It’s a simple photograph: a young man staring directly into the camera, arms folded. In the image captured in 1962, dance maestro Alvin Ailey looks defiant. Rhea Combs also sees something else when ...

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 ...

Jaw-dropping, spectacular dancing! Fascinating and intricate choreography! Diverse music and a program packed with scholarly content and social commentary! Meredith Ventura, choreographer, founder, ...

“Like a racehorse out of the gate” is how Brenda Way describes the members of her ODC/Dance company as they take the stage and perform. “Beautiful when running, and so exciting,” she elaborates. Local ...

As the director of the American Dance Festival, he oversaw the growth of diverse dance traditions, both in the United States and abroad. By Claudia Bauer Charles Reinhart, who as the longtime director ...

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 ...

The origins and evolutions of Modern Dance in America. To Feel the Earth and Touch the Sky, Living the Legacy of American Modern Dance is a film highlighting the boundary breaking figures in the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by An oral history project, “Planting Seeds,” considers the history and impact of an American Dance Festival program to train dancers in China. By Brian ...

Dancer, choreographer and dance educator Shirley Mordine has died. Her five-decade career in Chicago included founding the dance department at Columbia College Chicago and originating the college’s ...

While most K-pop choreographies are based in more hip hop style dance than classical or ballet-type movements, there’s no denying that a foundation in classical dance lends a special grace and power ...