Shelter-at-home mandates have resulted in an explosion of dance classes, open rehearsals and performances online. “What we’ve really seen is an awakening of audiences—an acceleration of a trend to digital consumption,” says Marc Kirshner, head of product and innovation at Marquee TV. “It may sound counterintuitive, but great digital experiences will lead to higher attendance […]

This year in dance has no comparison. But that doesn’t mean there was nothing to love. Here are the dance highlights that the Dance Magazine team is looking back fondly on as 2020 comes to an end. Umbrella Academy’s Season Announcement “I’m a not-so-secret science fiction and fantasy nerd, so I would have been hype […]

Boston Ballet principal Viktorina Kapitonova’s bare limbs emerge one at a time from a giant bathtub set in front of an elegant, candle-covered fireplace, her feet flexing and pointing while her hands create beakish shapes. This is the opening shot of “Swan Lake Bath Ballet,” the three-minute viral hit released in July. But though the […]

While The Nutcracker may be most balletomanes’ go-to December watch, a new feature-length adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, which has come to over 200 cinemas and theaters across the U.S., offers a festive alternative for dance lovers this holiday season. The brainchild of directors Jacqui and David Morris, the innovative adaptation places dance […]

For an online version of her outdoor Carpet Series, choreographer Gabrielle Lamb set this solo on American Ballet Theatre corps standout Zimmi Coker, one of our 2020 “25 to Watch.” Accompanied by New York City Ballet Orchestra violinist Derek Ratzenboeck on a breezy rooftop high above New York City, Coker performs Lamb’s intricate choreography with […]

For months, the vast majority of the dance we’ve seen has taken place on a screen. All of a sudden, even dancers who’ve never been interested in film work are experimenting with the form. Dance on camera will likely be part of our new normal throughout the pandemic and beyond. Though most concert dancers are […]

For anyone who’s ever spent a day in quarantine transitioning from the couch to the table to the floor, until you don’t know what furniture even is anymore, this dance film captures a serious #mood. Conceived and choreographed by Amy Saunder, co-founder of konverjdans in Brooklyn, with cinematography by Joe Raffanti, “Diagonally” features Saunder dancing […]

Now that most dance performances have migrated online, we’re seeing a lot of work that was never meant to be experienced through a laptop screen. Some are streamed in an attempt to capture that thrill of being “live.” Others are filmed from multiple angles so we get shots of the dancers up close. But most […]