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Aszure Barton

Yes, Aszure Barton can show you a truckload of impressive reviews. Yes, she has Mikhail Baryshnikov’s blessing. And tackling the Brecht-Weill musical Threepenny Opera, with stars like Alan Cumming and Cyndi Lauper, has landed her street cred on the Great White Way. Plus there’s a list of high-profile commissions that’s longer than any 30-something choreographer […]

Diana Vishneva

Behind the scenes with today’s hottest ballet star   When Diana Vishneva danced the role of Titania in Ashton’s The Dream, for the first time with American Ballet Theatre last summer, she offered a vision of the Fairy Queen that stopped even die-hard Ashtonites in their tracks. A creature of gossamer and steel, her sinuous, […]

Thoroughly Modern Milwaukee

On a given night at Danceworks in Milwaukee, you might see Elizabeth Johnson, a lush, blonde, ballet-trained mother of three, put on her heels and lingerie and turn pole-dancing into a feminist art. Dani Kuepper, the new artistic director of The Danceworks Performance Company, might do an exquisitely contemplative dance to Japanese chimes—or she might […]

Sweet Sugar Plums

The Sugar Plum Fairy is ballet’s ambassador. For so many girls, she’s the first ballerina they ever lay eyes on. If the dancer performs the role with warmth, graciousness, and elegance, the spell is cast. Sugar Plum not only welcomes Clara and her prince into the Land of the Sweets in The Nutcracker, but provides […]

Tales from the Dark Side

Dancers on the power of witchy roles   That makes a witch? Is it just warts and a mastery of the black arts? Or is it strength and intelligence united in a woman whose power frightens people? Witches creep through dance in various forms, and they almost always cause trouble, or at least scare the […]

On the Rise: Alejandro Cerrudo

When describing the way Alejandro Cerrudo moves onstage, “loose” is the operative word. He’s like a silky paintbrush that has been dipped in black ink and then swept, free-form, across a white page.   This has something to do with the dancer’s physique, of course—his lanky, boyish body with its long, lean torso and slender […]

Siblings Sharing the Stage

Kaitlyn & Raina Gilliland In Suki Schorer’s advanced class at the School of American Ballet, it’s easy to spot Kaitlyn and Raina Gilliland. “We gravitate to each other,” Raina says, as her sister nods knowingly. “It’s a tall thing, I guess!”   While it’s true that the sisters are physically a head above the others […]

Dance Magazine Awards 2007

On November 5, Dance Magazine will (for the 50th time!) present its annual awards to dance artists who have made a major contribution to our field. This year’s recipients are Desmond Richardson, Wendy Whelan, Bettie de Jong, and Bebe Neuwirth. Here we single out some of their extraordinary accomplishments. To get more information about this […]