dance

Contest Gives Dancers a Chance to Become a Rockette

As part of the “Jump the Line” contest, dancers are encouraged to submit their best dance video for a chance to participate in open auditions at Radio City Music Hall in April.

Star of 'AfroTango' Is Its Music

“AfroTango,” an invigorating, smartly cast new musical revue at Thalia Spanish Theatre, attempts to demonstrate that Argentinean tango dancing harbors African roots.

Buglisi Dance Theatre Offers a Grand Aesthetic

For its 20th anniversary, Buglisi Dance Theatre comes to the Joyce Theater with both premieres and revivals of Jacqulyn Buglisi’s breathtakingly beautiful choreographic works.

Best of the Week Ahead: Feb. 7–13 (Slideshow)

The “Bombshell” soundtrack album, 92YTribeca’s “Behind the Music-al,” the Russian National Ballet Theatre in L.A., the world-premiering play “Machu Picchu, Texas,” and the Athena Film Festival are what we’re looking forward to this week.

Nationwide Audition Tour Announced for ‘Newsies’ Broadway Musical

Telsey + Company is holding auditions for Equity and nonunion male dancers in Philadelphia, Boston, Denver, Louisville, Santa Clara, N.J., N.C., Atlanta, and Phoenix for “Newsies.”

Seán Curran Company's New Dances Look at the Big Picture

These rich and rewarding new concert works by Seán Curran, at the Joyce Theater, exhibit admirable if dense interplay of movement, music, lighting, text, and colossal ideas.

Playful Parsons Dance Troupe in Pleasing Program

The perky Parsons Dance troupe offers an evening of David Parsons’ accessible, solidly crafted, scrumptiously entertaining contemporary-dance pieces at the Joyce Theater.

American Ballet Theatre's 'The Nutcracker' Contemporizes a Classic

American Ballet Theatre’s “The Nutcracker,” choreographed by Alexei Ratmansky, is an indisputably improved take on the familiar Christmastime treat, at Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Delights at City Center

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s artistic director, Robert Battle, is raising the choreographic caliber of the company repertoire to match that of its unparalleled dancers.

Dance Troupe Kidd Pivott's 'The Tempest Replica' Reimagines Shakespeare

Bursting with visual originality, passion, and mystery, Kidd Pivott’s “The Tempest Replica,” a choreographic retelling of Shakespeare’s play, at the Joyce Theater, is mesmerizing.