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In a Land of Primary Colors, Home Is Where the Bounce House Is

As part of Under the Radar, Nile Harris resurrects his play that weaves together text, sound, minstrelsy and dance to…

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The N.Y.P.D. Dance Team Walks the Beat and Feels It Too

Officer Lauren Pagán looked at the line of dancers in the overheated cafeteria at a Queens high school on a…

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Paula Abdul Accuses Nigel Lythgoe of Sexual Assault During ‘American Idol’

Ms. Abdul filed a lawsuit against Mr. Lythgoe, a producer of the reality show, that accuses him of assaulting her…

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How ‘The Nutcracker’ Has Been Reimagined, for Better and Worse

A tour through five cases in which Tchaikovsky’s classical score has been taken up by jazz legends and misguided filmmakers.

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Alexei Ratmansky Infuses ‘Coppelia’ With New Life

At La Scala, Ratmansky’s original choreography makes details and nuances of the story pop, as if a carapace of formulaic…

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World

A Viral Dance and ‘Happiness Campaign’ Frustrates Iran’s Clerics

It all started when a 70-year-old fish market stall owner nicknamed “Booghy” was grooving in public, in violation of Iranian…

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Dancers of All Sizes Hope Change Follows a Discrimination Ban

Not long ago, Akira Armstrong was invited to appear on a new reality dance competition. She was thrilled. The founder…

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Using Dance to Tell the Story of Mozambique’s Struggles

Mozambique’s most influential contemporary choreographer uses bodies in motion to artfully — and clearly — trace the complex recent history…

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All Together Now: Dance Takes Over the Perelman Arts Center

“The March” explores unison, while “Is It Thursday Yet?” concerns a dancer’s struggle to understand herself after receiving a diagnosis…

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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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