(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...
Art News
ABT’s ‘Giselle’ Hits the Auditorium Theatre Stage
(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...
Eiko + Koma, Naked by the Bay
(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...
St. Louis Ballet Serves up “Swan Lake” With a Twist
(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...
Ballet Memphis hits Playhouse Square
(Dance, Cleveland) It’s the troupe’s first time in Cleveland. ...more...
Austin Ballet Project Sheds Light on the Holocaust
(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...
San Diego City Ballet Gives Balanchine an Airing
(Dance, San Diego) City Ballet’s Balanchine tribute, “Bravo! Balanchine”, kicks off tomorrow night at 8 at Spreckels Theatre. ...more...
Hubbard Street’s Season Opens With Chagall-Inspired Dance
(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...
UA Pep Band Backs Trisha Brown Dance Co. This Saturday
(Dance, Tucson) The Brown Dance Co. is doing a single show at 8 p.m. Saturday at the University of Arizona’s Centennial Hall. ...more...
Montreal Troupe Tiptoes Through the Agony of Love in Newark
(Dance, Newark/Princeton) The troupe is called La La La Human Steps, they are at the Matthews Theatre on Tuesday night, and they will knock you down. ...more...
Ballet Idaho Slings Fire at SPEC
(Dance, Boise) Ballet Idaho will do its new “Firebird” on a program with “Romeo and Juliet” this weekend at Boise State. ...more...
Twyla’s Twenty-Year “Princess and the Goblin” Odyssey Comes to Fruition in Atlanta
(Dance, Atlanta) The choreographic legend finally debuts her Princess/Goblin beginning this Sunday at the Cobb Centre. ...more...
Wim Wenders’ 3D “Pina” Validates Use of 3D
(Film, Dance, Washington DC) Wenders’ documentary about the legendary dancer opens this week at AMC Loews Georgetown and AMC Loews Rio. ...more...
12th Annual Here & Now Festival Gets Going Tomorrow
(Dance, Miami) The Miami Light Project’s annual festival gets started tomorrow night at the Light Box at Goldman Warehouse. ...more...
Luna Negra Stops By Cincy’s Aronoff Center
(Dance, Cincinnati) Venerable Latino dance company Luna Negra is at the Aronoff tonight and tomorrow with an all-new three part program. ...more...
Get Sweaty, Boise: The Idaho Dance Theatre’s Winter Showcase is Imminent
(Dance, Boise) The IDT’s annual Winter Showcase gets underway with a preview tomorrow night at 7 at the Boise State Special Events Center. ...more...
Off the Edge Dance Fest Crops Up Around ATL
(Dance, Atlanta) The Off the EDGE dance “occasion” culminates this weekend with performances by local companies in Woodruff Park and traveling national companies at the Rialto Center. ...more...
“10×10 on North” Brings New Color to Midwinter with Ten Hot New Plays
(Arts Festival, Berkshire County) The organizers of the 10×10 on North have announced the details of the Berkshires’ first-ever winter contemporary arts festival, spearheaded by Barrington Stage in partnership with the City of Pittsfield. ...more...
Dennis Nahat Is, In Fact, Out at Ballet San Jose
(Dance, San Jose) Nahat, who founded Ballet San Jose in conjunction with the Cleveland Ballet in 1985, will redouble his focus on his role as adjudicator of the Silicon Valley International Art Competition. ...more...
Parsons Dance Opens Joyce Season with “Round My World”
(Dance, New York) The company’s new “Round My World” is the featured piece, accompanied by “Swing Shift” from 2002 and some surprises. Parsons Dance’s season at the Joyce runs through January 22. ...more...