From Manon’s bedroom pas de deux to Sonya Tayeh’s entwined ensembles in Moulin Rouge! The Musical, intimacy is everywhere in dance. It’s also sensitive territory, and […]

Taking class with Baryshnikov in the room never fazed me.  It was the late 1990s and I was in college in Manhattan, where I took […]

When I was little, I would people watch all the time. I would narrate what I thought they were thinking and doing. I would do […]

Imagine the feeling you have when the sun hits your cheeks, warming them on a particularly brisk morning walk. Now, call to mind the burst […]

Shoba Narayan, who plays Princess Jasmine in Broadway’s Aladdin, just so happens to also be an award-winning bharatanatyam performer and teacher, as well as a […]

When COVID-19 smacked the world in the face during spring 2020, pushing a premiere of a new work three years ahead seemed sensible, responsive and […]

You know the clichéd question: If you could go back in time and tell your younger self one thing, what would it be? At the […]

Why do I dance? I never really asked myself that question. My initial love for dance was visceral and complete; when I started as a […]

For Jody Gottfried Arnhold, dance and dance education are one and the same. The visionary philanthropist has spent her career dedicated to transforming the lives […]

Most of my life in dance has taken place in the studio. Wait, that’s not right. My life in dance—as a choreographer, a dancer, a […]