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The 2012 Dance Magazine Awards, which took place on Dec. 3, was a glorious occasion. Dance luminaries from around the country descended upon the Ailey Citigroup Theater to honor four great women in dance: Julie Kent, Renee Robinson, Anna Kisselgoff, and Dianne Walker. See the December issue for more on their invaluable contributions to the […]

Inside Chicago’s diverse dance scene   Luna Negra, with (from left) Nigel Campbell, Mónica Cervantes, Diego Tortelli (crouching), and Veronica Guadalupe. Photo: Cheryl Mann, Courtesy Luna Negra     Chicago exists in the popular imagination as a city of big shoulders, heavy industry, political corruption, terrible weather, and gang violence. It’s famous for deep-dish pizza […]

I think it’s safe to say that no Dance Magazine Awards ceremony has ever ended with a “shim sham”—until last night, when awardee Dianne Walker, joined by the seven phenomenal tap dancers who had just performed in her honor, closed the proceedings by leading them in that simple but satisfying routine. There they were—Michelle Dorrance, […]

Location, Location, Location ODC Theater brings adventure and irreverence to “regional touring” with the first-ever Walking Distance Dance Festival. A three-day, Fringe-esque event, the festival will utilize three performance spaces within ODC’s two buildings. Modeled on its 2010 InnerState Project in Willits, CA (in which three performance venues were within walking distance of each other), […]

X Factor Are those two dancers waltzing or wrestling? Are those other three in some sort of trance? Where’s that stamping noise coming from? You might find yourself asking those questions during Melinda Ring’s X, in which five women navigate the line between ritual and rapture. The hour-long piece premiered at Danspace Project last year […]

      Floating in from St. Petersburg Known for the ethereal beauty of its port de bras, the Kirov (Maryinsky) Ballet brings some of our favorite dancers to Lincoln Center Festival. For those who crave seeing ballerinas like the sexy Diana Vishneva, the bold Yekaterina Kondaurova, and the dreamy Yevgenia Obraztsova, help is at […]

Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards’ tap shoes spit out sounds a mile a minute. She builds a percussive plotline to any song and fills the musical gaps seamlessly with her own riffs and rhythms. All the while she wears a calm countenance punctuated by a sly smile when she hits a particularly satisfying beat. She is smooth, soulful, […]

Hailing from Northwest, Ohio, Jenai Cutcher infuses her tapping with youthful energy and hip hop flair. She recently completed an MFA in dance at Ohio State University, adding to notable accom­plishments in performance, film, and writing. While in NYC from 2001 to 2006, Cutcher studied and performed with Brenda Bufalino, Derick K. Grant, Lynn Schwab, […]