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In ''Nail Biter,'' a New York City premiere, this exacting choreographer explores her ballet roots and how to be in her body now. Beth Gill watches her dancers rehearse. She [...]

Byline: Gia Kourlas Stephen Petronio's virtual program, presented by the Joyce Theater, explores isolation, longing and legacy, but doesn't take those issues to a deeper place. The choreographer Stephen Petronio [...]

Byline: Gia Kourlas Tiffany Rae explores the Birmingham church bombing of 1963, in which four Black girls were killed, in a new dance video. For the choreographer Tiffany Rae, dance [...]

''We try to tune our bodies to each other,'' the Bengali-American composer and performer Samita Sinha said of her collaboration with the choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili. ''There's a sense of, sound [...]

''This solo is sort of like an atomic top,'' said the New York City Ballet principal Daniel Ulbricht of this portion of ''Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes,'' an energizing, mostly male [...]

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, amid ''West Side Story'' previews, presented an austere and captivating dance set to Bach's cello suites. ''Plain boiled rice I find much tastier than rice covered [...]

''At this moment, the devil is furious, and the soldier uses his violin to ward him off,'' the choreographer Robert La Fosse said of ''A Soldier's Tale'' (''L'Histoire du Soldat''), [...]

Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker returns to the Joyce Theater with a work inspired by a river. In Deborah Colker's ''Cão Sem Plumas'' (''Dog Without Feathers''), the ingredients are film, [...]

In his latest work, this world-class choreographer has pushed himself, releasing something that seems to have been bottled up inside. Alexei Ratmansky's career is a tale of two choreographers: One, [...]

''I set out to work with complex rhythms,'' the choreographer Melinda Ring said of her new work ''Strange Engagements.'' The catch? There's no music. ''To not have sound can feel [...]

Sean Dorsey explores masculinity in ''Boys in Trouble'' at New York Live Arts, but the power of his message loses its steam in this rambling work. Is the choreographer Sean [...]

Gina Gibney says she sees an ''urgent need'' for a repertory group along the lines of Nederlands Dans Theater and Ballet BC. The choreographer and entrepreneur Gina Gibney announced on [...]

Gina Gibney says she sees an ''urgent need'' for a repertory group along the lines of Nederlands Dans Theater and Ballet BC. The choreographer and entrepreneur Gina Gibney announced on [...]

In ''Space,'' the choreographer and dancer Faye Driscoll considers ideas of mortality and grief as she tries ''to hold the ghosts of other bodies,'' she said. ''It's about this impossible [...]

''There's this one moment in this music where everyone's onstage,'' the tap dancer and choreographer Michelle Dorrance said of ''...The Nutcracker Suite...,'' which she created with Hannah Heller and Josette [...]

Jamar Roberts, the company's first resident choreographer, wants to bring the world into his dances. Sometimes riding the subway has its upside. It affords time to think -- and, in [...]

Donald Byrd's ''Greenwood,'' about the 1921 massacre of black citizens of Tulsa, struggles to translate traumatic history into movement. No one knows exactly what happened in 1921 when a young [...]

''It's important who you're dancing with and that energy -- it's a real thing,'' said the tap dancer and choreographer Dormeshia, whose ''And Still You Must Swing'' continues through Sunday [...]

CAPTION(S): PHOTOS: Top, members of the dance team of the Korean Community Services center. Myung Hwa Chung, front, is one of its choreographers. Left and below: ''The clothes and the [...]

In ''The Sun Still Burns Here,'' a musician and a choreographer moodily unite, but the result is far from transcendent. It's happened again. A musician, lured by the nonverbal language [...]

In collaboration with Emily Coates, the choreographer has reconstructed the rarely seen 1965 ''Parts of Some Sextets'' for Performa. It could be a dream or a nightmare. You're 84. What [...]

The artistic director Michael Novak talks about balancing heritage and new, bringing in audiences and making sure there's enough fun. When Paul Taylor asked Michael Novak to take over his [...]

''It feels like a ride,'' Wendy Whelan said, ''an experiential ride, a physical ride, an emotional ride, even.'' In ''The Day,'' an evening-length collaboration among Ms. Whelan, the cellist Maya [...]

''She's a woman who's not sure if she's where she's supposed to be,'' Annique Roberts said of her persona in ''She Is Here,'' a solo by the choreographer Ronald K. [...]

Our guide to dance performances happening this weekend and in the week ahead. JUSTIN CABRILLOS at the Chocolate Factory Theater (Sept. 7, 7 p.m.). As part of a creative residency [...]

