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NYCB Fall Season: Premieres, a Rare Balanchine Revival, a Farewell
NYCB's fall season opened with Jewels and runs through October 18, bringing three Fashion Gala premieres, Balanchine's Pithoprakta for the first time since 1969, and Adrian Danchig-Waring's farewell.
Robbie Fairchild Takes the Helm with 'Lord Chamberlain's Men'
Dancer-actor Robbie Fairchild choreographs and directs for the first time with 'Lord Chamberlain's Men,' a project circling Shakespeare and the sonne…
Brandon Ragland Solidifies His Vision at Dayton Ballet
Brandon Ragland, Dayton Ballet's artistic director since 2023, enters his fourth season with a new Studio Company, a reimagined Nutcracker, and a Bee…
From Comp Star to Derek Hough's Tour: Ava Wagner Arrives
Ava Wagner, 2018 Orlando Junior Best Dancer and "World of Dance" Season 3 finalist, has joined Derek Hough's Symphony of Dance: Encore tour after a b…
Shamel Pitts Brings Marks of RED Home to Lincoln Center
Choreographer Shamel Pitts' Marks of RED, his first work without performing himself, reaches Lincoln Center in January — a return to his formative ca…
Jacob's Pillow Launches Dance as Social Transformation Program
Jacob's Pillow launches Dance as Social Transformation: Kinetic Visioning, a two-week program led by d. Sabela Grimes and Michele Byrd-McPhee, July 2…
Doris Duke Foundation Puts $525,000 Trust Behind Dance Artists
Ashley Ferro-Murray on why dance artists need unrestricted cash, retirement support, and technology partnerships — and how Doris Duke is funding them.
Dance/USA's New Leader Says Rebuild Is Only Path Forward
Executive director Michele Kumi Baer says Dance/USA's structure is unsustainable: membership revenue has halved since 2018 and the group has no regra…
Sarah Michelson Turns the MoMA Atrium Into a 25-Day Dance
Sarah Michelson's "nowhere" runs daily at MoMA through October 11 — a 25-day dance of self-quotation, silver dancers and endless repetition that only…
Waiting Tables, Pet-Sitting, Baking: What Dancers Do in the Offseason
Three professionals tell Dance Magazine how summer layoffs became side careers: serving cruise-ship tourists in Juneau, pet-sitting in Seattle, and b…
