Boston-based tap company Subject:Matter has made bold musical choices since its inception in 2015, choreographing to music by everyone from Fela Kuti to Herbie Hancock. But its latest offering, a studio album entitled With Far Hand (out now on music streaming platforms), features songs that no one has ever heard before. That’s because director Ian […]

Prior to pivoting to the pulpit, Reverend Adriene Thorne—the first African American woman to become senior minister of the interdenominational Riverside Church in New York City—danced with Dance Theatre of Harlem, performed in musical theater, and was a high-kicking Radio City Rockette. Although she untied her pointe shoes long ago, the classically trained dancer uses […]

When Hope Boykin appeared on the cover of Dance Magazine in 2023, it was a longtime dream fulfilled. But it played out a bit differently than the choreographer, who for 20 years was one of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s most recognizable performers, had long imagined. In her cover photo, rather than dancing, she sits […]

Shoba Narayan, who plays Princess Jasmine in Broadway’s Aladdin, just so happens to also be an award-winning bharatanatyam performer and teacher, as well as a classical violinist and trained ballet dancer.

For Jody Gottfried Arnhold, dance and dance education are one and the same. The visionary philanthropist has spent her career dedicated to transforming the lives of New York City’s public school students through dance.

In his current position as director of preservation, he oversees exhibitions, the growing online resource Jacob’s Pillow Dance Interactive, PillowTalks, pre- and post-show lectures, and film programs. Owen describes his motto as having “one eye looking backward and one eye on what’s happening currently.”

The physicality of dancing is not easy. Art-making is serious business. The buzzword “rigor” has become synonymous with “integrity.” But could we gain something by reconnecting to good old-fashioned playtime? 

From Riverdance to HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire,” tap dancer DeWitt Fleming Jr. has proved to be a triple threat on the stage and screen. He’s also an entrepreneur, selling his own line of wireless microphones, DeW It Right Tap Mics. Last year, he added “composer” to his resumé with the release of Sax and Taps INTERSPLOSION!, […]