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Could an intensive’s repertoire offerings be the key to your summer growth? Students of The School of Pennsylvania Ballet. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev, courtesy Pennsylvania Ballet. Ballet students live for “aha” moments, those little revelations that change the way you dance. And surprisingly often, those moments come outside of technique class, when you’re pushing yourself […]

Lying in the bathtub one night after back-to-back matinee and evening performances, I remember asking myself if I was cut out for this. It was one of my first programs with Miami City Ballet, performing Balanchine’s Concerto Barocco, Scotch Symphony and Who Cares? I was completely overwhelmed. Muscles I didn’t realize existed were in pain. […]

I guess my list is pretty long. Sorry, I couldn’t help myself; there were so many performances and artists that ranked high in my personal accounting.   Best new choreography • Faye Driscoll’s Thank You For Coming at Danspace: She broke not only the fourth wall but the floor too, making the audience part of […]

Watching the new season of  “city.ballet .” is like getting a backstage pass inside NYCB. We get to see Chase Finlay make dinner for Lauren Lovette at his apartment, Ratmansky rehearse his latest work for the company, Silas Farley in his bible study group. But one thing missing is any Justin Peck footage. Luckily, Ballet 422, […]

Interactive apps bring dancemaking into the audience’s hands.     Dutch National Ballet’s Junior Company helped develop Bounden. Photo by marlieswessels.nl, Courtesy Game Oven Studios.   “We make games that make you sweat,” reads the Twitter bio of Game Oven Studios, a small mobile-software company in the Netherlands. Its newest app, Bounden, started with a […]

Buy this issue! Inside DM What makes choreography compelling? Whether you consider a work’s musicality or steps, formations or narrative, it often comes down … More » The Season of Justin Peck   “The best moment is when I first set the steps on the dancers,” says Peck. “Their input creates … More » Our Top Picks […]

Ten must-see performances coming to a theater near you this fall     Jo Kreiter’s Flyaway Productions The world premiere of Jo Kreiter’s Multiple Mary and Invisible Jane will send her Flyaway Productions dancers up a wall once again, this time on the exterior of the four-story UC Hastings College of the Law building in downtown […]

What makes choreography compelling? Whether you consider a work’s musicality or steps, formations or narrative, it often comes down to one thing: the element of surprise. Justin Peck is a master of this. He’ll bring two partners together for what seems like the beginning of a sumptuous lift—and then have them take off in opposite […]