
Op-Ed: How to Save a Doomed Geisha
The UK’s The Spectator recently published a piece by the Japan specialist Lesley Downer, historical

Dancing at your desk: Mark Morris Dance Group and Breakthru create dance breaks for your workday
You’ve heard it before: most people don’t move their bodies enough these days. Office workdays

Yanira Castro’s Exorcism = Liberation Is a Public Art Campaign for Divided Times
Stroll through New York City, Chicago, or Western Massachusetts in the next month and a

“Playground” Star Dexter Carr on When Dance Gets the Reality Show Treatment
The new Hulu reality series “Playground,” with Megan Thee Stallion as an executive producer, is

Kayla Hamilton on Disability as Method and Access as Artistry
Bronx-based dancer, director, and educator Kayla Hamilton is at a transitional moment in her career.

A Strike Threat, Scaffolding, and Last-Minute Changes: What It Was Like Dancing in the Olympic Opening Ceremony
Ballet de Lorraine’s Tristan Ihne has been dancing professionally for nearly two decades. But on

Choreographer David Dorfman on Magical Risk and Radical Empathy
For 40 years, David Dorfman has made capacious work full of heart. His 2020 piece

Recital nutrition: Fuel for the most important performances of your year
Professional dancers know the power of a good nutrition plan for a run of performances

Dancing Across the Solar System as the Grand Canyon’s Astronomer in Residence
When I first imagined choreographing a dance about the connection between the Grand Canyon and

La Cage aux Folles’ Cagelles, 40 Years Later: Something About Sharing, Something About Always
The groundbreaking musical La Cage aux Folles opened on Broadway 40 years ago last August.