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On November 14, the 51st annual Dance Magazine Awards will be presented to five outstanding people in the dance field: Alessandra Ferri, Donald McKayle, Christopher Wheeldon, Jimmy Slyde, and Clive Barnes. The awards program, which includes excerpts of performances, takes place at Florence Gould Hall in New York City. For more information, see page 72. […]

When tapper Jason Janas takes center stage for an improv, his florescent green shoes tip-toe around before breaking into a storm of sound. With his long, loose ankles and intense attack, Janas, 25, blends cool classicism with hard-hitting, hip hop aggression, no surprise from someone who names tappers as diverse as Dianne Walker and Savion […]

Young dancers might dream of dancing Juliet to their lover’s Romeo or traipsing the world together on tour. But what happens when that fantasy becomes reality? Seven couples—some in long-term pairings and some in the early throes of passion, some who dance together and some who don’t— describe what it’s like to juggle the professional […]

Onstage, 25-year-old Michelle Dorrance exudes warmth while hitting hard. Hitting, in case, you didn’t know, is how a tap dancer’s foot lands on the floor. Dorrance, who appeared with Savion Glover and his Ti Dii group last winter, also has that particular looseness every notable tap dancer has—a swing that extends from the hips to […]

Hunched over, arms splayed and eyes glazed, a skullcap covering his head and a Coca-Cola T-shirt and basketball shorts flapping like flags in a hurricane around his wiry body, Jared Grimes is in the zone. WHACK dap da diddley dap cat cat cat. Da diddly dee DAP DAP da didly dat dat—blasting out rhythms, conversating […]

In 1997, I sneaked into a rehearsal for Savion Glover’s newly-formed company, NYOTs (Not Your Ordinary Tappers), and lay on the floor between two rows of seats in the theater to listen. I just assumed that the female voice amidst the conversations and laughter from the stage was someone from the technical crew or the […]

Choreographers on their dancers, their inspirations, and why no piece is ever finished. Dance Magazine interviewed 16 choreographers of different ages, styles, and nationalities. We asked four questions. What do you look for in a dancers? how do you know when a work is finished? When you think something is beautiful, what is likely to […]

As a child, Sam Weber first delved into tap dancing as a means of escaping reality. Now in his 50s, this protégé of Stanley Kahn has tapped his way to international acclaim. Weber’s dancing exudes an effortless grace that comes from his years as a dancer with the Joffrey Ballet. He’s danced alongside Savion Glover, […]