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These New York City Ballet dancers (especially the high-spirited Amar Ramasar) capture exactly how we feel on a summer Friday. Andrew Eccles via Cole Haan Yesterday, shoe designer Cole Haan launched their Extraordinary Comes to Life campaign in collaboration with NYCB dancers, including resident choreographer Justin Peck, principal dancers Sara Mearns, Megan Fairchild and Amar […]

Yesterday was the first day of autumn, and we are super psyched for the advent of sweater weather—and pulling out our favorite warm-ups. In the studio, the start of chillier weather means legwarmers, cardigans and anything else you can think to layer for maximal warmth. Between New York Fashion Week earlier this month and New York City Ballet’s […]

Here, we salute the troublemakers, the rule breakers, the artists who turn their backs on convention to push the field in new directions. Every dance artist, in their own way, is a renegade—it takes a certain kind of rebellious spirit to choose this career. But some also have the guts to disrupt the status quo […]

    Mary Anthony, a national treasure and legend of modern dance, died in her studio home in the East Village in New York City on May 31, 2014 at the age of 97.   Former company member, Daniel Maloney who is the artistic director of the Mary Anthony Dance Theater Foundation, was like a […]

The right way to turn down opportunities     Dancers sometimes need to decline job offers, interviews or guesting, most often because of schedule conflicts. But how do you say no in a way that burns no bridges? How many times can you refuse someone’s offer, and expect to be asked again? And is there […]

Ever since AOL announced it would be airing a documentary series about New York City Ballet, we’ve been waiting—not so patiently—to find out exactly what it would include. Finally, all 12 episodes were released today, feeding the appetites of all us binge-watchers. The best part? They’re available right here, on dancemagazine.com.   Don’t expect a […]

This ballerina has deep roots at Richmond Ballet.     Maggie Small in Karinska costume for Balanchine’s Liebesleder Waltzer. Photo by Matthew Karas.   Maggie Small’s pointe shoe swings inches from the ceiling of a corner studio at Richmond Ballet, as partner Fernando Sabino presses her through a lift, her body arched across his hand. […]

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 […]