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This month’s picks include premieres, Little Princes and a principal dancer’s farewell that’s sure to leave you sobbing. Here are the shows our writers and editors around the country are most excited to catch. Pearls in PA STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos Kitoko Chargois, Courtesy PearlArts Studios PITTSBURGH Choreographer Staycee Pearl is on […]

With his honest, idiosyncratic movement, Joshua L. Peugh often tells untold stories through dance. He’s reimagined The Rite of Spring, for instance, at a mid-century prom with the sacrificial virgin taking the form of a young man in drag. On top of running his Dallas-based Dark Circles Contemporary Dance, Peugh, 34, has also created highly […]

We asked you for nominations, compiled your suggestions and had you vote on your favorites. Here’s what you chose: Best Viral Video Winner: “Kids Meet a Ballerina,” featuring Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Elle Macy Other Nominees: • Syncopated Ladies’ “Everybody Mad” Beychella cover • Ballet Nacional de España’s performance at Oteyza fashion show • “Doomed,” featuring […]

The most compelling dancers don’t just have amazing technique. They also use their focus to draw in the audience and make their performance captivating. Be more confident and engaging onstage by avoiding these mistakes: Mistake #1: Not Knowing Where to Look A soft, outward gaze is best for ballet, says Kiyon Ross. Photo by Angela Sterling […]

Densely dimensional, unpredictable, strangely graceful and wild, Alice Klock’s dances are like elegant ribbons caught in hopelessly tangled knots. In 2018, she’ll choreograph more works than she did the year before, extending a trajectory that’s continued throughout her still-brief career. While her early premieres were in-house affairs at Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, where she also […]

Leta Biasucci is one of those dancers whose presence seems to attract the audience’s eye with magnetic force. The Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist’s seemingly impossible buoyancy and fiery spark have carved her out a place in a wide spectrum of roles, uninhibited by her small stature and natural inclination towards the soubrette. We caught up […]

It’s January, and that means one thing here at Dance Magazine: It’s “25 to Watch” time. Back in January 2001, we started the tradition of highlighting 25 up-and-coming dancers, choreographers, companies and trends who, in our humble opinion, were on the brink of making major waves. This was my first year being in the room […]

Olivier Wevers is a man with a mission—and a serious love of dance. Earlier this year, Dance Magazine followed the Whim W’Him director though a day of tech rehearsals at Seattle’s Cornish Playhouse for our latest episode of Behind the Curtain. While we’d long admired Wevers’ choreography, getting up close and personal gave us a […]