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Wally Cardona Quartet DTW’s Bessie Schönberg Theater New York City, New York January 26-February 14, 1999 Reviewed by Amanda Smith You’ve got to have intelligence, maturity, and a soul of particular complexity to do Wally Cardona’s work-such as Four Ramonas, made last year, and performed this January at Dance Theater Workshop. It’s so slow and […]

Nigel Lythgoe put his foot in his mouth last year. He and Debbie Allen were on a panel at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts, and Lythgoe started saying that what the Los Angeles scene needed was a dance festival. “I was shouted down and told, ‘Well, we have got a dance festival!’ […]

It’s easy to feel whiplashed thinking about everything Emma Portner has achieved in such a short amount of time. Last fall, the 23-year-old was the youngest woman ever to choreograph a West End production (it was based on Meat Loaf’s greatest hits). This was, of course, after she already choreographed and starred in Justin Bieber’s […]

We’re not sure what we did to deserve the livestream generosity the dance world is giving us these days, but this weekend, it’s getting even better. PC Joe Toreno L.A. Dance Project, Benjamin Milliepied’s trendsetting contemporary troupe, has been in residence at The Chinati Foundation for the past few days. This weekend, they’re showing us […]

What were the most popular dance topics of the year? We measured your favorite posts by the number of times you clicked on them, and though the results don’t necessarily capture the newsiest events of 2016 (see: huge turnover at major companies basically everywhere), they point to two broad themes that readers cared about: how […]

“We have nothing personal against [Mauro] Bigonzetti, but we believe that it would be suitable to appoint a person who has more classical background.” These foreboding words are part of a statement given to a reporter for Italian newspaper La Republicca by La Scala dancers, back in January when it was announced that Mauro Bigonzetti would […]

We dedicated our July issue to the trailblazing feminists of the dance world. From our cover star, legendary ballerina turned artistic director Julie Kent, to the unstoppable daredevil Louise Lecavalier, to movers and shakers like Rosie Herrera, Gina Gibney and Camille A. Brown, these women are unafraid to speak up about the ways they are still […]

For the first time, an American ballet company will perform a complete work by Trisha Brown. Considering how unballetic her choreography is, it’s a brave move on the part of Pennsylvania Ballet. The work, a quiet, dreamlike trio titled O zlozony / O composite, will be part of PAB’s “Balanchine and Beyond” program, Jun 9–12. […]