Review: Fall for Dance Returns, Problems Intact
The 10-day festival at City Center opened with a program of works by Alexei Ratmansky, Tiler Peck and Andrea Miller.
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CreditRachel Papo for The New York Times When a Hardworking Tour Is a Break From Wartime Stress
National Ballet of Ukraine dancers will perform Alexei Ratmansky’s “Wartime Elegy” in New York. Touring is “like taking a break,” one said, “because we can finally sleep.”
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Alvin Ailey, the Man and the Mind Behind the Unapologetic Sparkle
In “Edges of Ailey,” a new exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the choreographer takes center stage. It’s another revelation.
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Dance Performances, Festivals and More Coming This Fall
The season brings new works by Kyle Abraham and Helen Pickett, as well as revivals of City Ballet’s “Coppélia” and Bill T. Jones’s “Still/Here.”
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More in Speaking in Dance ›A Star Ballerina Steps Into an Art Gallery
Sara Mearns’s long lines, from her feet to her expressive fingers, come to exquisite life in this duet, choreographed by Jodi Melnick.
CreditMohamed Sadek for The New York Times Watch Three Dancers Pony Step Into the Sunset
A jaunty trio prances across the stage in Pam Tanowitz’s new work for Little Island.
CreditMohamed Sadek for The New York Times Watch a Sisterhood of Budding Ballerinas
Five students from the School of American Ballet perform an excerpt from George Balanchine’s classic “Serenade.”
CreditMohamed Sadek for The New York Times Watch a Tap Dance That Transcends Time
For her improvised solo to Max Roach and Cecil Taylor, Ayodele Casel said “the way in is to honor what you’re hearing.”
CreditFletcher Wolfe for The New York Times Rugged, Physical Work With Durability
In Abby Zbikowski’s “Radioactive Practice,” a dancer says, “You’re seeing survival and community in real time.”
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Resurrecting a British Company That Takes Ballet … Everywhere
The plucky London City Ballet collapsed in 1996. Now it’s getting a second life with a new mission: to stage little-known, small-scale works.
By Roslyn Sulcas
Michaela DePrince, War Orphan Turned Leading Ballerina, Dies at 29
In an impoverished orphanage in Sierra Leone, she longed to dance ballet. After being adopted by American parents, her improbable dream came true.
By Alex Traub
Times InsiderA Season of Culture, Celebrated Over 92 Pages
Arts & Leisure’s fall preview connects readers with the season’s noteworthy cultural works. And there are many.
By Emmett Lindner
TrilobitesThese Apes Dance Like Someone Is Watching
Gibbons move with rhythm and intention. Dare we say style?
By Elizabeth Preston
María Benítez, Dancer Who Championed Flamenco, Is Dead at 82
“People came from everywhere to see her shows,” an admirer said — including, on at least one occasion, the ballet superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov.
By Brian Seibert
Review: You’re Invited to a Rave (Beware of Professionals)
The choreographer Sharon Eyal turns the Drill Hall of the Armory into a club at which her dancers appear at intervals, behaving oddly.
By Brian Seibert
Times InsiderSeeing Dances of the Harlem Renaissance, in Vivid Color
An immersive article spotlights choreographers who are carrying forward the legacy of Black dance forms that flourished 100 years ago.
By Marcelle Hopkins
Keeping the Spirit of Harlem Dance Alive
Meet three women who are celebrating, and remixing, Black dance.
By Imani Perry, Elliott Jerome Brown Jr., Caroline Kim and Alan Lee Jensen
The Stuff They Strut on the Jellicle Catwalk
From the first solo to the euphoric final bows, dance is essential to the world-building of “Cats: The Jellicle Ball.” Watch four standout dancers from the reinvented classic.
By Siobhan Burke and OK McCausland
Culture Diary7 Days in the Cultural Life of an Artistic Director
Violaine Huisman, who leads programming for the Crossing the Line festival, takes in dance on Little Island, a world premiere at Asia Society and “invigorating” translation projects.
By Annie Armstrong
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