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Pilates prepares this Nederlands Dans Theater dancer for any style.     Danielle Rowe can conquer any kind of movement. This season alone, the Nederlands Dans Theater member juggled Jirí Kylián’s intensely emotional Heart’s Labyrinth with Marco Goecke’s quirky new Hello Earth, and this month she performs in an evening of work by hard-hitting Israeli-born […]

The company will see big changes in 2014.   When Nederlands Dans Theater announced last May that it would stop performing Jirí Kylián’s work for three years, comparisons were made to a Balanchine-less New York City Ballet. But as artistic director Paul Lightfoot started factoring the decision into planning the next season, the company ran […]

There isn’t much that seems to pose a serious challenge to Jamar Roberts. At 6′ 4″, with the uncanny ability to shape energy to its most attractive or powerful or luscious impact, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dancer has given unforgettable performances of Alvin Ailey’s lyrical Night Creature, Robert Battle’s tortured tour-de-force In/Side, and […]

Watch out, New York: London’s making a play to become the new capital of the dance world. Sadler’s Wells, the home of top dance artists like Akram Khan and Hofesh Shechter, just announced that it will develop a new 500-seat venue for mid-scale contemporary work—and invest £5 million in commissioning premieres to fill it with. […]

Each month we will be asking key people in the dance field a question that shapes—or plagues—our time. First up: Does gender dictate too much in current choreography? The responses, as you can see, range from moderate to extreme. Jonathan Fredrickson Dancer/choreographer with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago There once was a wall in dance, dictating […]

We’ve Been Waiting for This ON TOUR:   When Akram Khan premiered DESH in England two years ago, our reviewer, Donald Hutera, wrote that “Khan’s stunning production feels like a culmination of everything this gifted British-Bangladeshi choreographer has been striving for.” Fascinating for his kathak-infused movement, whether helicopter-fast or mesmerizingly slow, Khan time-travels in this […]

Ohad Naharin will receive an honorary doctorate of fine arts from his alma mater, Juilliard, on May 24, 2013. It’s hard to think of a choreographer more deserving of this recognition than Naharin. Gaga, the technique he began developing in 1990 when he took the reins of Israeli troupe Batsheva Dance Company, has swept the […]

Hofesh Shechter’s Political Mother. Photo by Gabriele Zucca, Courtesy Hofesh Shechter Company. Politically Hofesh When it had its London premiere two years ago, our reviewer was astounded by Hofesh Shechter’s unpredictable, near-chaotic piece for 10 dancers, Political Mother. Describing the work by this Israeli-born choreographer, Barbara Newman cited the shadowy figures, animal instincts, and “frenzy […]