by Chava Pearl Lansky | Sep 30, 2018 | News
Fall for Dance Festival Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. Fall for Dance Festival Includes Three Ballet World Premieres 2018 marks the 15th anniversary of New York City Center’s Fall for Dance...
by Helen Hope | Sep 20, 2018 | Editors' List: The Goods
There’s a change in the air these past few weeks—is it fall? Not quite yet. More importantly, it’s PUMPKIN SPICE SEASON. And now, the quintessentially autumnal flavor isn’t just for lattes anymore. Dancewear companies are picking up on the...
by Courtney Escoyne For Dance Magazine | Sep 18, 2018 | News
Former New York City Ballet principal dancer and Dance Theatre of Harlem founder Arthur Mitchell passed away today in a Manhattan hospital. He was 84 years old. Mitchell originated the role of Puck in Balanchine’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Photo by Oleaga...
by Madeline Schrock | Aug 26, 2018 | Just for fun
Let’s face it. Dancers just do things differently. We can never walk down a grocery aisle—we have to tap. We can never simply pick something up we’ve dropped—without going into a penché. But it’s not a bad thing. We love all the ways that dance...
by Madeline Schrock | Aug 26, 2018 | Just for fun
Let’s face it. Dancers just do things differently. We can never walk down a grocery aisle—we have to tap. We can never simply pick something up we’ve dropped—without going into a penché. But it’s not a bad thing. We love all the ways that dance...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 18, 2018 | Profiles
Dance Theatre of Harlem’s vivacious Ingrid Silva is extending her efforts beyond the borders of the dance world. Last winter she founded EmpowHerNY, a platform that allows women from all over the world to connect and support one another by sharing their...
by Chava Pearl Lansky | Jul 2, 2018 | Career, Profiles
In 2016, choreographer Jeremy McQueen founded the Black Iris Project with the aim of bringing together predominantly minority dancers each summer to create works that celebrate diversity and black history. This year, he’s mixing it up. In honor of South African...
by Anna Maples | Jul 1, 2018 | News
Wonder what’s going on in ballet this week? We’ve pulled together some highlights. ABT Wraps Up Its Met Season with Whipped Cream American Ballet Theatre’s eight-week summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House, will wrap up this Saturday. From...