The fall performance season continues at breakneck speed with everything from an international ballet company making its U.S. debut to a retrospective on one of New York City’s most iconic dancemakers—not to mention more than a few intriguing new works. Here’s what we’ve got pencilled in. Have Your Cake Hans van Manen’s Trois Gnossiennes. Photo […]

When Simone Forti moved from California to New York City in 1960, she brought with her the improvisational approach of Anna Halprin. As one of the first five students in Robert Dunn’s John Cage–inspired composition course (that led to Judson Dance Theater), she was a magnet for two others in that class: Yvonne Rainer and […]

Amidst the plethora of dance events happening in New York City this month, here are three that caught our eye. Ballerina Cross-Fade at ABT Diana Vishneva and Marcelo Gomes in Cranko’s Onegin. Photo by Gene Schiavone, Courtesy ABT. The role of Tatiana in John Cranko’s Onegin will be more emotional than ever for audiences at […]