Friday, December 20, 2024 from NYT > Dance
Hold your hats and hallelujah, our leading musical tragedienne offers an ultra-dramatic Rose in George C. Wolfe’s Broadway revival.Thursday, December 19, 2024 from NYT > Dance
Hope Boykin’s “Finding Free” and Lar Lubovitch’s “Many Angels” aspire to find higher ground at New York City Center.Thursday, December 19, 2024 from Dance Spirit
Did your family Thanksgiving celebration include a trio of grandmas dancing to Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road”? A solo act of a vampire rocking out to Elton John’s “Can You Feel the Love Tonight”? If not, you may want to get your hands on a...Thursday, December 19, 2024 from NYT > Dance
Guillaume Diop has reached the highest level in the Paris Opera Ballet. He has also become a fashion-world darling and a symbol of a more diverse France.Thursday, December 19, 2024 from NYT > Dance
The New York dance instructor Angela Trimbur, known for her high-fun vibes, shares easy choreography for the season’s festive — and socially challenging — occasions.Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Steph Broadbridge has cancelled Raygun: The Musical but will tour a new show after both sides ‘come to an agreement’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The...Wednesday, December 18, 2024 from NYT > Dance
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo opens its season at the Joyce Theater with its vintage, vampiric “Giselle” and a new take on Balanchine.Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from NYT > Dance
Writing for The New Yorker, she was both admired and feared, wielding a sometimes merciless pen. Her study of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers drew accolades.Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from NYT > Dance
Once-in-a-generation ballerinas, topical works that transcended politics and a voguing “Cats” were highlights of the year.Tuesday, December 17, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Sarah Snook put Succession behind her, Hofesh Shechter found horror in Albion and Rhod Gilbert was ecstatic to be alive, in our critics’ picks of the best stage shows of the year • More on the best culture of 2024 10. Please Right Back...Monday, December 16, 2024 from NYT > Dance
The Trocks were never interested in making a political statement, their artistic director said. “We are men doing performances of ballet in drag for comedic purposes.”Monday, December 16, 2024 from NYT > Dance
Across the arts world, these 10 performers broke away from the pack this year by channeling guts and grit into their work.Sunday, December 15, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
London Coliseum Artistic director Aaron S Watkin oversees a faintly surreal Edwardian setting of dancing chimney sweeps, suffragettes and Liquorice Allsorts in a sweet but not sickly production English National Ballet’s brand new...Saturday, December 14, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Daniel Craig shakes up his image in a Burroughs adaptation and the veteran rapper reunites with Dr Dre for knowingly titled new album Missionary Queer Out now Daniel Craig continues to shake up his post-Bond image, here playing an...Friday, December 13, 2024 from NYT > Dance
The choreographer Tess Dworman inhabits an assortment of people (and an ottoman) in her dance-theater work “Everything Must Go.”Friday, December 13, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
From Chris McCausland’s quickstep to JB Gill’s salsa and Toyah Willcox’s jive – here are some of the greatest highlights from the show this year Bouncy, spangly, goofy: a Wicked-themed Charleston was always likely to play to Sarah...Friday, December 13, 2024 from Dance Spirit
Karmen Moore had always dreamed of joining the Radio City Rockettes. But while completing her degree in dance performance at Southern Methodist University in 2023, she mainly focused on auditioning for contemporary and modern companies....Friday, December 13, 2024 from NYT > Dance
The movie scenes, TV episodes, song lyrics and other moments that reporters, critics, editors and visual journalists in Culture couldn’t stop thinking about this year.Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from NYT > Dance
The comedian behind the parody about the Australian breaker who became a summer celebrity said she was willing to make some changes to avoid legal drama.Wednesday, December 11, 2024 from Dance Spirit
If Devan Aischa Smith could describe working on pop star Olivia Rodrigo’s GUTS World Tour in one word, it would be “evolutionary.” As dance captain, she transformed alongside the show, learning and teaching new choreography as the...Tuesday, December 10, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
At 98, the choreographer has lost none of his love for dance – or his scathing wit. As his classic Nutcracker is performed again, he talks about grit, the ‘rubbish’ classics and directing a historic duo Instead of the circus, Peter...Monday, December 9, 2024 from NYT > Dance
A solo by the choreographer Bintou Dembélé, the first showing of her work in the United States, explored the crossover between hip-hop and diasporic African ritual.Monday, December 9, 2024 from NYT > Dance
A bipartisan crowd honored Francis Ford Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Arturo Sandoval and the Apollo Theater. Some wondered if Donald J. Trump would attend next year.Monday, December 9, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
The beloved Christmas ballet, with music by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, was first performed in 1892. Known for its enchanting score and festive themes, it has become a holiday tradition worldwide Continue reading...Sunday, December 8, 2024 from NYT > Dance
Kentridge’s film played over Shostakovich’s 10th symphony at a New York Philharmonic concert led by Keri-Lynn Wilson.Sunday, December 8, 2024 from NYT > Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns for its annual December season with an enigmatic premiere by Jamar Roberts and the revival of “Grace.”Saturday, December 7, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
The great and good of the G7 get lost in the woods, and a member of Blackpink steps into the solo limelight Rumours Out now Starring Cate Blanchett as Hilda Ortmann, the German chancellor, and Charles Dance as Edison Wolcott, the US...Friday, December 6, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Sadler’s Wells, London Claire Cunningham’s affecting solo performance is a meditation on how we find our way along unexpected paths A dance performance that credits two mountaineering consultants – now that’s intriguing. Claire...Friday, December 6, 2024 from NYT > Dance
