Dance

Are Your Dance Classes Working for You?

Most professional dancers today came of age during the era of the megastudio, enormous dance facilities that feature instructors teaching many different kinds of classes under one roof.

Astaire Award Nominees Talk About Dancing on Broadway

The 2011 Astaire Award Nominees spoke to Back Stage about their dance training and how to make it as a performer in New York.

Re-Capturing the Joy of Dance

I had a breakthrough! In my last post I mentioned that dance no longer brings me the same joy it used to. Today, for one brief moment, I finally re-captured that joy.

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Serenade/The Proposition

In its New York premiere, the pithy 60-minute work is splendidly rendered by the remarkably diverse and talented Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company.

Zap, Bam, Pow

"Action has to drive the story and articulate character, but what I really like about action is that it's a visceral medium," says Anthony De Longis. 

Print Fizzles, Video Sizzles

The latest crop of dance books and recordings includes the DVD of a fascinating 2009 film about Meredith Monk, as well as less-interesting books on pedagogy, technique, and career building.

From Better to Curse

Nancy Raffa, currently ballet mistress for American Ballet Theatre, is appearing onstage in "The Sleeping Beauty." She is the witch, Carabosse, who curses Aurora with the prediction that as a teen, she will prick her finger and die.

Making the Old

It is typically now, at the beginning of January, when we are marking the start of a new year, that we become fixated on throwing out the old and embracing the new.

They're Gonna Rock It Tonight

"Only people who have done the original show or are strict followers of Jerome Robbins will notice any of the changes I've made," says Joey McKneely.