Georgina Pazcoguin, the scintillating New York City Ballet soloist, Broadway star, activist, and culture leader is moving on from performing to focus on producing Broadway shows and building a world where Asian American artists can thrive.
Today would have been Willy Burmann's 81st birthday.
Ballet's sage, Wilhem “Willy” Burmann died yesterday at 80 from complications linked to the current pandemic.
Alejandra Duque Cifuentes, Executive Director of Dance/NYC reveals how the organization's Dance CRF was established and how you can make sure that your voice is heard during this crisis.
COVID-19 has forced all of us online to connect with each other.
What a difference proper programming can make.
Strange programming makes for a daffy afternoon at City Ballet with a curation of pieces that do not go together.
I am pleased to kick off BroadwayWorld Dance's 2020 Black History Month Celebration by honouring the incredible Emmy, Grammy, Tony, & Drama Desk award-winning, multi-hyphenate creative André De Shields!
Hallelujah then for Ashley Bouder in 'Firebird' whose astounding technique combined with Stravnisky's score to dispel the evening's malaise.
As 2020 approaches, a new appreciation of male virtuosity demands consideration.
If an audience is full of Black, Brown, Asian or whatever color people, you as a director will think twice about programming La Bayadere or Petrushka.
'If you ask me if a traditional Swan Lake at the Mariinsky can have a black girl in the corps de ballet, I can tell you honestly that I don't have the answer.
After experiencing a performance like last night's one yearns for another 1000 years of revelations.
On the cusp of Nimbus Dance Works' 15th Anniversary season, artistic director and former Martha Graham Company soloist, Sam Pott, spoke with me about his company's new building and endless pursuit of fighting for greater support of the arts.
Watching Ballet Hispánico perform at The Apollo Theatre on November 22nd made one aware of how much there is to feel thankful for in this politically tumultuous time where Latino cultures are frequently maligned by those currently skulking in the White House.
The company soared in DeJesus' soulful pas de deux from 'Bittersweet'.
Tiffany Rea-Fisher has a command of the company style, an extensive network of connections, and understands how to engage the crucial youth demographic that is the lifeblood of any evolving company (without alienating the longtime, and aging fanbase.
Fifteen years, two goodbyes, and a reunion of dancers: that's how Miro Magloire celebrated the 15th season of New Chamber Ballet.
A packed house, even on a rainy Sunday afternoon in NYC, speaks of great success.
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