Eight women pose together in what seems to be an abandoned warehouse, each draped with silver or gold netting that variously covers their faces, necks, torsos, and/or legs. Closest to the camera, one woman leans back with her eyes closed, head carefully cradled in the hands of the woman sitting behind her. Another woman, features invisible beneath the mesh, reclines on a green block of fabric. The others pose further back, in pairs and solo, attitudes differing but all gazing intensely beyond the camera.

At a Transitional Point in Urban Bush Women’s History, Its Leaders Are Both Preserving a Legacy and Pursuing New Experiments

This year, Urban Bush Women celebrates four decades of creating and touring new works internationally, sharing its creative process and strategies for collaborating with communities, and cultivating the next generations of women+ of color performers, makers, facilitators, and producers. What does it mean to sustain a Black-woman–led dance company for 40 years?

Morris "Bboy Morris" Isby balances on one arm, his legs both extended to 2 o'clock while his head is at 8 o'clock. He wears a white t-shirt, grey sweats, and well worn black Converse. Many members of the crowd watching at the side of a wooden dance floor have expressions of shock and delight.

2023–24 Season Preview: The Shows at the Top of Our Must-See Lists

Unexpected collaborations, women-led ballets, superstar choreographers turning their talents to opera and musical theater, singular dancemakers wrestling with issues of labor, environmental justice, and more—here’s what our contributors are looking forward to most as the 2023–24 season gets underway.

News of Note: What You May Have Missed in February 2020

Here are the latest promotions, appointments and transfers, plus notable awards and accomplishments from the last month. Comings & Goings Alejandro Cerrudo has been named Pacific Northwest Ballet’s first resident choreographer. Kyle Davis has been promoted to principal. Paris Opéra Ballet étoile Eleonora Abbagnato will give her final performance May 18. Manuel Legris has been […]

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