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Caedra Scott-FlahertyObserver |
“They did a thing for the ancestors,” Abdel R. Salaam told Observer, “and then the rains came.” He was talking about his recent trip to visit...
Spring was in the air last week as the New York City Ballet held its Spring Gala at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater. The view from the...
Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) recently celebrated its 25th anniversary with a sold-out gala performance and black-tie dinner at Lincoln Center’s...
Martha Graham Dance Company is turning 100! Soon. In two years, to be exact. But it’s never too early to start the party, and the Company will...
Lorin Latarro is having a moment right now. It’s not her first time in the spotlight—she’s performed in fourteen Broadway shows and been part of...
Broadway is set to welcome Illinoise, the show inspired by Grammy and Academy Award nominee Sufjan Stevens’ acclaimed concept album Illinois from...
Earlier this week, 92NY (formally the 92nd Street Y, New York) celebrated its 150th year with a lively evening honoring the center’s deep ties to...
The critically acclaimed 'What We Hold' was re-designed and re-staged for New York’s stunning Irish Arts Center.
“Every beginning starts with an idea,” Alonzo King told me when we talked through our screens from across the country. “It’s like Athena...
Dance and film lovers, rejoice! The 52nd Annual Dance on Camera Festival is coming to Lincoln Center, starting today (February 9) and running through...
Last week, after Justin Peck’s Rotunda (2020) and before Alexei Ratmansky’s Odesa (2017), Tiler Peck premiered her first choreographic work for...
As I recently wrote in my article about The Joyce Theater’s eighth American Dance Platform, there’s a lot going on here in New York with the...
The Joyce Theater’s eighth American Dance Platform runs from tomorrow through January 14. If you’re thinking, ‘Wow, there’s a lot going on...
On December 16, the audience around me was happily bustling about—waving, hugging—before the evening show, fully aware of what they were in for: a...
José Limón (1908-1972) is known for being a pioneer of American Modern Dance as well as one of the greatest male dancers of the twentieth century....
Mexican artist Frida Kahlo once said, “I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.” Belgian artist Rene Magritte said, “If the...
Complexions was founded in 1994 by Co-Artistic-Directors Dwight Rhoden (former principal dancer with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater) and Desmond...
In the beginning, the men listen. The orchestra pit starts to glow, and the musicians rise up, singing out into the darkness, calling forth the dance....
Japan’s foremost contemporary Butoh dance company, Sankai Juku, is making a rare U.S. tour and stopping at The Joyce Theater through November 5....
There is so much to look forward to in American Ballet Theatre’s 2023 Fall Season. Three programs, thoughtfully curated by the Company’s new...
“I feel that Hip-Hop culture—dance, to be specific—is the most important and dynamic American artistic creation in the past 100 years,”...
The Howard Gilman Performance Space at Baryshnikov Arts Center was hushed despite a full audience waiting for the world premiere of multidisciplinary...
There is much to look forward to in New York City Ballet’s 2023-24 Season—The Nutcracker! Justin Peck! A Midsummer Night’s Dream!—but let’s...