Dust
Akram Khan and Tamara Rojo teamed up to perform Dust as part of English National Ballet‘s production Lest We Forget, which commemorates the centenary of the First World War. Akram Khan‘s work Dust is about the empowerment of women in…
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dance performances and video dance
Le Sacre du Printemps
Ballet Preljocaj, a leading French contemporary company, makes its local debut with a program that highlights the choreographic intelligence of artistic director Angelin Preljocaj. Angelin Preljocaj, artistic director of Ballet Preljocaj, regularly juxtaposes reinvigorated classics with original works. Preljocaj, who…
Third Practice
Third Practice is a major contemporary dance work created by internationally acclaimed Finnish choreographer Tero Saarinen, developed in collaboration with the Helsinki Baroque Orchestra. The piece explores a moment of cultural and existential transition, drawing inspiration from Claudio Monteverdi’s revolutionary madrigals and…
When We Fell
Choreographer Kyle Abraham returns to premiere his third creation for NYCB, created at a three-week COVID-compliant residency bubble at the Kaatsbaan Cultural Park in Tivoli, NY. After the residency period, this new work – featuring dancers India Bradley, Jonathan Fahoury,…
Swan Lakes
Swan Lake! As soon as you mention the title of this ultimate classical ballet, the images and associations will come by themselves: a lake in the moonlight, the Dance of the Little Swans, Prince Siegfried torn between Odette and Odile,…
Baryshnikov dances with the MMDG
Mikhail Baryshnikov was in the premiere cast for The Argument, alongside Mark Morris Dance Group dancers Ruth Davidson, Tina Fehlandt, Marjorie Folkman, Shawn Gannon, and Mark Morris. This BAM performance features Yo-Yo Ma playing cello and former MMDG Music Ensemble…
Cartes blanches
An anniversary performance, celebrating in movement 20 years of history. In 2016, Compagnie Käfig is celebrating its 20th anniversary. On this occasion, Mourad Merzouki brings together in Carte Blanches several dancers who have gone through the life of the company,…
Roseland
Wim Vandekeybus evokes a dramatic effect by juxtaposing plastic movement, music and scenography. Thus, according to one critic, the performance entitled What the Body Does Not Remember (1987) was distinguished by “a brutal conflict of dance and music, by a…
Same difference
Same Difference (2007) is a theatrical piece by Sol León and Paul Lightfoot, in which dance communicates in both a symbolical and literal way. Same Difference is inspired by the chaotic influence of the ego on the individual. It shows…