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Seven women of various ages, ethnicities and body types sit on the floor and look up at the camera. Their hands are raised as they perform body percussion. All wear white. At the center is a teal blue kettle that has clearly seen use. Their shadows reaching back along the floor, a chessboard pattern of grey and white tiles.

7 Shows Worth Penciling in This February

New takes on familiar tales and multigenerational reflections on common struggles seize center stage this month. Here’s what has us intrigued.

Dance Magazine January 31st, 2023

Violence erupts onstage, two male dancers at the center squaring off. One wears a dramatic black duster and wields a long staff; the other wears lilac pants and a matching shirt and holds a shorter wooden stick in each hand, one of which he brandishes towards his enemy's face. The outfits and decor are evocative of 1960s Hong Kong.

7 Performance Picks to Kick Off the Year

A plethora of premieres and a pair of limited engagement touring appearances add up to a packed dance calendar, from coast to coast and even across the pond. Here’s what has us most intrigued.

Courtney Escoyne January 11th, 2023

Bill T. Jones, an older Black man, balances with one flexed foot raised slightly off the ground. His arms rise beside his head as his torso leans back. Around him are lines of audience members standing in evenly spaced spotlights.

News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in December 2022

Here are the latest promotions, appointments and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from December 2022 and the first week of January 2023.

Courtney Escoyne January 6th, 2023

Black and white image of a dancer sitting with knees crossed and lifted up to her forehead, in a unitard and pointe shoes

Cassandra Trenary Comes Into Her Own

The American Ballet Theatre principal is pushing herself—and ballet—to be better.

Marina Harss October 20th, 2022

Isabella Boylston, wearing a chartreuse unitard and pointe shoes, is shown balancing in fourth position facing the side, ribs splayed as her arms rise in a V overhead, gaze lifted.

7 Performance Picks We Don’t Want to Miss This June

Summer is heating up, with major premieres, triumphant returns and exciting mixed-company lineups happening from coast-to-coast and across the pond. Here’s what caught our eye.

Dance Magazine June 1st, 2022

In a soaring cathedral space dotted with stained glass windows, a dancer is suspended, upside down, from the ceiling. She holds a wooden swing with both hands, back slightly arched and knees bent into an upside-down stag leap.

4 Shows Warming Up Winter’s Chilliest Month

It may be winter, but there are plenty of premieres sizzling in the wings. Here are four shows we have on our radar this month.

Dance Magazine February 1st, 2022

4 Virtual Performances We've Got Our Eyes on This Month

Spring is here, and while we’re not packing into theaters the way we have in previous years just yet, there’s still a good amount of dance happening. Ballet in Bloom Pacific Northwest Ballet in Alexei Ratmansky’s Pictures at an Exhibition Angela Sterling, Courtesy PNB Pacific Northwest Ballet is skipping the April showers and blooming directly […]

Dance Magazine March 30th, 2021

Roman Mejia, NYCB’s Resident Adrenaline Junkie, Is Taking on a Woman’s Solo at Vail

Roman Mejia is only 19, and he has the energy to prove it; in the studio and onstage at New York City Ballet, this standout corps member bursts with a kind of uncontainable ebullience. Like his idol, Edward Villella, he specializes in extroverted, allegro roles: Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Candy Cane in The […]

Marina Harss March 16th, 2020