Jeremiah Crank of Liss Fain Dance. Photo by RJ Muna, Courtesy John Hill. Right Brain/Left Brain SAN FRANCISCO Can dancing be divided into hemispheres, like the brain? That is what Matthew Antaky will attempt with his split set design for A Space Divided at Z Space, April 9–12. The project is directed by Liss Fain, who has invited […]
Robert Fairchild and Leanne Cope in Tony-nominated An American in Paris. Photo by Sara Krulwich via The New York Times. – The anticipation is almost over. The 2015 Tony Awards are just two days away! It’s been a season of dance-filled musicals, with Jerome Robbins revivals On the Town and The King and I, […]
After hitting the Broadway boards in The Phantom of the Opera and Nice Work If You Can Get It, Paloma Garcia-Lee adapted to the exhausting load of an eight-show week. But now, dancing Joshua Bergasse’s daredevil choreography for On the Town, she’s taken on even more: Not only is she assistant dance captain, but in […]
At Dance Magazine, we’ve been thrilled that this year has been one of the biggest for dance on Broadway in a long time. And in our opinion, the danciest productions of the season were the ones that truly stood out. But of course, we figured some of our natural bias might lean us that way. […]
The ensemble of Gigi on Broadway. Photo by Joan Marcus, Courtesy Boneau/Bryan-Brown. Gigi has never been famous for choreography. Baldly put, it’s the story of how a couple of old bats groom the guileless young heroine for a career as a courtesan in turn-of-the-century Paris, and it first appeared in Colette’s 1944 novella. It became […]
Skye Mattox. Photo by Lucas Chilczuk. When Skye Mattox struts across the stage, she’s sassy yet elegant. Her carriage reflects the legacy of her last name—her grandfather is classic jazz legend Matt Mattox—while the sizzle of her precise, flirty movement is the epitome of today’s style. Now she’s hitting the Broadway boards in the ensemble […]
Some dancers face years of “nos” before they get a big “yes.” At 32 years old, Chip Abbott made his Broadway debut in “On the Town.” Photo by Jenny Anderson, Courtesy “On the Town.” When dancers dream of the career that lies ahead, they probably plot a linear path from pre-professional training to prestigious apprenticeships […]
How the pros rise above audition mistakes Slips, trips, forgotten steps and (dare we say it?) falls—audition flubs can feel like the end of the world. But most choreographers don’t expect perfection in tryouts. In fact, the way you bounce back from a mistake shows them how well you perform under pressure—and in the professional […]
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