''Well, I can't locomote,'' said the veteran dancer and choreographer Gus Solomons Jr. ''My hip is broken. I fell in the kitchen getting ready to go to the gym.'' That [...]

''I'm trying to be one with the water,'' said Claire Friesen, a synchronized swimmer and actress. ''I feel most creative when I'm able to step out of my brain and [...]

Enjoying Sand Between Their Toes ''I wanted to do a bunch of different styles, but I also know that it's really hot -- you have to understand the environment too,'' [...]

BOY BLUE AT GERALD W. LYNCH THEATER (Thursday, 7:30 p.m., through Aug. 3) This East London hip-hop group, last seen at the 2018 White Light Festival, returns to Lincoln Center [...]

''This moment has a kind of after-hours at the Cotton Club vibe,'' said Zack Winokur, the director of ''The Black Clown,'' a musical-theater adaptation of the 1931 Langston Hughes poem [...]

''It's really a creature,'' Maria Kochetkova said of her role in ''Degunino,'' a solo by the Spanish choreographer Marcos Morau featured in ''Catch Her if You Can,'' an evening of [...]

DOUG VARONE AND DANCERS AT BAM FISHER (Wednesday and Thursday, 7:30 p.m.; through June 8) This choreographer returns to Brooklyn with an evening-length work (above) that examines the public and [...]

GILLIAN WALSH AT PERFORMANCE SPACE NEW YORK (Friday to Sunday, 4 p.m.) In ''Fame Notions,'' this choreographer (right) contemplates the American dancer. For Performance Space's No Series, which celebrates the [...]

Byline: Gia Kourlas This spring, no one has asked more of Pam Tanowitz than Pam Tanowitz. She is making more dances than she ever has in her life. 'I'm nervous, [...]

''I am always concerned with being honest, musical, playful and obeying the moment,'' said the tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel. ''Whether that be chill or whether it's energetic, it's [...]

''There's no build to the dance, so it's a challenge from the very first step,'' Marc Crousillat said of this reimagined version of Nijinsky's ''Rite of Spring,'' conceived by the [...]

''We ask them to think about orbiting each other -- catching but also slipping away,'' said the choreographer Okwui Okpokwasili of ''Adaku's Revolt,'' her latest collaboration with Peter Born. Part [...]

Merce Cunningham, that marvel of a choreographer, understood that dancing meant different things to different people. In the book ''Merce Cunningham: Fifty Years,'' he is quoted as saying: ''What to [...]

JOHNNIE CRUISE MERCER/THE RED PROJECT NYC & ANGIE PITTMAN AT DANSPACE PROJECT (Thursday, 8 p.m.; through March 2) Two up-and-coming choreographers present new pieces: Mercer offers ''(Process Memoir 4): The [...]

GALLIM DANCE AT THE JOYCE THEATER (Tuesday and Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.; Thursday, 8 p.m.; through Feb. 17) After a year spent as the choreographer in residence at the Metropolitan Museum [...]

The article reviews Mayfield Brooks's "Whale Fall Abyss," a dance performance on the Tall Ship Wavertree, an iron-hulled 1885 cargo ship docked at Pier 16 in Manhattan, New York City.

Our guide to dance performances happening this weekend and in the week ahead.ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER at City Center (through Dec 30). This beloved company, under the artistic direction [...]

American Ballet Theater livens up its spring season with the premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's ''Harlequinade,'' in which he, once again, immerses himself in historical notations to uncover those precious things [...]

Byline: GIA KOURLAS Since November, Chris Grant and JaQuel Knight have been up to their elbows in marching bands, musicians and dancers -- dozens of men and women from an [...]

Byline: GIA KOURLAS Sia - the enigmatic, soulful Australian singer-songwriter who conceals her face behind wigs while belting out lines like, 'there's a scream inside that we all try to [...]

The article highlights the dance program at the Joyce Theater in New York City where choreographer Twyla Tharp showcases two dances, "Brel" and "The Ballet Master," and the revival of the 1975 dance performance "Ocean's Motion." It discusses the different interpretations of the choreography in "Brel," which showcases the dignity and fragility of the experienced dancer as a hero, and the choreographic approach of Tharp in "The Ballet Master," which is about perseverance.

The article highlights Robert Garland's debut as the artistic director of Dance Theater of Harlem, honoring Arthur Mitchell's legacy and showcasing the company's refreshed energy and commitment to social justice through ballet.

The article focuses on Dianne McIntyre's lifelong dedication to dance and music, culminating in her new work "In the Same Tongue," a dance performance that celebrates the union between dance and music, reflecting her deep connection to Black expression.