In honor of National Tap Dance Day tomorrow, May 25, our Friday archival photo is of Gregory Hines (1946–2003) on the set of White Nights. The 1985 blockbuster movie, starring legendary hoofer Hines and ballet hero Mikhail Baryshnikov, brought tap into the limelight. Its iconic danc… Read More >

We've received word from Oklahoma City Ballet that Robyn (Stewart) Rojas, a former member of the compan… Read More >

Amid barbeques and beach trips, there are plenty of dance events to check out this Memorial Day weekend. Late May officially kicks off spring recital season, but as you know, not all school productions mean hours of toddlers in tutus "sashaying"—don't you mean chass… Read More >

It was with heavy hearts that we watched the final performances on Dancing with the Stars last night. I'm not sure that anyone outside of the Midwest can fully comprehend the destruction and still-horrifying scene unfolding in Oklahoma. But since ABC made the (pe… Read More >

It's sad all around that Wade Robson is suing the Michael Jackson Estate for sex abuse.

In this article we are reminded that Robson defended Jackson during the … Read More >

Irina Dvorovenko was more brilliant than ever in Onegin Saturday night—and sadly, it was her last. In her portrayal of the love-torn Tatiana, she traveled from a shy teenager to a married woman wracked with passion for the wrong man. She plunged into Cranko’s tricky partnering… Read More >

Today's archive photo is of Freddie Franklin with Danilova. Franklin passed away May 4, 2013 at 98. Check out our slide show of more images of Franklin. And be sure to read Franklin's obitua… Read More >

You know those crazy photos of dancers jumping in the subway, at parks, and on the street? They're by Jordan Matter. Last Friday (May 10th) the National Museum of Dance held a reception for Art in the Foyer with Matter displaying photographs from his book Dancers Among Us. If you're … Read More >

Tonight at the Met Opera House, American Ballet Theatre's spellbinding Hee Seo—who graces the cover of our May issue—will reprise her role as Tatiana, the passion-wrenched he… Read More >

It's a little over a week until National Tap Dance Day (May 25), but this Friday marks another cause for celebration in the tap world: It's the 100th anniversary of Dr. James "Buster" Brown's birth. One of the great late tap masters of the 20th century, Brown was known for his fast feet and genero… Read More >

May is gala month. Last week was New York City Ballet’s gala and tonight is American Ballet Theatre’s. We also saw the Danspace Project gala and the Dance Against Cancer gala. Last month we had the Limón gala and next month is Jacob’s Pillow’s, and there are many mor… Read More >

Before Center Stage took movie audiences into the life of the fictional American Ballet Company, there was 1977's all-time classic The Turning Pointe. If you are too young to have seen it, get yourself the DVD. It is the original dance drama - including a ridiculous catfight betw… Read More >

Imagine: A dancer who has done a role countless times, for years, suddenly transforms, elevating their performance to previously unimaginable heights. That breakthrough moment is one of the most exciting things to witness, period. And it happened, last night, at New York City Ballet's spring gala&… Read More >

As dancers, we can't hear the word "Fosse" without pigeon-toeing our feet, slinking our wrists from side to side, and imagining our legs have suddenly sprouted to Ann Reinking's length. (And… Read More >

What's one thing that American Ballet Theatre dancers Marcelo Gomes and Isabella Boylston have in common with NYCB's new soloist A… Read More >

Tonight’s “Dance Against Cancer” gala, organized by Daniel Ulbricht and Erin Fogarty, offers an incredible array of dance stars: NYCB’s Ashley Bouder, Maria Kowroski, Read More >

Today we acknowledge the passing of two giants in ballet. Find our “In Memoriam” on Maria Tallchief here, and stand by for the one on Frederic Franklin. Tallchief and Franklin's paths crossed in the early 19… Read More >

Recently it has become popular to jokingly refer to men as Mr. (Insert powerful wife's name here). Obviously Erick Hawkins was more than just Martha Graham's ex. Here he is in 1969 in his Geography of Noon. 

27 companies in 11 performances over 9 days? That's a whole lot of talent in one theater.

The "Come Together" festival, presented by the jazz-based, gaga-inflected, hard-driving Koresh Dance Company, opens tonight and runs this and next weekend at Philly's Suzanne Roberts Th… Read More >

Ohad Naharin will receive an honorary doctorate of fine arts from his alma mater, Juilliard, on May 24, 2013. It's hard to think of a choreographer more deserving of this recognition than Naharin. Gaga, the technique he began developing in 1990 when he took the reins of Israeli tr… Read More >