Dance

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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.

Arts

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…

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…

Arts

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…

World

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…

Arts

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…

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.

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.

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…

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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