Watching Dwayne Scheuneman and Keon Saghari partner is like watching contact improvisation meet parkour. She climbs up his body and balances on his shoulders as if they were just another floor. The two dart in a tight, quick circle, and then he flies across the stage, rounding each corner with dangerous speed. Rather than being […]
It may seem extravagant to take a trip to Chicago for a long weekend— depending on where you are in the country. But if the purpose is to attend the Chicago Dancing Festival, Aug. 25–29, it would be well worth it. The Joffrey’s Rory Hohenstein in Justin Peck’s “In Creases,” photo by Cheryl Mann Aside […]
Get your degree while working alongside a company. Ailey/Fordham BFA students in Carolyn Dorfman’s Echad (An Adaptation). Photo by Eduardo Patino, Courtesy Ailey. Deciding between going to college and starting your career early is one of the hardest decisions young dancers face. But what if you didn’t have to choose? Some schools have affiliations with […]
A peek at the new season The Suzanne Farrell Ballet Kennedy Center, Nov. 7–11 The company known for celebrating Balanchine reaches outside that circle of masterworks with Paul Mejia’s Romeo and Juliet. But rest assured, also on the agenda will be Balanchine’s astringent Agon, complex Episodes, and serene Mozartiana. Jennifer Fournier in Mozartiana. […]
CityDance paves the way for students and pros to collaborate. CityDance students and members of Hubbard Street 2 warm up for a dress rehearsal. Photo: Theo Kossenas/Media 4 Artists, Courtesy CityDance. “Pronounciate your feet,” Taryn Kaschock Russell declared to 28 of CityDance’s ballet students last fall during a master class in the airy […]
Performing for a huge opera house is one thing, but performing for a few presenters in a small space, without full production values, can be even more nerve-wracking. But that’s what hundreds of dancers will do this coming weekend in NYC for the APAP conference, organized by the Association of Performing Arts Presenters. The people […]
Earth Dancing Every year the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers hold a rousing powwow on the Lower East Side. A New York troupe founded in 1963 by a group of Native Americans, the Thunderbird dancers represent a variety of nations descended from Mohawk, Hopi, Winnebago, and San Blas peoples. They are not professional, but they’ve handed […]
Joffrey’s Rocky Road Hosannas and hallelujahs for the new documentary on the Joffrey Ballet, that groundbreaking American experiment in ballet that relocated from NYC to Chicago in 1995. Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance, directed by Bob Hercules, features lively, sometimes emotional interviews with former dancers including Christian Holder, Gary Chryst, Trinette Singleton, […]
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