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I’m watching Dorrance Dance’s tech/dress rehearsal at the Joyce. What a blast! Michelle Dorrance is showing two major works. The world premiere, Until The Real Thing Comes Along (a letter to ourselves), is about four women entertainers. They are fabulous tappers, and they make reference to vaudeville and other traditions of entertainment. (I swear I […]

Michelle Dorrance performing at Jacob’s Pillow in 2013. Photo by Christopher Duggan.  Last summer Michelle Dorrance’s Blues Project at Jacob’s Pillow was such a hit that she was invited back for two weeks this summer. A two-week run—practically unheard of at the Pillow! Judging from a rehearsal I saw yesterday, she’s got another hit on […]

People are often curious about my life as a dance writer. So this month, I’m taking you behind the scenes of a story for “Dance Magazine.”

Shoes hold a sacred place in a dancer’s life. From the first time you rise over the box of fresh pointe shoes, hear the clack of metal taps on the floor, or stand in the power of a heel, a meaningful relationship is born. Many dancers’ careers are quite literally supported by the shoes they cherish (or, if they have blisters, curse). Here are three dancers on their beautiful bonds with their shoes.

Much of the dance world is at—or headed to—a summer festival right now. It’s impossible to catch it all, but if we could be in multiple places at once, here’s what we’d be hoping to see.

Composer, multi-instrumentalist and Dorrance Dance musical director Gregory Richardson talks about creating Music From The Sole with Leonardo Sandoval.

New York City Center’s new Artists at the Center series, launching March 4–6, gives dance artists a curatorial platform to explore ideas that they wouldn’t have an opportunity to anywhere else, says president and CEO Arlene Shuler.

Missed the livestream? Get access to the 2021 Dance Magazine Awards on demand here. One of my favorite things about the Dance Magazine Awards has always been the sense of worlds colliding—the way luminaries from different corners of our industry who you’d likely never see sharing a stage or a program come together for this […]