Set and Reset/Reset Teaching Trisha Brown at the University of Minnesota By Camille LeFevre “Peak, squiggle, step, step, around, pop up, break,” Wil Swanson sing-songs quietly, as he leads three young men in the University of Minnesota’s dance program through a phrase of Trisha Brown’s seminal work, Set and Reset (1983). “This arm pierces […]
On November 5, Dance Magazine will (for the 50th time!) present its annual awards to dance artists who have made a major contribution to our field. This year’s recipients are Desmond Richardson, Wendy Whelan, Bettie de Jong, and Bebe Neuwirth. Here we single out some of their extraordinary accomplishments. To get more information about this […]
The fabulous Paul Taylor Dance Company performs for free at Lincoln Center Out of Doors for at 8 tonight, August 3, and tomorrow night, August 4! Get more info more info here…And mark your calendars for Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s free appearance next Friday, August 10, at Central Park SummerStage at 8PM (2 words: Desmond Richardson)… […]
This month, 44 gigantic dancers will take over the Lincoln Center Plaza. Climbing up the side of the New York State Theater, these figures of Godzilla-like proportions are not something to fear, but rather to marvel at. Dance legends like Bill T. Jones, Allegra Kent, Wendy Whelan, Judith Jamison, and William Forsythe will leap into […]
“So You Think You Can Dance,” the reality TV show from Fox this summer, has brought dance into America’s living rooms as never before. Young people from all over the country compete in jazz, modern, hip hop, ballroom, Broadway, salsa, and more. Borrowing from the American Idol format, the early auditions include dewy-eyed amateurs who […]
Where can you see Elizabeth Streb, in boots and black-rimmed glasses, dancing next to Allegra Kent, in an ethereal gown with flowing sleeves? Where can you see Shen Wei, aiming his arms and legs like calligraphy, next to Trisha Brown bringing her hands to her throat and bursting upward through her hands? Where can you […]
It’s every gypsy’s dream: to be pulled from a Broadway chorus line to do a featured solo; to parlay that solo into bigger roles around the country; to return to Broadway as the star of a new musical. Nancy Lemenager lived that dream, and the big question is, What happens next? A leggy strawberry blonde […]
Feng-Yi Sheu Taking Up the Mantle of Martha “Go at your audience with a whip,” Louis Horst used to tell Martha Graham. When the Martha Graham Dance Company came to City Center last April, its second New York season since winning back the rights to its own repertory, the whip was in one body: Fang-Yi […]
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