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I’m at the advanced level in my dance school and want very much to be a professional dancer. I know I need to work hard to get a job in a dance company. How do I become special? I don’t want to be a mediocre dancer. —Determined, Cleveland, OH   Self-discipline, talent, good training and […]

Jumps soar higher and higher. Legs fly up to ears. And pirouettes routinely come in four—and more. Audiences gasp with excitement, and standing ovations are now standard fare. Is this the Olympics, the circus, or just ballet in the era of competitions? Critics, dance teachers, artistic directors, and competitors had ample opportunity this year to […]

To watch Jennie Somogyi rehearse the pulsating Fearful Symmetries is to witness a ballerina in her prime. Somogyi naturally taps into the sharpness and speed, angles and agility of Peter Martins’ choreography. In the adagio, her willowy body swirls around Philip Neal to the ebb and flow of John Adams’ music. Onstage, she brings a […]

In the dying light of a summer’s day, an Asian woman, her hair in a pigtail, turns slowly in the weeds by a Brooklyn canal. One hand is at her chest, the other stretches out to the side. Behind her, across the canal, is a factory, its windows catching the reflection of the setting sun. […]

Interviewed by Joseph Carman, Steven Sucato, and Wendy Perron. Growing up in Korea, being a male dancer was looked down upon. For six years, my mother kept the fact that I was taking dance classes a secret from my father, because of traditional views Koreans have on gender roles and that men don’t dance. In my […]

Co-Artistic Directors Peter Kope and Michele de la Reza sparred in This Ain’t The Nutcracker. Sarah Higgins, courtesy Attack Theatre Attack Theatre Hazlett Theater Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania December 28, 2001?January 6, 2002 Reviewed by Steve Sucato True to its defiant title, Attack Theatre’s This Ain’t The Nutcracker trampled on staid holiday dance fare with bare feet, […]

Lorin Lyle and Heather Murphy in Headlong Dance Theater’s Subirdia. Cylla von Tiedemann, courtesy Headlong Dance Theater DanceBoom! Festival The Wilma Theater The Avenue of the Arts Philadelphia, Pennsylvania January 9?27, 2002 Reviewed by Lewis Whittington Philadelphia’s independent dance community has always transcended its stodgy theatrical climate; in recent years, it has produced singular choreographic […]