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The Extended Audition Giving dancers mo re time to shine By Jen Peters     Cattle-call auditions are often a nightmare. Trying to stand out among hundreds of dancers can be frustrating, not to mention downright depressing. But if you think you have just one shot a year to make it into your dream company, […]

You had to be here. You and almost every art-loving Parisian with money to spend absolutely had to be sitting in the miraculously renovated Théâtre du Chatelet on May 19, 1909, for the opening night of Serge Diaghilev’s Les Ballets Russes. You’d attended concerts of Russian music that this visionary impresario had presented in Paris […]

Fabrice Herrault says French training is “not about style, but about details, and making every transition clear. It’s about the look of a classical ballet dancer: straight, elegant but strong; that focus in the eyes that really is everything; the line, sensitivity, and feeling in the movement, and the musicality, which is number one.”   […]

Company XIV The Judgment of Paris Duo Theater, NYC January 8–February 1, 2009 Reviewed by Pia Catton   Photo by Steven Schreiber. Laura Careless, Yeva Glover, and Davon Rainey of Company XIV. There aren’t many productions in which the goddess Aphrodite’s alter ego turns out to be a Russian madam wearing a corset and feather […]

“How often in the working world does a dancer get to do a solo? it’s about learning to dance in a group. whether it’s in a movie, commercial, or show, this is how dancers get paid.”—Dan Karaty, director of Break the Floor, on their week-long NYC summer intensive, profiled in DM’s new January Summer Study […]

Pal Joey is that rarest of Broadway musicals: a show unequivocally, indelibly linked to male dancers. Gene Kelly was the first to inhabit its title character, in 1940, and it made him a star. The musical itself, however, had only a middling success, despite a heavenly Rodgers and Hart score and dazzling Robert Alton dance […]

What do you want to get out of an intensive program this summer? Stronger technique, exposure to new styles, performance opportunities, or connections that could help jump-start your career? With so many summer study options available, you can find just about anything you’re looking for. We’ve got exclusive interviews, program profiles, and hundreds of listings […]

Let’s face it: We’ve all seen bad choreography, often from the inside out. What makes it bad can be any combination of elements: shabby construction, a disconnect with the music, thematic or movement clichés, ugly and/or restrictive costumes, poor lighting, lack of direction, even danger to the performers themselves. In some cases, a piece might […]