by Amelia Bickel | Sep 18, 2026 | News, Onstage, The Latest
As September’s end nears, New York City Center’s annual Fall for Dance Festival returns with a wide range of performances spanning everything from ballet and modern to tap and flamenco. With 10 days of performances divided into five programs, the event caters to both...
by Laura Cappelle | Jul 22, 2026 | News, Onstage, The Latest
At the Paris Opéra Ballet, Hugo Marchand cuts an unmistakable silhouette: tall, dramatic, and driven by a seriousness that has defined his career since he became an étoile in 2017. Drawn to darker characters, the 32-year-old has made a specialty of complex roles like...
by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 30, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This month, Paris Opéra Ballet is returning to the U.S., stopping in Berkeley, California, and New York City. It is the company’s first major engagement in New York since the 50th anniversary of George Balanchine’s Jewels, and its first time performing in the Bay Area...
by Kyra Laubacher | Sep 11, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
This year’s Fall for Dance Festival kicks off New York City Center’s ballet-heavy season with a bang. Running September 16–27, the multi-genre dance festival offers five unique programs that, together, span classical ballet to contemporary, tango, and jookin’. Every...
by Nadine Matthews | Apr 7, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Dance Theatre of Harlem is intimately intertwined with Robert Garland’s career. He joined the company in 1985 after graduating from Juilliard, eventually becoming a principal dancer in 1991. Later, he directed the Dance Theatre of Harlem School and became the...
by Caedra Scott-Flaherty | Mar 31, 2025 | News, Onstage, The Latest
Sara Mearns is a busy woman. Along with preparing for her next spring season with New York City Ballet, where she is a principal dancer, she is also curating and performing in an evening of dance: New York City Center’s Sara Mearns | Artists at the Center, running...
by Catie Robinson | Sep 16, 2024 | News, Onstage, The Latest
With a wish list of companies and performers in mind, Stanford Makishi, the vice president and artistic director of dance at New York City Center, works with his team to solve the puzzle that is creating its annual Fall for Dance Festival. How they do so is simpler...
by Lauren Wingenroth | Apr 13, 2023 | News, Onstage, The Latest
It’s hard to believe it was just 10 years ago when Dance Theatre of Harlem, on hiatus for nearly a decade due to financial troubles, was reborn under the leadership of former star ballerina Virginia Johnson. “When Arthur Mitchell told me that I had to come back as...