Robert Battle rehearsing Takademe in the Ailey studios. Photo by Paul Kolnik, Courtesy AAADT. This month at City Center is the first Ailey season with Robert Battle at the helm. He wasted no time in expanding the rep, reaching into the company’s past riches as well as taking on other modern dance giants. […]
Class, Revived Dance class for only $10? In New York City? It seemed too good to be true, until CLASS came along. The new organization flashed onto NYC’s contemporary dance radar this spring, hosting 12 weeks of classes and workshops at three artist-run lofts in Brooklyn. Its mission is two-pronged: to make dance class more […]
Show Me 50 Celebrating Kansas City Ballet When a ballet company in America’s heartland turns 50, it’s cause for rejoicing. Kansas City Ballet has been doing just that since October, dancing virtually nonstop in an eclectic repertoire representative of American ballet’s past and present, while looking to the future. No surprise there. The collective […]
We all need someone to look up to. We enter dance class, and right away there is someone to watch, someone to admire. It’s part of falling in love with dance. I think the first girl who captivated me in ballet class, when I was 7, was 13. Over the years I had many idols: […]
Last fall, six Paul Taylor dancers (including Paul) from different but overlapping stretches of the last 50 years came together to talk about his work. The group gathered in the conference room of the Paul Taylor studios, and DM editor in chief Wendy Perron moderated. Participants, listed with the years they danced in the company, […]
Many dancers are celebrated for their grace or flexibility. Brian Letendre has earned kudos for remaining perfectly still. As a statue-come-to-life in the box-office-busting Mary Poppins, Letendre not only must pull off double tours en l’air but—perhaps even more of a challenge— turn convincingly to stone. In a show chock-full of gasp-inducing stagecraft, Letendre’s low-tech […]
When I began studying dance in the 1970s I had never seen any Asian dancers and I didn’t know if I would have a future in dance. That began to change when I saw the Ailey company and their Asian dancers. When I joined the Martha Graham Company, Martha had a fascination with Asian people. […]
Welcome to the 2020 Dance Magazine Awards A tradition dating back to 1954, the Dance Magazine Awards recognize those who have made outstanding contributions to the world of dance. Thank you to our sponsors First Republic and Freed of London, and to Jody and John Arnhold | Arnhold Foundation All net proceeds go to the […]
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