My Surprising Duet With Arthur Mitchell in Cold War Moscow
The ballerina Allegra Kent remembers dancing “Agon” with Mr. Mitchell on opening night of New York City Ballet’s 1962 tour of the Soviet Union.
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CreditChristopher Duggan Review: Bringing Ted Shawn Back Into the Limelight
Ted Shawn, the father of Jacob’s Pillow in Massachusetts, is revived and reassessed as a choreographer — but with what success?
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CreditGioncarlo Valentine for The New York Times The Choreographer Kyle Abraham Mixes Things Up at City Ballet
Mr. Abraham, who is making his first dance for a ballet company, said he’s not trying to make “that canned version of ballet with an urban zhoozh.”
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CreditQuique García/EPA, via Shutterstock Jan Fabre Is Renowned for Pushing Boundaries. Did He Go Too Far With His Dancers?
Mr. Fabre, an international figure in the arts, is accused by several women of sexual harassment and bullying, and officials in Belgium are investigating.
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Credit Flying for Mr. Balanchine
The third movement of George Balanchine’s “Symphony in C” is for jumpers. “You’re supposed to shoot out and fly,” says Indiana Woodward of City Ballet, who dances here with Sebastian Villarini-Velez.
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Credit Stand. Run. And Run Some More.
Yvonne Rainer’s 1963 “We Shall Run” is performed as part of the Museum of Modern Art’s show, “Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done.”
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Credit A ‘Yellow Glamour Alien’
Thinking about what he feels is “a lack of nuance about how people talk about being black or being queer,” Raja Feather Kelly created “Black Queer Zoo.”
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Credit Rumba, the Dance of Love
Ernesto Palma and Nikolai Shpakov show how competitive ballroom dance is enhanced, not diminished, by same-sex partnering.
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Credit Liberating Bodies at Rockaway
“You kind of let go” to dance Biba Bell’s “Hustle on the Beach,” part of Beach Sessions Dance Series at Rockaway. Watch a portion.
