In Room to Move, director Alexander Hammer paints an intimate portrait of acclaimed choreographer, performer, and teacher Jenn Freeman at a vulnerable moment: receiving a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder at age 33. Freeman is known for the physicality and expressivity of her choreography as well as for her impact as an educator. And yet […]

“It’s about the storytelling,” says Susan Stroman. “It’s about when the audience walks in, what are they gonna see?” says Sonya Tayeh. “It’s such a weird, such a specific thing in the industry,” says Sam Pinkleton. The “it” is choreographing plays—which can mean adding subtle movement that never registers as choreography, or creating an unapologetic, […]

Summer festival season is underway, boasting a staggering number of must-see performances. Here are a handful of highlights, along with a pair of July premieres happening outside any festival umbrella. American Dance Festival DURHAM, NC  The modern dance festival’s 90th-anniversary season blazes on through July 22, with 32 performances featuring 13 festival commissions, 9 premieres, […]

A long-awaited world premiere, a festival filled with experiments, two New York City mainstays and a trio of new works tackling environmental issues head-on—there are a lot of performances to be excited about this month, and our top picks are just the tip of the iceberg.

The American Ballet Theatre principal is pushing herself—and ballet—to be better.

All of our performance picks this month—an evening length ballet and an off-Broadway musical, mixed bills and multi-choreographer projects—feature intriguing premieres from an impressive array of dancemakers

Maybe even more than most industries, the dance field is obsessed with youth. We fawn over prodigies, we love to predict the next big thing. Yes, Dance Magazine itself is 100 percent guilty of this, with features like “25 to Watch” and On the Rise. But just because a performing career can be short doesn’t […]

It’s been five months since the 2020 Tony Award nominations were announced—and while there’s still no set date for the awards ceremony, voting officially began March 1. This week, Dance Magazine is catching up with each of this year’s three nominees for Best Choreography. Here, Sonya Tayeh (who, with Sing Street, had been set to […]