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In January 2001, Dance Magazine published our first “25 to Watch.” From the recommendations of our esteemed writers, we chose 25 “dancers, choreographers, troupes, and trends we’ll be watching in 2001 and years to come.” Now, 10 years later, we’ve turned the tables on a select group of those we’ve singled out over the years. […]

The American Ballet Theatre soloist brings passion and power to all her roles.     Copeland, in costume for Prince’s Crimson and Clover music video. Photo by Matthew Karas.     It was a big deal when Misty Copeland was promoted to soloist in 2007—the first female African American ballet dancer to reach that status […]

          Clara Comes in Two Sizes Here’s what we know about the new Nutcracker that Alexei Ratmansky is making for American Ballet Theatre: The leads, on different nights, include Gillian Murphy and David Hallberg, Veronika Part and Marcelo Gomes, and Paloma Herrera and Cory Stearns. There is no traditional Sugar Plum […]

        With commissions streaming in, Alexei Ratmansky often juggles projects with several ballet companies at once. His combination of rich musicality, emotional tone, and whimsical humor has attracted artistic directors all over the world. He’s made more than 25 ballets for at least 10 companies, including New York City Ballet, American Ballet […]

“Kings of the Dance” Ahmanson Theatre Los Angeles, CA February 16–17, 2010 Reviewed by Victoria Looseleaf Desmond Richardson in Dwight Rhoden’s Lament. Photo by Gene Schiavone, Courtesy “Kings.” Bromance was in the air—of the royal kind. At least that’s what was intended when seven of the ballet world’s top male dancers got together for some […]

    Not the Same Old Shpeel The new Cirque show dances to a vaudeville beat.   It’s a good bet that early 21st-century dancers haven’t given a great deal of thought to vaudeville. They might have paged through books documenting its heyday from the 1880s to the 1930s. Or they might have seen a […]

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, Merce Cunningham and Pina Bausch, cast a shadow over the whole year. But they also reminded us that […]

  New Role   The luminous and elegant Nina Ananiashvili was one of American Ballet Theatre’s most beloved principals—lyrical and witty (a delightful Kitri and a warm Lise in Ashton’s La Fille Mal Gardée) as well as dramatic. When a role called for flamboyance, she was a technical spitfire, with a space-devouring jump and rock-solid […]