The film argues that Loie Fuller was an inventive artist responsible for things we take for granted. If only the movie were as creative as its star.Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from NYT > Dance
In “No President,” Nature Theater of Oklahoma creates its version of a story ballet, one burpee at a time.Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from NYT > Dance
In “Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful,” the choreographer Kyle Abraham experiments with expressing his emotions about the current moment.Tuesday, December 3, 2024 from NYT > Dance
At Art Basel Miami Beach, the Mexican choreographer Diego Vega Solorza explores masculinity in a new work and his gallery sells objects from performances.Monday, December 2, 2024 from Dance Spirit
Just a few years after his graduation from the Glorya Kaufman School of Dance at the University of Southern California, Jakevis Thomason booked the dream gig for many a commercial dancemaker: choreographing for Beyoncé. After...Sunday, December 1, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Michael Sheen among big names in call for action as leading figure warns there will be little left of the sector in 10 years Not every Welsh valley can reverberate with choral singing and declaimed poetry, despite the stereotype. But...Saturday, November 30, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
From The Nutcracker in Glasgow and the Human League in Cardiff to Messiaen in Manchester and Maggie Mistletoe in Farnham, our critics pick the best cultural events in the run-up to Christmas Paul Heaton Glasgow In support of the release...Saturday, November 30, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Sadler’s Wells, London The Irish choreographer and his company, Teaċ Daṁsa, weave dances of folksy complexity in their stirring, absurdist new production In eight weeks at their home base in south-west Kerry, Michael Keegan-Dolan and his...Saturday, November 30, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Cardinal Ralph Fiennes picks a pope (and potentially an Oscar), and the Mercury prize winner returns with another intimate gem Conclave Out now There’s Oscar buzz aplenty for this lead performance from Ralph Fiennes as a British cardinal...ShanDien Sonwai LaRance Carries On Native American Tradition, Culture, and Legacy Through Hoop Dance
Wednesday, November 27, 2024 from Dance Spirit
At age 8, ShanDien Sonwai LaRance’s father made it a point for her and her two brothers to train together every day at a recreation center in Flagstaff, Arizona. Different-colored hoops sprinkled the floor as the LaRance children...Sunday, November 24, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Royal Opera House; Sadler’s Wells, London Margaret Atwood’s dystopian vision provides rich inspiration for Wayne McGregor, while Akram Khan goes back to his Indian classical roots to transfixing effect Two new myths. Two modern masters...Saturday, November 23, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
The stage musical smash received the big-screen treatment, and the alt-rock Pixies and Breeders queen releases her first ever solo LP Wicked Out now This long-gestating big-screen version of the Broadway musical is finally here, with a...Friday, November 22, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Dance House, Cardiff A lonely deer enters a world of natural wonders in this dance-theatre show for children, with spellbinding songs by Casi Wyn Never mind poor red-nosed Rudolph being called names, here’s a reindeer with a really raw...Thursday, November 21, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Sadler’s Wells, London In a production loosely based on the Mahabharata, Khan has gathered classical Indian dancers who create a world that echoes through the centuries Akram Khan is at an interesting point in his career. The 50-year-old...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Dance Spirit
When Christopher Scott became the choreographer for the film Wicked, he wasn’t in a meeting or on a phone call. He was at the home of his longtime friend, the film director Jon M. Chu. Chu simply handed Scott a hat decorated with the...Wednesday, November 20, 2024 from Dance Spirit
On Sunday, November 17, the World Choreography Awards hosted its 14th-annual event in Los Angeles to celebrate the innovative, original dance works of some of the world’s most talented choreographers in television, film, music videos,...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Dancer and choreographer who rose to fame with Alvin Ailey’s company in New York and became its artistic director It was a failed audition that set in motion the superlative career of the American dancer and artistic director Judith...Tuesday, November 19, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Theatre503, London The heightened body language of a tempestuous couple breaks out into choreographed scenes in this play that reaches far beyond its restricted space It doesn’t look like much: the stage is tiny, the set is a single...Monday, November 18, 2024 from Dance | The Guardian
Born in St Petersburg in 1985, Shklyarov joined the Mariinsky Theatre in 2003 and became its principal dancer – the highest-ranking position in a ballet company – in 2011. During his 20-year career, Shklyarov starred in productions of...Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from Dance Spirit
Las Vegas’ latest attraction has audiences on their feet—to bust a move. The immersive Discoshow, directed by Steven Hoggett and with choreography by Yasmine Lee, celebrates disco’s revolutionary beginnings in 1970s New York City...Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from Dance Spirit
When interventional spine doctor and Kuchipudi dancer Pranamya Suri was doing her medical residency, she had less time to dance than usual. When she did get the chance to practice, she noticed a persistent pain developing around and...Tuesday, October 29, 2024 from Dance Spirit
The path to a professional dance career was anything but linear for Caroline T. Dartey. Born in Geneva, Switzerland, Dartey was originally an accomplished rhythmic gymnast, competing both nationally (she was the Swiss champion in her...