The artists celebrated at the 2024 Dance Magazine Awards have had such a broad impact that the evening felt as though it were bursting at the seams with wisdom and possibility.

This week we’re sharing tributes to all of the 2024 Dance Magazine Award honorees. For tickets to the awards ceremony on December 2, visit store.dancemedia.com. For Liz Lerman, dance happens in a wide-open landscape. She’s made it her life’s work to “horizontalize the hierarchy,” as described in her 2011 book, Hiking the Horizontal: to ensure that her […]

The 2024 Dance Magazine Awards will honor George Faison, Joanna Haigood, Liz Lerman, Mavis Staines, and Shen Wei. The Chairman’s Award will go to Mikhail Baryshnikov for his work with Baryshnikov Arts, and the posthumous awards will celebrate six artists who were not recognized by the awards committee during their lifetimes. A tradition dating back […]

Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from April 2023.

Generating feedback that feels aligned with the goals of your work can be a challenge—as can knowing what to do with that information once you get it.

Much of the dance world is at—or headed to—a summer festival right now. It’s impossible to catch it all, but if we could be in multiple places at once, here’s what we’d be hoping to see.

Dance Exchange company member, cast member, collaborator and dance partner Thomas Dwyer died on October 8 at age 87. Dwyer’s influence helped shape the organization that Dance Exchange is today. He was an inimitable force onstage, with a presence that could not be overlooked, and a gentle, humble, witty soul with an infectious smile. A […]

For Ruby Morales, dance is both a form of resistance and a radical expression of joy. Watching her mix cumbia, breaking and contemporary in CONTRA-TIEMPO’s joyUS justUS is a lesson in lightness, gravity, surrender and, oftentimes, bliss. In her kinesphere, the floor is not just a landing surface, but an active space that propels her […]