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Repertory Dance Theater’s Chara Huckins in Martha Graham’s Diversion of Angels. Scott Peterson, courtesy Repertory Dance Theatre By Jessica Romine Peterson Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts Park City, Utah February 12-13, 2002 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater brought its trademark combination of athleticism, style, […]

Gregory Hines in Showtime’s Bojangles. Photo courtesy Showtime Bojangles Showtime (SNI) Rating TV14 February 4 and 7, 2001 at 8 P.M., February 19 at 1:35 P.M. EST Running time: 1 hour and 45 minutes Gregory Hines has successfully transformed his low-slung hard-hitting style to that of the elegant, up-on-the-toes tap dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson in […]

Psychologists looking for signs of sibling rivalry in tap dancers Joseph and Josette Wiggan will be decidedly disappointed. The brother and sister phenoms, now 19 and 22, began tapping 10 years ago and have been, for most of their performing lives, metaphorically joined at the hip. The two spent seven years dancing with Los Angeles-based […]

“Jazz in Motion” Jazz at Lincoln Center Rose Hall, New York, NY November 3–5, 2004 Reviewed by Valerie Gladstone   With the opening of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s splashy new headquarters at Columbus Circle, New York gained a much-needed new dance venue. A strong believer in the ties between jazz and dance, founding director Wynton […]