The financial challenges of becoming a dance artist today can be frightfully numerous. But in the next few years, student loan debt—and college tuition in general—may no longer be of concern for the students of The Juilliard School’s prestigious dance division, as the institution has announced its intentions to go tuition-free with the launch of a $550 million fundraising drive.

The artists celebrated at the 2024 Dance Magazine Awards have had such a broad impact that the evening felt as though it were bursting at the seams with wisdom and possibility.

It’s unsurprising that someone with Tiler Peck’s energy and drive simply can’t stand still.

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.

Roman Mejia is only 19, and he has the energy to prove it; in the studio and onstage at New York City Ballet, this standout corps member bursts with a kind of uncontainable ebullience. Like his idol, Edward Villella, he specializes in extroverted, allegro roles: Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Candy Cane in The […]

While tapping to Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, Dario Natarelli finds a way to make something we have all heard before sound new. His choreography alternately matches the rhythmic cadence of King’s words and honors the meaningful pauses between them. Watching the masterful control he has over his footwork and dynamics, […]

Sometimes, change happens all at once. Last year, The Juilliard School, one of the country’s top conservatories for music, dance and drama, got not one new leader but three. Damian Woetzel, a former star at New York City Ballet, took the reins as Juilliard’s new president, the first in the institution’s history to come from […]

Last week, Dance Magazine‘s owner Frederic Seegal visited the Vail Dance Festival. He was so excited by what he saw there that he wanted to share with Dance Magazine readers a few of the highlights that made the biggest impression on him. Having been fortunate enough to be on the board of New York City […]