Kyle Abraham Is Fully in His Feelings About Now
In “Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful,” an evening-length dance, the choreographer considers what scares him but also what it might feel like to have burdens lifted.
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CreditElliott Jerome Brown Jr. for The New York Times Alvin Ailey Dance Chooses Alicia Graf Mack to Be Next Leader
Mack, director of the dance division at Juilliard, will be the popular company’s fourth artistic director.
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CreditElliott Jerome Brown Jr. for The New York Times Revisiting Pina Bausch’s World of Love and Longing in Aging Bodies
“Kontakthof,” a pivotal Bausch dance from 1978, is being staged with members of the original cast. They talk about coming back to it nearly 50 years later.
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Tales of 19th-Century A.I.: Don’t Fall in Love With a Singing Robot
Now we fret about chatbots. An earlier age worried about automatons, the uncanny humanoid contraptions whose voices could trigger love or mania.
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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 Alvin Ailey’s Silky Creatures of the Night
Two dancers from the Ailey company perform part of “Night Creature” on the roof of the Whitney Museum, where the choreographer is the subject of a major exhibition.
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Helen Gallagher, Winner of Two Tonys and Three Emmys, Dies at 98
She was honored on Broadway for roles in “Pal Joey” and “No, No, Nanette” and then turned to TV, where she won three Daytime Emmys for her work on “Ryan’s Hope.”
By Richard Sandomir
Theater to See in N.Y.C. This Holiday Season
“Elf the Musical,” inventive spins on “A Christmas Carol” and classic family fare: Here are some of our favorite shows of the season.
By Elisabeth Vincentelli
Rebuilding After Fire, Jacob’s Pillow Will Open a New Theater
The Doris Duke Theater, more than twice as large as the original and designed for modern technology, will open in July.
By Joshua Barone
TKTS to Open Booth in Philadelphia, Hoping to Boost Local Theaters
The first domestic TKTS outpost outside New York comes at a time of rising concern about ticket prices and theater economics.
By Michael Paulson
Critic’s PickSomething in the Air? Moonwalks and Mandalas in Ralph Lemon’s Show
The choreographer and visual artist brings performance and paintings to a meteor shower of an exhibition at MoMA PS1.
By Holland Cotter
Critic’s PickReview: In ‘Tell It Anyway,’ Freedom Is Power
This Ralph Lemon work, part of a MoMA PS1 exhibition, is an experience of sound as much as dance. His collaborators can lead an audience to ecstasy.
By Brian Seibert
A Master of Hawaiian Dance Wins the Gish Prize
Vicky Holt Takamine, a renowned teacher of hula dance and a champion for Indigenous culture, will receive a cash award of more than $450,000.
By Derrick Bryson Taylor
Julio Bocca to Run Argentina’s Premier Ballet Company
Bocca, the former star dancer who retired from American Ballet Theater in 2006, will be artistic director of the company at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.
By Marina Harss
Review: A Superficial Take on Migration as Movement
At the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the highlight of Dana Gingras’s “Frontera” may well be the lighting design.
By Brian Seibert
An AppraisalThe Singular Force That Was Judith Jamison
She was always a goddess of dance — even before her triumph in “Cry.” The Ailey star turned artistic director stretched like there was no tomorrow.
By Gia Kourlas
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