I’ve seen my share of eccentric modern dance works. My experience as an audience member has included everything from watching a soloist discussing her fictional love affair with Ann Coulter while ...

The experience of exile, whether literal or symbolic, is inevitably reflected in an individual’s body. Feeling cut off from one’s roots, or viewing yourself as a stranger in a foreign land, influences ...

When Contemporary Dance Theater founder Jefferson James first moved to Cincinnati with her husband in 1964, there was no real dance scene in the city. “There was sort of a society of ballet studios ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by An oral history project, “Planting Seeds,” considers the history and impact of an American Dance Festival program to train dancers in China. By Brian ...

Repertory Dance Theatre will present a special archival exhibition from March 2-7, 2026, celebrating six decades of modern dance history. Learn more about the event here!

Martha Graham Dance Company performed “ Every Soul is a Circus” during Nazareth College Arts Center Dance Festival on July 21, 2012. Photo by Wiki Commons. On Thursday, March 23, the University of ...

Alvin Ailey is one of the most important choreographers in the history of modern dance. In 1958, at just 27 years old, he founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Ailey’s vision was of Black ...

Some people always have their noses in a book, Judy Dworin uses her feet. The well-known Hartford-area modern dance choreographer, whose longtime local troupe is now known as Justice Dance Performance ...

The origins and evolutions of Modern Dance in America. To Feel the Earth and Touch the Sky, Living the Legacy of American Modern Dance is a film highlighting the boundary breaking figures in the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Thanks to government support — and a collaborative spirit among dance companies — the medium is thriving across the country. By David Belcher ...

Dancer, choreographer and dance educator Shirley Mordine has died. Her five-decade career in Chicago included founding the dance department at Columbia College Chicago and originating the college’s ...