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Since moving from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to New York City in 2008, Dance Theater of Harlem’s Ingrid Silva has used her family’s recipes to energize her throughout the rehearsal day. That means lots of white rice, black beans, chicken and steak. While some consider this too heavy for dancing, for her, the concentrated nutrition […]

A new chapter     Photo: Matthew Murphy, Courtesy DTH.   The dancers of the new Dance Theatre of Harlem Company are psyched. “We’re pumped,” says one. “We’ve been waiting for this moment for a really long time,” says another. “I’m really excited,” says a third. The group, currently on tour, will have its New […]

At a showing for arts presenters in the Dance Theatre of Harlem studios last January, Virginia Johnson told the audience, “Excellence is…elusive.” As she was speaking, her slight épaulement, gracious manner, and swiveling hands hinted at her own past excellence as a dancer.   The buzz is optimistic now that Virginia Johnson has taken the […]

In the April 1984 issue of Dance Magazine, associate editor Joan Pikula spoke with Alfonso Ribeiro, Hinton Battle, and Alan Weeks, the trio of dancers leading The Tap Dance Kid on Broadway.

Dionne Figgins, appointed artistic director of Ballet Tech in 2021, brings extensive professional experience and a deep investment in education to her leadership role at this unique New York City public school that combines academics and classical ballet training.

With a wide range of spoken, signed, and movement languages, the 2023 Dance Magazine Awards celebrated the singular contexts and voices of the awardees.

A review of Alicia Graf Mack’s first five years at the helm of The Juilliard School’s dance division—she is its youngest and first African American head—reveals that her 2018 appointment was an undeniably historic event. It has signaled a paradigm shift both in terms of race and representation and the school’s pedagogical philosophy.

The 2023 Dance Magazine Awards will honor Antoine Hunter, Alicia Graf Mack, Norton Owen, Bijayini Satpathy, and Maria Torres.