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(La)Horde: Dancing Out Primal Impulses and Resistance

In two programs, (La)Horde and the Ballet National de Marseille introduced New York to work that taps into a youthful,…

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After a Long Intermission, a New Act for a Flagship Paris Theater

The Théâtre de la Ville, now named for Sarah Bernhardt, reopened after a seven-year renovation. But its once-radical approach to…

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Pushing the Body to Extremes to Find Serenity

Why do some people put their bodies through extreme acts? Why cross the Seine on a wire or climb a…

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Jack Anderson, Longtime Dance Critic for The Times, Dies at 88

He brought an all-embracing enthusiasm to about 4,000 articles for The New York Times on modern dance, tap, ballet and…

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Movement and Memory: Dance Love and Dance Rejection in Ireland

Michael Keegan-Dolan has collaborated with his partner Rachel Poirier on “How to Be a Dancer in 72,000 Easy Lessons,” coming…

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Review: Ballet Theater Revisits Its Past With a Hit and Two Misses

Susan Jaffe presents her first New York season as American Ballet Theater’s leader, starting with a program of Alexei Ratmansky,…

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A ‘Matrix’-Inspired Spectacle, With Little to Challenge the Mind

A huge new performance space in Manchester, England, opened with a show that trumpets the building’s possibilities, but doesn’t push…

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To Restore Order, a Troubled Dance Company Calls on a Storyteller

Christian Spuck, a choreographer of narrative ballets, has taken the helm at the Staatsballett Berlin after years of strife for…

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Rudy Perez, a Pioneer of Postmodern Dance, Is Dead at 93

In New York and later in Los Angeles, he challenged notions of what dance is and isn’t with choreography built…

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Flying High at the Beach: Birds, Dancers, Michelson and Merce

With outstretched arms, dancers skimmed across the sand like gliding birds, soundless against the pressing wind and somehow soaring without…

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