"The Tree is full of feeling, expressed in tight, sharp hand gestures, chainé turns with hair awhirl, and long flamingo-like legs that lift and stretch as they step or hiccup. But the em…
"Mostly, what I remember are umpteen lines and angles, overlapping bodies with arms and legs slicing out in all directions. Like the astonishing music, the overall choreographic landscap…
"Imagine a free online platform explicitly geared to the dance field that combines the bonding and storytelling pleasure of Instagram and Facebook with Ancestry.com's ability to illustrat…
"I create in a way to see the music. I think of it as painting the music, rather than dancing the music […] and using the dancers through time and space as a way of sort of painting flowin…
"Start with Winter in Brief, parts 1 and 2 for highlights from Live Artery, Under the Radar, The Exponential Festival, and the Out-FRONT! Festival. I reflect on the rich variety of works …
"DOCF 2026 presents 33 films from 12 countries on February 6 - 9 in Symphony Space's The Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater on the Upper West Side. Tobin Del Cuore's Through Memory and Jenni…
"I hope that [this project] generates space for people to reflect on their body image and self valuation...I find that it's especially hard to have these conversations given the pop culture …
"The evening begins in the Peter B. Lewis Theater with a showcase of Washington's works Fearless, performed by Parsons Dance, and The 24/7 Diner, danced by her company, MasterZ at Work Dance…
"Gina and I get along really well. She just understands what I need and what I don't need. I'm totally open to all those kinds of things if they happen at the right time." " Lucinda Childs, …
"Appearing in Under the Radar, Brokentalkers' Bellow at the Irish Arts Center and Company Kinoshita Kabuki's Kanjincho at Japan Society approach inherited traditions from different cultural …
"Ishmael Houston-Jones and Heidi Latsky have both devoted their careers to bodies that the dance field has not always known how to see without inherited assumptions: Black and brown bodie…
"Festival season continued through January with more offerings from Live Artery, The Exponential Festival, and Under the Radar [...] Can you believe there's more?! Stay tuned for Winter i…
"I can't help but notice how the spiraling architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright's design for the Guggenheim's rotunda accentuates the world Knight and Williams exist in. The museum's whirling …
"The Prix isn't just a competition; it is a place to grow and develop as an artist. The field is evolving, and we want to strengthen it. We want to create as many opportunities as possible f…
"Kevin Matthew Wong presents a compelling one-person show that blends inventive props, video interviews, singing, acting, and movement. Wong's deft performance skillfully incorporates…
"I'm interested in the responsibility of questioning Duncan's work. I don't think the dances will be lost. Many people have felt the responsibility and passed them on in their own way.…
Ogemdi Ude's MAJOR at New York Live Arts: Majorette dance is an ensemble form birthed at Historically Black Colleges and Universities's in the 1960s when marching-band majorettes put down th…
"2nd Best Dance Company's Slumber, presented at Triskelion Arts, in December, reimagines Sleeping Beauty through a blend of fairy tale and contemporary theatrical strategies. Written, direct…
"Whew, I'm exhausted in the best way. Ready for more? I am! Stay tuned for Winter in Brief, Part 2, featuring even more from the January festival season. Happy dancegoing, everyone!" " Sa…
"Everything that we are as an organization now " we have this repertory company with nine really amazing dancers that does work by choreographers that I've admired my whole career, we have t…
"I think that, in a way, I have been charged with always bringing the Black perspective to the front of my work. My mother was heavily involved in social activism, Black identity [...] And t…
"The ballet has a two-dimensional, Pop Art-feel to it, with a Minimalist touch." " Ann Moradian, Paris
"...with social media, there's so much visibility for our communities, but it's in very small, 30 second clips on YouTube. And so the visibility is very accessible, but in a way that is comm…
"Das Rauschgift, the latest collaboration from Brooklyn-based dance-theatre duo Travis Amiel and Cosimo Pori (aka Das Besties) is a playful, exuberant, and ultimately tender tale about the t…
"At the intimate Triskelion Arts, Split Bill #47 presented two solos, works by Cristina Moya-Palacios and Ariana Speight, which spoke of identity, reflection, and memory." " Kristen Hedberg,…