South African-born choreographer Andi Schermoly, introspective and troubled over the status of women in the world, has created "Jane Doe," a new piece for Smuin Contemporary Ballet that addresses the ...

One of New Zealand’s most famous contemporary dance companies, Black Grace, has wowed audiences around the world. The group will return to the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Sunday. Acclaimed for ...

Why travel to New York City or Boston to see a professional ballet performance? One of the state’s best-kept secrets has been the Connecticut Ballet, a professional ballet company, known for ...

Now that the season of dancing nutcrackers and waltzing flowers is in the rearview mirror, Portland’s dance scene takes a serious turn. As 2025 gets underway, dance presenter White Bird offers a ...

Dance is a powerful art form that transcends mere movement. It is an expression without words that many utilize as a powerful stress reliever. Dance facilitates creative connections, grounds dancers ...

When Contemporary Dance Theater founder Jefferson James first moved to Cincinnati with her husband in 1964, there was no real dance scene in the city. “There was sort of a society of ballet studios ...

Africa’s most celebrated dancer and choreographer, Germaine Acogny, turns 80 on 28 May. I have had the privilege of meeting the Senegalese artist, learning from her, and interviewing her as part of my ...

In 1929 an American critic, Henry McBride, observed that “the centre of the world has shifted” from Paris to New York. America did not just have cultural capital—it was becoming the West’s cultural ...

The Emerald Isle Step Dancers will perform a traditional ribbon dance — tangling and untangling streamers in the colors of ...

Indiana University announced Feb. 3 that Jacobs School of Music’s ballet program and the College of Arts and Science’s contemporary dance program will unite next school year to form the new Jacobs ...