The minutes after curtain comes down can be the trickiest of a dancer’s day: Despite your adrenaline high and the impulse to celebrate the night’s achievements, you need to jumpstart your body’s recovery so that you can take the stage again the very next day. Smart dancers like Parisa Khobdeh follow a carefully calibrated routine […]

Caribou in Carolina Helen Simoneau Danse. Photo by Charles Zovko, courtesy In The Lights PR. NC tour A Canadian who lives in North Carolina, choreographer-on-the-rise Helen Simoneau is using her newest evening-length work, Caribou, to take a closer look at heritage, assimilation and identity. She studies these ideas through the iconic caribou—an enormously antlered animal […]

What are the secrets of a long career? All dancers hope to perform for many years, digging deeper into their artistry with each new season. But often, their stage time gets cut short by injury, age-related loss of strength and flexibility, or simply burnout. We asked five longtime dancers what’s kept them going strong for so […]

Victoria Jaiani Joffrey Ballet Breakfast Philosophy: “Mornings have always been important to me. I can remember watching my mom busy in the kitchen, talking about how it would be a great day because we were sitting down together and eating good food. It’s a tradition, but it’s also legit—as an athlete, it certainly helps health-wise.” […]

Dancer Amy Young in rehearsal with Paul Taylor. Courtesy Resident Artist Films. Growing up near Louisville, Kentucky, there wasn’t too much professional dance in my region. So whenever a company visited, it was a treat. I still remember Paul Taylor Dance Company‘s stop at the Brown Theatre during its 50th-anniversary tour. I was in high school, and […]

Get Paul Taylor dancer Parisa Khobdeh’s laid-back look. Michelle Fleet of Paul Taylor Dance Company has an old-school glamorous look.

Paul Taylor re-envisions PTDC; Graham Company archives its work.   Paul Taylor in rehearsal with his PTDC. Photo by Whitney Browne. The last time a modern dance visionary announced plans for the future of his company, it was Merce Cunningham. The strategy: to let his troupe go out with a bang—and then disband—when he died. […]

Paul Taylor on PBS; reissue of Isadora Duncan’s My Life; Taylor’s Facts and Fancies: Essays Written Mostly for Fun; The Pointe Book; Ailey II in the online campaign “The Backstory”; Rhythm Is It! documentary       Paul Taylor’s Beloved Renegade, with Michael Trusnovec and Laura Halzack.  Photo by Paul B. Goode, Courtesy PTDC. TV […]