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It’s a big day for balletomanes here in New York City—ABT’s City Center season is in full swing, with Alexei Ratmansky’s highly anticipated world premiere debuting tonight. Downtown, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is dancing up a storm at The Joyce. But we’ll be attending the Stars of the 21st Century gala, a one-night-only event on […]

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater New York City Center, NYC • December 1, 2010–January 2, 2011 • Reviewed by Eva Yaa Asantewaa   A certain dancer, dressed for Judith Jamison’s parasol-toting role in Revelations and photographed by Paul Kolnik, graces the cover of this season’s press kit. With her torso and head thrown way back, […]

Directing a top-notch dance program for a quarter century would be success enough for almost anyone. Not for Daniel Lewis. His soon-to-conclude tenure as founding dean of dance at Miami’s New World School of the Arts is just one among his many notable professional incarnations. And, dancer to the core, he plans to keep on […]

In January 2001, Dance Magazine published our first “25 to Watch.” From the recommendations of our esteemed writers, we chose 25 “dancers, choreographers, troupes, and trends we’ll be watching in 2001 and years to come.” Now, 10 years later, we’ve turned the tables on a select group of those we’ve singled out over the years. […]

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater New York City Center December 2, 2009– January 3, 2010 Reviewed by Susan Yung Yusha-Marie Sorzano and Linda Celeste Sims in Matthew Rushing’s Uptown. Photo by Paul Kolnik, Courtesy AAADT.   Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrated its 50th anniversary recently, and Judith Jamison is completing 20 years as its […]

Julie Tice Paul Taylor Dance Company Interviewed by Susan Yung My favorite is the role I do in Esplanade. It’s like the epitome of joy. There’s nothing like the sensation of running through space to this gorgeous music by Bach. There are not many other dances that allow you to just do normal everyday sprints, […]

Dawn Fay Ballet Memphis doesn’t rank its dancers in the typical hierarchical sense. However, if there were a scale, Dawn Fay would undoubtedly land on top as the company’s prima. Watching Fay dance is a bit like listening to Melissa Etheridge sing rock or Diana Krall jazz: She is soulful, insightful, a powerhouse of strength. […]