Before the Merce Cunningham Dance Company made New York City its home, it was born in the rural mountains of North Carolina at Black Mountain College. Though Black Mountain College existed for less than 30 years, from 1933 to 1957, its legacy looms large.

Premieres, two festivals, major tours, unexpected collaborations—there are more exciting shows happening in the next two months than anyone could hope to keep up with. Here are our top picks.

Over the next two months, a bevy of new works have their premieres and a major festival returns to London.

On January 7, 2025, Carolyn Brown, a founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, died at the age of 97. One of the great American dancers of her generation, she was an exquisite mover who commanded the stage with her powerful presence. Born Carolyn Rice on September 26, 1927, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Brown began […]

Striking performer. Adventurous choreographer. Unforgettable teacher. Straight-from-the-hip reviewer. Inspiring mentor. Gustave Martinez Solomons jr was all these things and more.

Eclectic festivals and outdoor offerings, a Broadway transfer and a rare London tour—and, of course, more than a handful of brand-new works pulling from an intriguing array of source material. Here’s what we’re looking forward to as summer winds to an end.

Merce Cunningham’s Changeling was the third in a trilogy of solos created and performed by the iconoclastic choreographer, in which he was “concerned with the possibility of containment and explosion being instantaneous.”

Van Cleef & Arpels is no stranger to the world of dance. The brand is now launching Dance Reflections, an annual festival to be hosted in different cities internationally.