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"The Naked King," based on "The Emperor's New Clothes," debuts Thursday. "I've been dealing with what I've been experiencing in life and in the news," Ratmansky said.
The Georgian National Ballet Sukhishvili brings its blazing version of the country's folk dances to New York.
A champion of the story ballet, he built a tightly knit community in New York around his classes at Ballet Academy East and his company, Dances Patrelle.
After years focused on international repertory and new work, the company is returning the choreographer August Bournonville, "our place of belonging," to the heart of its mission.
Limón's dance, based on the play by Eugene O'Neill, has long been something of a problem piece. Now, it is being updated to speak to the moment.
The choreographer's dances were athletic, often sexy, and dealt with contemporary themes. A two-week festival of his work comes to the Joyce Theater.
For his company's 45th anniversary season, Morris has made two new dances to composers he hasn't used before: James P. Johnson and John Luther Adams.
Hunting bows in hand, a new generation of dancers takes on the multifaceted role at American Ballet Theater.
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The choreographer Akram Khan's "Gigenis," based loosely on a character in the Mahabharata, represents a kind of homecoming for him.
One of Denmark's most authoritative ballerinas, she was a prominent figure in a country better known for its male dancers.
Bocca, who retired from American Ballet Theater in 2006, will lead the company at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
"He has it all," said Susan Jaffe, the artistic leader of American Ballet Theater. Hernández, already a veteran star, is joining the company as a principal.
National Ballet of Ukraine dancers will perform Alexei Ratmansky's "Wartime Elegy" in New York. Touring is "like taking a break," one said, "because we can finally sleep."
With "Unite," a festival he planned and curated at the Joyce Theater, Royal is "taking the time to do things right," he said.
Stanislav Olshanskyi has had to battle homesickness and adjust to Miami City Ballet's style: quick, light, constantly in motion. He's also the prince in "Swan Lake."
A new production of the ballet sets it in 1930s Hollywood instead of a mythic India, eliminating Orientalist clichés while embracing American ones.
Olga Pericet's "La Leona" and a dance panorama by Ballet Nacional de España look to the past, with an eye to recovery and invention.
In "What We Hold" at the Irish Arts Center, the "Riverdance" star turned contemporary choreographer returns to Irish dance with an inquiring lens.
Alexei Ratmansky, arguably the most important ballet choreographer today, has made a deeply personal first work as artist in residence that reflects his Ukrainian roots.
A company of dancers from across Africa perform Bausch's canonical work around the world. "I've always felt that this was an African dance," said Germaine Acogny.
Michael Keegan-Dolan has collaborated with his partner Rachel Poirier on "How to Be a Dancer in 72,000 Easy Lessons," coming to St. Ann's Warehouse.
Jodi Melnick and Maya Lee-Parritz's new work, "Ãgua Viva," is loosely inspired by Lispector's novel.
Christopher Wheeldon's "Like Water for Chocolate" is a new kind of endeavor for the company: a full-length work based on a contemporary novel and popular film.
