Kathak master Pandit Chitresh Das improvises with tap dance whiz Jason Samuels Smith. Champion Irish dancer James Devine studies rhythm tap and creates his own style of Celtic tap. Renowned tap dancer Roxane Butterfly receives an e-mail request from Swaziland to collaborate with gumboot dancers. While these scenarios are not new to […]
The Beat Goes On Chicago Human Rhythm Project turns 20. It’s National Tap Dance Day this month. Do you know where our largest tap-dance organization is? In terms of year-round presenting and one huge festival, it’s in Chicago and celebrating its 20th anniversary this year—though the Chicago Human Rhythm Project’s longevity hasn’t come […]
Riverdance Waves Farewell The iconic Irish dance show revisits every city it’s played. After traveling over 600,000 miles (or to the moon and back!), the global phenomenon Riverdance bounds back to New York City to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, but also to say good-bye. The show, famous for its long line of […]
River Runs Midwest St. Louis welcomes River North Chicago Dance Company Feb. 26–27. After three stops in Pennsylvania at the beginning of the month and RN’s annual Valentine’s Day weekend of performances in Chicago, this jazz-based contemporary dance company brings a mixed bill of works, including artistic director Frank Chaves’ Forbidden Boundaries, […]
If I’d had my wits about me, here is how I would have wrapped up a very moving evening at the Dance Magazine Awards Monday night: I want to thank Janie Taylor, Daniel Ulbricht and the other dancers of NYCB for that breathtaking, haunting performance of Balanchine’s The Unanswered Question in tribute to Allegra […]
We love giving out awards because it’s an opportunity to honor some of the greats in our field. Each of the recipients has made a contribution to dance that is both unique and outsized: Jason Samuels Smith, the hard-hitting tapper who cares about community; Allegra Kent, a legendary ballerina who now teaches, coaches, and writes; […]
This year the Dance Magazine Awards are personal for me. I started dancing with Sara Rudner more than 30 years ago. My choreography was influenced by Ohad Naharin 20 years ago, and I started editing with Allegra Kent almost 10 years ago. And Jason Samuels Smith, well, I just admired him from afar the last […]
An Anniversary Aju (that’s good-bye in Dutch) Nederlands Dans Theater’s 50th birthday is tinged with sadness as Jirí Kylián presents his last new piece before stepping down as resident choreographer. The legendary dancemaker has been creating works for the company for 36 years, 24 of which he spent as artistic director. Some of […]
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