Each year, The New York Times Magazine shines a spotlight on who they deem to be the best actors of the year in its Great Performers series. But, what we’re wondering is, can they dance? Thankfully, the NYT Mag recruited none other than Justin Peck to put them to the test. Peck choreographed and directed […]
At 30, he’s too young to be having a midlife crisis. But between June and October, former New York City Ballet principal Robert Fairchild bid farewell to the home he’d made with Tiler Peck since their 2014 marriage and to their joint artistic home as well, embarking on his next chapter as a solo act. […]
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Samuel Lee Roberts is a dancer of extremes. This whirlwind of raw energy was an “On the Rise” in May 2006 when he was still a Battleworks dancer. Whether basking in the lushness of the “Wade in the Water” section of Ailey’s Revelations or moving wildly through the pulsing rhythms […]
Winners of the Dance Magazine Awards, from 1954 to the present
Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from November 2023.
From annual staples returning with fresh surprises to thought-provoking new works, here’s what we’re excited to see this December.
No matter how rigorous a curriculum, it’s difficult to create college experiences that truly simulate the day-to-day life of professional dancers. The School of Dance at Mason (George Mason University) in Fairfax, Virginia, however, is proving it’s possible. By the time dancers graduate from Mason’s BFA program, they will have participated in at least one […]
Striking performer. Adventurous choreographer. Unforgettable teacher. Straight-from-the-hip reviewer. Inspiring mentor. Gustave Martinez Solomons jr was all these things and more.
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