Dance
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Arts
BAM Announces a Dance-Heavy Season
The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s winter/spring season will feature programs by Mark Morris and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
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Arts
Ailey Looks Back to Black Joy and Longing With 1930s Jazz
As part of its New York City Center season, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater presents premieres by Amy Hall Garner…
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Arts
Robert Battle Had a Wide Vision of What Alvin Ailey Could Be
When Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater opens its annual season at New York City Center on Wednesday, it will be…
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Arts
Pina Bausch’s ‘Rite of Spring’ Takes Root in Africa
Toward the end of Pina Bausch’s “Rite of Spring,” a woman in a wispy white shift walks up to a…
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Arts
Derek Hough, America’s Ballroom Ambassador, Hits the Road
A judge on “Dancing with the Stars,” Hough has become one of the country’s most visible dancers. Now his “Symphony…
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Arts
Robert Battle, Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey Company, Resigns
Battle is stepping away after running the company for 12 years, citing health concerns.
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News
Kevin Wynn, Choreographer of Complex Movement, Dies at 67
He became known for his “layered movement dialogue” and was an uncommonly dedicated teacher who mentored students over decades.
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Arts
Hear the Dance: Audio Description Comes of Age
Recent experiments in describing dance, like the film “Telephone,” approach it not just as an accessibility service but as a…
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Arts
(La)Horde: Dancing Out Primal Impulses and Resistance
In two programs, (La)Horde and the Ballet National de Marseille introduced New York to work that taps into a youthful,…
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Arts
After a Long Intermission, a New Act for a Flagship Paris Theater
The Théâtre de la Ville, now named for Sarah Bernhardt, reopened after a seven-year renovation. But its once-radical approach to…