It Could Happen to You: A Raw, Pointed Revival at Alvin Ailey
Jawole Willa Jo Zollar’s “Shelter,” about homelessness, may be the work in this Ailey season that speaks most strongly to the anxieties of the moment.
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CreditAndrew White for The New York Times Two Very Young Dancers, Living the ‘Nutcracker’ Dream
Each year two lucky girls are cast to play Marie in New York City Ballet’s “Nutcracker.” This year’s Maries tell us what it’s like.
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10 Ways to Tell if Your ‘Nutcracker’ Is Traditional
Variations on “The Nutcracker” abound. Our critic sorts out what’s true to the ballet’s heart and (a different thing) to its tradition.
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Leaving Your Soul Onstage
Yannick Lebrun of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dances part of “Sinner Man,” a powerful, propulsive segment of Ailey’s “Revelations.”
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The snow scene in “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker” is a dazzling group effort full of brisk footwork and sparkling jumps.
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Credit Eiko: Waking Herself Up
Eiko Otake performs “A Body in Places,” a shifting solo work related to the nuclear disaster in Fukushima
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The Marching Cobras, a Harlem after-school drumline and dance team, look at marching as an act of cultural expression and political resistance.
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Credit Not Your Usual Bharatanatyam
Preeti Vasudevan tells stories of contemporary life, not of gods and goddesses.
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Credit A Touch of Unrequited Love
Mark Morris stages the tragic love story of “Layla and Majnun”; here the pair touch for the first time.
