In a windowless subterranean studio under the New York State Theater, I pulled back an imaginary arrow and let it fly. “Good!” said ballet master Tommy Abbott. “I think you’re ready. Tomorrow you rehearse with Mr. Robbins.” I was slated to play Cupid in Jerome Robbins’ compilation of fairy tales called Mother Goose. It was […]
To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of Damian Woetzel’s leadership at the Vail International Dance Festival, a new four-day event will be held in New York City, November 3–6. Vail Dance Festival: ReMix NYC brings three programs to New York City Center, along with a special lecture/demonstration focused on footwork, hosted by Woetzel. Featured performers include: […]
Last night at The Joyce Theater, the New York City Dance Alliance Foundation hosted “Destiny Rising,” an evening of dance to benefit the organization’s college scholarship fund. Collegiate dancers, professional guest performers and future stars united onstage for two hours of fantastic dancing. Here are a few of the highlights. Students from Inspire School of […]
Chloé and Maud Arnold pose with NYCDAF Ambassador for the Arts, Debbie Allen. Last night, the NYC Dance Alliance Foundation awarded Debbie Allen the 2015 NYCDAF Ambassador for the Arts Award at the annual “Bright Lights Shining Stars” gala. Held at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, the event paid tribute to Allen […]
The cast of On The Town Dance is always big at the Tonys, but especially this year, with several crossover stars from the dance world occupying major Broadway roles. New York City Ballet principal Robert Fairchild, who stars in An American in Paris, lost best lead actor to Michael Cerveris of Fun Home, but we […]
Lil Buck leads a children’s class at the 2011 Vail International Dance Festival The Vail International Dance Festival has released a tantalizing sample of its 2013 performance schedule. The biggest surprise is ballet rebel of the moment Sergei Polunin. (He blew the dance world’s collective mind with his departure from The Royal Ballet last year.) […]
While the rest of the world follows the ups and downs of “Brangelina” and “Kimye,” we can’t get enough of these dance stars’ real-life love stories. Luckily, Valentine’s Day gives us an excuse to talk about them (while eating tons of chocolate). We’ve rounded up DT‘s five favorite dance-world couples of the moment. #5. Tiler […]