(Dance, New York) The Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet hasn’t been seen around these parts much recently, and by “recently” we mean this year, and by “these parts” we mean: well, New York, mostly. ...more...

(Dance, Los Angeles) At Christmas, it’s the Nutcracker; in the spring – at least this spring – it was Swan Lake; but now the L.A. Ballet’s ushering out its season, and that’s when the Next Wave hits. ...more...

(Dance, Portland, OR) So, BodyVox has a new thing up, a hyperkinetic melange of light and sound called The Cutting Room that’s basically the Vox’ tribute to the movies. ...more...

(Dance, Seattle) Donald Byrd’s Spectrum Dance Theater is no stranger to a little bit of controversy, but anyone who’s been following Byrd since he tore through the New York dance world in the late ’80s and early ’90s is probably slightly less than surprised to hear that. ...more...

(Ballet, Albany) When the Saratoga Performing Arts Center opened on 7/9/66, the very first performers to step on stage were members of the New York City Ballet, which, under the direction of George Balanchine, inaugurated the new place with A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ...more...

(Dance, Atlanta) Atlanta’s Beacon Dance has apparently devoted the whole of its season to the Aristotlean elements – earth, fire, water and air – and they come to the end of the run this weekend, with To Air is Human…, which deals with those common and yet continually weighty questions like “What happens when I die?” and “Who stole my car?” ...more...

(Dance, New York) This Dutch dance troupe, Introdans, has been a going concern in Europe since 1971, but it’s never managed to make landfall on this side of the big water. Not until now, that is. ...more...

(Dance, Detroit) The ballet company’s tour continues Friday at the Detroit Opera House. ...more...

(Dance, New York) Maybe the dance of the seven chops? Whatever you like, it’s called Borrowed Prey, and it’s at the Chelsea Market Thursdays to Sundays through May 13. ...more...

(Dance, New York) Guillem’s last performance of “6000 miles away” is tomorrow evening at Lincoln Center; after that, who knows? ...more...

(Dance, Dallas) My but there is a plethora of dance happening in and around Dallas this weekend. Must be the changing of the seasons. ...more...

(Dance, Tucson) The four-dance program was inspired by stories of the old Mexican-American barrio that was done away with in the Sixties, and will go up at Zuzi’s on Saturday at 7:30. ...more...

(Dance, San Francisco) The RMK Company’s 2012 Home season gets underway Friday; they’ll lead things off with the premiere of the new “Helen” on a bill with a host of other work. ...more...

(Dance, Charleston) They’ve had a rough few months, but the Charleston Ballet Theatre is still swinging. ...more...

(Dance, Northern New Jersey) The New York-based dance company bring “Fame”, a new piece commissioned by Montclair State University’s Peak Performances series, to MSU’s Kasser Theater beginning Thursday evening. ...more...

(Dance, Wichita) The younger branch of the legendary Chicago-based Hubbard Street troupe hits Miller Concert Hall on Saturday at 7:30. ...more...

(Dance, Santa Barbara) The Moving Company will premiere “Big City” at the Lobero Theatre on March 30. ...more...

(Dance, San Antonio) The company has laid off most of its dancers and halved the schedule for its season-ending show, but the chairman implores us not to worry. ...more...

(Ballet, Chicago) The venerable and challenging “Giselle” will be danced by any of five pairs of lead dancers during the ABT’s run at the Auditorium, which runs through March 25. ...more...

(Dance, San Francisco) Eiko + Koma’s “Fragile”, an expansion of their 2010 piece “Naked” and the capstone to their three-year career retrospective tour, will be performed tonight and tomorrow at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, with musical accompaniment by Kronos Quartet. ...more...

(Dance, St. Louis) Artistic Director Gen Horiuchi promises a unique new finale for the ballet’s upcoming take on “Swan Lake”, which goes up April 27. ...more...

(Dance, Cleveland) It’s the troupe’s first time in Cleveland. ...more...

(Dance, Austin) “Light/The Holocaust and Humanity”, Ballet Austin’s three-month-long collaboration with Chaddick Dance Theater, reaches its conclusion this weekend with Chaddick’s five-part “Dark to Light”. ...more...

(Dance, San Diego) City Ballet’s Balanchine tribute, “Bravo! Balanchine”, kicks off tomorrow night at 8 at Spreckels Theatre. ...more...

(Dance, Chicago) The big blue Chagall window at the AIC has given life and rise to Hubbard Street Dance’s first piece of the 2012-13 season. ...more...