A new work, “The White Feather” is inspired by the history of the Iranian National Ballet, which went dark during the Islamic Revolution and was never revived.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:17PMAt City Center, performers like Olga Pericet and Manuel Liñán knew the rules they were bending.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:17PMPontus Lidberg’s “On the Nature of Rabbits” at the Joyce Theater is a dance haunted by AIDS.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:58PMThe Afro-Colombian company Sankofa Danzafro presents “Behind the South: Dances for Manuel” at the Joyce Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:54PMWith Judson Dance Theater and elsewhere, he expanded the possibilities of what dance could be, developing works around basic tasks like eating a pear or simply walking.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:34PM“Deep River,” featuring the choreographer’s company, Lines Ballet, has a meditative flow without much grit.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:27PMJean Butler’s “What We Hold,” at the Irish Arts Center, is an installation-like work that seeks restrained classicism in a post-“Riverdance” world.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:00PMPhiladanco! returns to New York with four premieres that highlight the dancers’ skills without revealing much deeper artistry.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:38PMTiler Peck, a New York City Ballet star, is making her first work for the company. “It’s my opportunity to pass on to the next generation anything that’s been given to me.”
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:00AMHe worked with the Martha Graham and Paul Taylor troupes and then created his own group, Dan Wagoner and Dancers.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:35PMIn Compagnie Hervé Koubi’s “Sol Invictus” at the Joyce Theater, the dancers’ extraordinary moves are integrated into a poetic vision.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:52PMThe highlight of the street dance festival “Motion/Matter” at the Perelman Performing Arts Center came at the end: an all-styles battle that honored roots.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 10:00AMLisa Fagan and Lena Engelstein’s picaresque “Deepe Darknesse” models itself on the randomness of an ancient Roman novel, “The Golden Ass.”
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:01AM“The March” explores unison, while “Is It Thursday Yet?” concerns a dancer’s struggle to understand herself after receiving a diagnosis of autism.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:32PMThe tap dancer Caleb Teicher and the beatboxer Chris Celiz have expanded an earlier collaboration into an evening-length work at the Joyce Theater.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 02:30PMNew York City Ballet’s 75th anniversary celebration and Dance Reflections from France delivered some of this year’s brightest moments.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:01AMAmy Hall Garner is readying the new work “Century” for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, on the heels of other premieres and with more to come.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:05PMThe five dance selections that are part of the Dance Reflections festival take varied approaches to piano exercises written by Philip Glass.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 03:37PMOkwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born’s hybrid show, “Adaku, Part 1,” about a precolonial African village, mixes dance theater, song and drama.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:11PMThe best-selling album turned veteran Cuban musicians into global stars and inspired a documentary almost 30 years ago. Now it’s an Off Broadway musical.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 05:06AMThe choreographer and director Akram Khan’s reimagining of Kipling’s fable updates the message but leaves out the fun.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:53PMBattle is stepping away after running the company for 12 years, citing health concerns.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 04:24PMHe became known for his “layered movement dialogue” and was an uncommonly dedicated teacher who mentored students over decades.
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SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 01:06PMA new work by Larry Keigwin and a company premiere by Ulysses Dove join programs that benefit from live music.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:42PMMusic by Keith Jarrett and Joni Mitchell set Trajal Harrell and his dancers in motion, but this pandemic-era piece feels mannered instead of spontaneous.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:29PMA production featuring graduates of Le Jardin des Voix, run by William Christie, with choreography by Mourad Merzouki, comes to Lincoln Center on Thursday.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:23PMJake Roxander’s soaring Puck in “The Dream” was the highlight of American Ballet Theater’s final two programs this fall, the first season programmed by Susan Jaffe.
SOURCE: The New York Times Subscription at 12:39PMA new “Pal Joey” at City Center has reimagined the never-quite-satisfying script to make Joey (Ephraim Sykes) a forward-thinking Black jazz singer.
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