Ballet, the basis for all of Western theatrical dance, is a theatrical performance, using elements from a rich tapestry of traditional movements. Most ballets consist of dancing and music only, ...

WE LAY ON our backs on the wood floor, moving our arms and legs the way you would make an angel in the snow, but this was the most specific angel I had ever made. I listened to teacher Bryon Carr, at ...

GREENWICH — The movements start out simple. The man and woman pull themselves in diagonals, their lower bodies tight and controlled. The scene feels unstable, like the chemistry between them could ...

Shaaron Boughen does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

For six decades, the Paul Taylor Dance Company has been just that—a company devoted to the creative outpourings of one man. And that was enough, both for Mr. Taylor and for the dancers. He’s prolific ...

NEW YORK -- As patrons wait in line outside the Joyce Soho Theater in Manhattan, a slender, barefoot blonde girl in Lycra tights and an apron stands nearby on the sidewalk. Suddenly she launches into ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Joyful, melancholy, heroic: Paul Taylor’s “Esplanade” celebrates its 50th anniversary and the extraordinariness of ordinary movement. Joyful, melancholy, heroic: Paul Taylor’s ...

Dance, like all performing arts, is ephemeral. In the words of Dana Reitz, a celebrated contemporary performer, choreographer and longtime dance faculty member at Bennington College, “You move through ...

There may be no one in the arts with a harder job than that of a modern-dance choreographer. When a writer can’t figure out what to say next, she can turn off the computer and go take a nap. A ...

WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HAVING ME, DEREK. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU KRISTEN. THE WORLD’S OLDEST MODERN DANCE COMPANY IS PERFORMING IN MILWAUKEE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN HALF A ...