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Friday, August 7, 2026

Esperanza Spalding, Kayla Farrish and the Riffy Potential of Jazz and Dance by Brian Seibert

The bassist Esperanza Spalding and choreographer Kayla Farrish are teaming up to improvise together, mending the frayed relationship between their arts.

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Saturday, August 1, 2026

Paul Sanasardo, Creator of Intense (and Even Brutal) Dances, Dies at 97 by Brian Seibert

His dreamlike, expressionistic style influenced the vividly theatrical works of the German choreographer Pina Bausch, an early collaborator.

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Friday, July 31, 2026

Dance Review: ‘To Philly, Love, Rennie’ Is the Sound of Soul, but Muted by Brian Seibert

At the Joyce Theater, Philadanco! premiered a new dance of civic pride by Rennie Harris that’s oddly muffled.

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Friday, July 17, 2026

Mark Morris: A Little Bit Country, a Little Bit Jazz by Brian Seibert

Morris’s dance troupe presents “Dances to American Music,” three programs at the Joyce Theater.

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Wednesday, July 15, 2026

Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center Without Robert Wilson by Brian Seibert

“When I’m no longer living, can this place exist?” Robert Wilson wondered in a film about his Long Island art incubator. This month, its annual festival will go on without him.

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Monday, July 6, 2026

How to Reinvent a Dance Tradition? Be Light as a Feather. by Brian Seibert and Roderick Aichinger and Julien Mignot

Across generations, Lai Hung-Chung and Shen Wei are grappling with the possibilities of Chinese contemporary dance as they present their work in New York.

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Friday, July 3, 2026

A Return to the Familiar at Lincoln Center’s New Dance Festival by Brian Seibert

While it was good to see again Rachid Ouramdane’s moving duet from a decade ago, Akram Khan’s new piece was unconvincing.

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Monday, June 29, 2026

Review: The Choreographer Lucinda Childs’s Persistence of Vision by Brian Seibert

“Momentary Reprise,” a program at Bard SummerScape, spanned Childs’s career, showing how she settled on a style in the 1970s and stuck with it.

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Monday, June 15, 2026

What Is Contemporary Dance? Lincoln Center Invests in Finding Out by Brian Seibert

Thanks to a $50 million grant, a new festival has been born. Kyle Abraham helps to curate the first edition, which is part of the center’s Summer of Dance.

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Tuesday, June 2, 2026

Ballet Tech Gave Them Dance. Now They Give Back. by Brian Seibert

Kids Dance, from the New York Public School for Dance, is debuting a work featuring alumni. That’s not the only way former students are involved with the school.

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Thursday, May 21, 2026

At DanceAfrica, When the Rules Disappear, the Party Begins by Brian Seibert and Hiroko Masuike

Brooklyn students are learning a traditional Ugandan dance for BAM’s festival this weekend. “You cannot shake your hips if you are stressed,” the Ugandan troupe leader told them.

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Wednesday, May 20, 2026

Review: Feels Like Old Times With the Return of Tap City by Brian Seibert and Rachel Papo

Saved from extinction, the New York City Tap Festival is back with its charms and flaws intact.

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Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Julie Mehretu and John Jasperse Find Common Ground by Brian Seibert

Julie Mehretu and John Jasperse are collaborating at the Marian Goodman Gallery: “How do we bring something to each other’s work that feels productive?”

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Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Buddy Bradley’s Legacy of Dance by Brian Seibert

Maureen Footer’s new biography, “Feel the Floor,” shows how a little-known Black choreographer taught white stars all the latest moves.

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Tuesday, May 12, 2026

The Dance Quotes and Callbacks in ‘Schmigadoon’ and ‘The Jellicle Ball’ by Brian Seibert

Breaking down the choreographic allusions in “Schmigadoon!” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” two gotta-dance, Tony-nominated shows.

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Monday, May 11, 2026

The Dance Quotes and Callbacks in ‘Schmigadoon’ and ‘The Jellicle Ball’ by Brian Seibert

Breaking down the choreographic allusions in “Schmigadoon” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball,” two gotta-dance, Tony-nominated shows.

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Friday, May 8, 2026

Review: At City Ballet, Tiler Peck Shows Shimmering Restraint by Brian Seibert

The star ballerina is also an accomplished choreographer. Her sophomore work for City Ballet is bigger and better than her first.

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Monday, April 27, 2026

Courtney Washington Is Ballroom Fierce. Next, She Tackles Modern Dance. by Brian Seibert and Sabrina Santiago

Courtney Washington made her name as a choreographer in street-dance competitions and on the ballroom scene. Now, she’s making a work for Parsons Dance.

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Friday, April 17, 2026

The Choreographer Kyle Abraham Embraces the Big Perm and Boombox Era by Brian Seibert

His "Cassette Vol. 1" has a 1980s mix tape soundtrack and nods to postmodern American dance vocabulary.

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Thursday, April 9, 2026

Review: At Gibney Dance, Reaping the Maelstrom by Brian Seibert

Searching for new repertory, the company succeeds best with two veteran choreographers, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Lucinda Childs.

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Friday, April 3, 2026

Carol Mullins, Who Illuminated Dance for Decades, Dies at 86 by Brian Seibert

She knew nothing about lighting when the director Robert Wilson asked her to work on his shows, and later spent over 40 years as a designer for Danspace Project.

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Wednesday, April 1, 2026

Fosse! Robbins! Making the Case for Vintage Broadway Dance by Brian Seibert

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and the Off Broadway revue "Gotta Dance!" shine a light on repertory that is too often overlooked.

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Monday, March 30, 2026

Ben Stevenson Dies at 89; Choreographer Made Houston Ballet Thrive by Brian Seibert

He created dances performed around the world, and under his leadership the Houston company grew into one of America's largest and most prominent.

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Mark Morris's Stations of the Cross: Simple and Stinging by Brian Seibert

One of two New York premieres at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, "Via Dolorosa" seeks truth in plainness.

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Monday, March 23, 2026

Two Choreographers, Two Visions of Philadelphia Freedom by Brian Seibert

Rennie Harris's "Losing My Religion" and a Matthew Neenan program from BalletX were signs of health in two of the city's most important dance institutions.

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Steve Zahn's Father-Daughter Dance by Brian Seibert

At a Broadway studio, the actor busts a move with his daughter, Audrey, who also happens to be his inspiration (and co-star) for his new film, "She Dances."

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The Man Who Taught Boy Bands How to Move by Brian Seibert

A new tour featuring New Edition and Boyz II Men is also a showcase for the influential work of their longtime choreographer, Brooke Payne.

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Monday, March 16, 2026

At Dance Reflections, Embodied Acts of Memory by Brian Seibert

Works by Soa Ratsifandrihana and Robin Orlin evoked Malagasy line dances and Zulu rickshaw drivers.

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Friday, March 13, 2026

Grasping Esoteric Dance? It's Child's Play by Brian Seibert

A series of workshops that are part of the Dance Reflections festival help to demystify contemporary dance. There are classes for pros, nonprofessionals and even children.

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Monday, March 9, 2026

'Let's Go for a Walk': Three Dance Artists Strip Down Movement by Brian Seibert

At the Dance Reflections festival, Nacera Belaza, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker and Noé Soulier all attempted some form of going back to basics. Results varied.

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Friday, February 27, 2026

Review: 'Gala Flamenca' Brings New Blood and Traditional Thrills by Brian Seibert

The centerpiece of the annual Flamenco Festival New York saw the introduction of another wonder in Juan Tomás de la Molía, alongside some veterans of the art.

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