Category: dance

A four-night series in Brooklyn is presenting what mastermind Sally Silvers calls “live choreography”: “Each program will feature three teams of choreographers and directors; serving as their raw material will be performers, including dancers, roller derby skaters, actors and burlesque artists.”

“With its roots in strip clubs and bedrooms, pole dancing has been dismissed as a misogynistic playground in which women contort themselves for the viewing pleasure of men. But lately some women have fought to transcend titillation by rebranding it as fitness. … But a lingering taboo surfaces when men seek to slide onto the pole, too.”

“Cunningham’s art, though highly choreographed, was linked in part to the art scene in New York which produced a series of ‘happenings’ – works that questioned the fundamental principles of dance by putting everyday actions on stage, or breaching conventions in other ways. Their revolutionary nature was part of their importance.”

The Scottish Ballet has flourished under its artistic director, who’s wrapping up his 10-year run with the company’s first visit to the U.S. in a few decades. But are the risks he takes in the world of abstract ballet worth it?

The ABT star, about to take the RNZB’s reins as artistic director, looks forward to molding a company not weighed down by a long historical tradition; choreographing new pieces, and (of course) riding his Harley the length of the country.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Derek Deane, Christopher Bruce, Kim Brandstrup, and Shobana Jeyasingh offer tributes to the living dancemakers they most admire.

The troupe’s widely-hailed appearances in New York and Paris this summer gave MCB international cred, but principal dancer Alex Wong’s appearance on the TV show So You Think You Can Dance really got the attention of the public. The company is working to capitalize on that exposure, as well as cooperating with local officials to attract cultural tourists to Miami.

“Assembly is the final piece he will create before he steps down as artistic director of Chunky Move, the [Melbourne-based] contemporary dance company he founded in 1995.” The piece, involving 60 performers, is also one of his largest.

“Trisha Brown, the modern dance choreographer, is to receive a ‘Bessie’ award for lifetime achievement … Ms. Brown’s award is the first of what will become an annual honor for choreographers” at the Bessies, officially called the New York Dance and Performance Awards.”

“Since 1932, companies from around the world have performed at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, located on a former farm in Becket, Mass. Just this past March, the Pillow launched a performance video collection (danceinteractive.jacobspillow.org) … A priceless treasury of history and art, this movable feast could very well suck you in by surprise.”