It is hard to imagine a more spectacular evening of modern dance than Ballet Hispanico’s 2014 season at the Joyce Theatre.  This is a company pushing the idioms of artistic movement to its limits — aesthetically, physically and philosophically.  Thi …Read more

Enchanting fairies, a somnolent princess, an evil curse and, of course, Prince Charming. The Russian National Ballet Theatre, under the artistic direction of Elena Radchenko, held the audience spellbound with its gorgeous production of “The Sleeping …Read more

Children of all ages (and a few adults as well) are bound to fall in love with New York Theatre Ballet’s production of “Cinderella” — and this, it seems, is founder and Artistic Director Diana Byer’s goal.  NYTB has a long and honorable tradition of …Read more

On Saturday, the 92nd Street Y’s Harkness Dance Center presented, as part of their Dig Dance series, “Martha, May and Me,” Pascal Rioult’s tribute to his mentors Martha Graham and May O’Donnell.   The program for the evening consisted of four dances, …Read more

On Saturday evening, Ballet Hispanico presented a number intriguing and exciting of works at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts. Ballet Hispanico is one of the most preeminent dance companies expressing Hispanic culture through dance in the United St …Read more

The Krasnoyarsk National Dance Company of Siberia’s performance of 14 dances at Brooklyn College’s Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday was a treat for any fan of traditional Russian folk dance — and for any fan of great dance, actual …Read more

Part of The New York Theatre Ballet’s “Once Upon a Ballet” series, which takes children’s classics like “The Nutcracker” and “Cinderella” and turns them into one-hour ballets tailor-made for children, “The Alice-in-Wonderland Follies” is a fun, encha …Read more

The Dance Theatre of Harlem, which recently made a comeback in the world of classical ballet, was in good form Friday night at New Jersey Performing Arts Center, where they presented a program in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.  The company was …Read more

For the first quarter hour of Heather Kravas’s “a quartet”, I couldn’t see the four dancers’ faces.  This wasn’t true for everyone in the audience: in fact, there were likely only about six or seven of of us in all who watched the dancers’ backs.  St …Read more

Four world-renowned choreographers from diverse dance and cultural backgrounds brought a mix of comedy, love, angst, and soul to NYU’s Skirball Center For The Performing Arts on Friday, January 10, 2014. The evening began with “The Very Unlikeliness …Read more