By the time dance photographer Gene Schiavone retired in 2020, he had hundreds of thousands of images sitting on his hard drives, gathering virtual dust. He’d been American Ballet Theatre’s staff photographer for 20 years, and captured photos of ballet students and stars all over the world. As many photographers do, he thought about creating […]

How can a book of still photos encapsulate a century of Martha Graham’s dynamic legacy? Released this month, the collection of images by NYC Dance Project photographer­s Ken Browar and Deborah Ory, Martha Graham Dance Company 100 Years, wrestles with this provocation. In honor of the Graham company’s 100th anniversary, Browar and Ory began photographing […]

In an excerpt from Lauren Morrow’s new novel, Little Movements, the heroine, choreographer Layla Smart, navigates feelings of excitement and unease as she begins her tenure at the prestigious (fictional) Briar House arts program. An older woman walked through the doors. A salt-and-pepper bob, slim body swimming in Eileen Fisher. Her tortoiseshell glasses balanced delicately […]

From The Pathway to Flow, by Dr. Julia F. Christensen. Copyright © 2024 by Dr. Julia F. Christensen. Published by Square Peg on July 25, 2024. Excerpted by permission. Learning to express through an art is a little like learning a new language. As we learn the steps of a dance, we first learn the […]

As a U.S. bomber pilot in World War II, Stuart Hodes was thrilled to fly a plane alone, with a clear mission and a sense of danger. After the war, he found the thrill, the mission and the danger while dancing with Martha Graham. His enthralling book, Onstage With Martha Graham, published by University Press […]

Choreographer Laurieann Gibson is on a mission to unleash dreams. “I want to use my career as an inspiration for the younger generation,” she says. To that end, she’s written a book called Dance Your Dance: 8 Steps to Unleash Your Passion and Live Your Dream, released by W Publishing, a division of HarperCollins. With […]

The pilot of Netflix’s dance-centric series “Tiny Pretty Things”—based on the YA novel by Sona Charaipotra and Dhonielle Clayton—will leave you breathless. It touches on, well, everything: love, murder, racism, competition, jealousy, girl cliques, sexual experimentation, eating disorders. And the intricate plot is propelled by equally breathtaking ballet sequences. Here are the basics of that […]