Armory with "Monkey Off My Back or the Cat's Meow," a spectacle that honors the power of being together.
Dolly Parton in Vegas, a shrine to David Bowie, a new standup special from Kumail Nanjiani and other picks from our critics and writers.
The choreographer Kim Brandt brings "Wayward," an expansive new dance, to Rockaway (the beach and the town) as this part of Beach Sessions.
It can feel overwhelming to watch a dance. But if you follow the hands, they can unlock the mysteries of a moving body.
The New York City Ballet principal brings together dancers from four companies to perform works by the esteemed choreographer in a festival at the Joyce Theater.
The dance team of the New York Liberty, in its 20th year, makes space for dancers who are 40 and over. Their message? Dance! Live a full life.
The choreographer's latest works, at the Joyce Theater, explore the music of James P. Johnson and John Luther Adams.
In a tremendous performance, this American Ballet Theater principal danced her final "Swan Lake" to end her glittering 29-year career.
After 29 years, the American Ballet Theater principal bids farewell with "Swan Lake." It's demanding. But she's got this.
Christopher Wheeldon's lengthy "The Winter's Tale," a ballet based on the Shakespeare play, is filled with bad behavior but also love and forgiveness.
