The second she appeared, the whole stage came alive. She was light and happy as the 16-year old princess, but not too happy. She never pushed it. She danced with her customary crispness, but also with the assurance and graciousness befitt… Read More >

This world renowned competition emphasizes potential, and there was plenty of it in the finals earlier today.  The big winner is a boy from Argentina who studies at the Ben Stevenson Academy in Houston. His first round was a solo from La Sylphide, in which he made a beautiful present… Read More >

His performers were all so intense that at times they were hypnotic. Their solos, danced to soul music, were each unpredictable: hell-bent or convulsive, with sudden stops or loosenings. And each of the six dancers, including David (pronounced d… Read More >

It’s there, in the choreography, but I don’t see it in the dancing. I never really focused on it before, cause there is so much going on in that ballet—the bold lines, the now-thick-now-thin Stravinsky music, the mathematics of trios, … Read More >

The catastrophe in Haiti made me re-look at what Haiti has meant in the dance world. It was the place and culture Katherine Dunham fell in love with, the place that helped her build her dance vocabulary and her spiritual, artistic self. If it weren’t for her researc… Read More >

It’s such a privilege to hear Freddie Franklin talk about his decades of dance experience—he is 95!—that I decided to write it down for those of you who missed his talk at the Guggenheim Works & Process program last night. It&r… Read More >

Ragtime is an epic, irony-infused, emotionally wringing experience. I can’t believe it’s closing because it’s one of the glorious things on Broadway. I left feeling fully satisfied, energized,… Read More >

Benjamin Millepied’s 3 Movements was nonstop… Read More >

I had heard about the fights with Louis Horst that were part of Graham’s creative process, but I had no idea how violent their sessions were—and how necessary. Dorothy Bird, who danced with Graham in the 1930s, descr… Read More >

As usual, I have no discipline when it comes to narrowing down my favorites to 10 best. There are way too many performances and people that I loved. 

On another note, the deaths of two giants, Me… Read More >

A few decades back, when Chita Rivera and Dick Van Dyke danced and sang in Bye Bye Birdie, I loved it and learned all the songs. Dick Van Dyke was funny, vulnerabl… Read More >

I just saw a performance that had everything going for it except one thing. It had interesting movement, a sense of humor, terrific music (on tape), a fascinating diversity of dancers, a beautiful visual setting (with hundreds o… Read More >

I’ve been thinking about Roslyn Sulcas’ term “dance porn” that she used to describe Rasta Thomas’ “Rock the Ballet” in yesterday’s  New York Times (click hereRead More >