Based in simplistic sets and dripping with avant garde costumes, Les Ballets de Monte Carlo’s production of Cinderella proves that a classic story ballet doesn’t have to be classical. The national ballet company of Monaco celebrates its 30th annivers …Read more

New York Theatre Ballet premieres Legends and Visionaries next week at New York Live Arts. In addition to stagings of Jerome Robbins’ Antique Epigraphs and Richard Alston’s Such Longing, the concert features a world premiere original ballet set to Ph …Read more

Two jesters walk onstage in front of the curtain. One claps a beat on a clave, arcing it up and over, where the other catches it on his clave. They toss the beat back and forth like that—building to a drum roll that opens the curtain on the rest of D …Read more

Company XIV’s dark and dramatic production of Snow White takes the stage this season with its signature XIV flair. Hilly Bodin, a newcomer not just to Company XIV, but to the New York dance scene, has landed the title role, and we talked to her about …Read more

The Japanese taiko drum and dance sensation Drum TAO is slated to premiere its new show, Drum Heart, in February at the NYU Skirball Center. At the center of the New York City-only production is the famed Japanese director Amon Miyamoto, reuniting wi …Read more

The stage opens on a set of stairs leading to a glittering, ladies-only jazz band. They launch into a mash-up of a few jazz standards, including “It Don’t Mean a Thing” and “Luck Be a Lady”. The performance legend Maurice Hines appears onstage as tho …Read more

In 2013, renowned ballet director Sergei Filin was doused with acid by a masked attacker, right outside his own home. No, that isn’t a cheesy subplot you missed in Insert Ballet Drama Here], that’s just one of the scandals in which the Bolshoi Ballet …Read more

Mark DeGarmo Dance previewed its new work, Las Fridas, named after the Frida Kahlo painting of the same title, December 16th. Originally conceived as an introspective piece for two women, DeGarmo himself stepped in to dance the role of “Light Frida” …Read more

Though it departs somewhat from a traditional Nutcracker, Francis Patrelle’s staging, starring guests from New York City Ballet alongside up-and-coming ballet students of all ages, has stood the test of time. In its 20th anniversary season, Dances Pa …Read more

Advertised as a “baroque-burlesque confection” and hailed all over New York as a holiday wonder, Company XIV’s Nutcracker Rouge truly lives up to its reputation. Part circus, part dance, and part opera—among other things—Austin McCormick’s creation b …Read more