Modern Dance News

Trisha Brown Dance Company zigs and zags at Cal. Zines and libraries: two great tastes that go great together.

This paper show provides a history of African American dance, from its roots in Africa to today's modern dance movements and reflects the gradual movement of African American dance from the fringes of ...

Over the weekend the Martha Graham Dance Company made a too-rare appearance at the Kennedy Center Opera House, and the Mark Morris Dance Group showed up for its annual appearance at George Mason University's ...

REVIEW: Modern dance is known as the rebellion against ballet. For those who have never seen this type of performance, just think of the word "abstract." The dancers don't wear shoes, there doesn't have to be a ...

Pupils of the late Hwang Mu-bong, renowned choreographer and teacher of Korean dance, will hold dance performances commemorating the 10th anniversary of his death.

Inside a sprawling ring built of roughhewn rocks, American sculptor Isamu Noguchi once said he "conversed with stones." Called the "Circle," the dirt yard in the southern Japanese village of Mure served as one ...

Dance fans were treated to the annual UMKC Dance Division Senior Recitals at White Recital Hall on Feb.

In this nicely balanced triple bill, Phoenix Dance Theatre puts computer imagery alongside British modern dance roots.

Founded more than 400 years ago as a secret weapon of slave rebellion in Angola, it has evolved from an underground pastime into an art form that is performed in concert halls around the world.

For years now, Bay Area dance lovers have watched Robert Moses expectantly. His brand of modern dance is both eloquent and streetwise, the kind of in-your-face physical exchange you might see at the corner of ...

Culture, etc. The setting was grand, even a bit overpowering, as CityDance Ensemble took to the stage for one night only on Thursday and became the first dance company to perform at the Music Center at ...

Aspiring actors learn Shakespeare. Young musicians study Bach. For dancers, the opportunities to practice the acknowledged masterpieces in the field are too few.

A night of dance at Burlington's Flynn Center for the Performing Arts Feb. 5, a night of pure dance by dancers aged 22-52. No frills, no props, no tricks of lighting or projections, no sets or scrim (diaphanous ...

Billy Joel's musical soars despite its several flaws. How cool would it be to have a personal soundtrack of your own life, with a handful of musicians and a composer ready to convert any twist or turn of your ...

A cutting edge dance company, The Aspen Santa Fe Ballet will perform live Friday night (Feb. 18) at the Webb Center at 7:30 p.m. The company will present three pieces.

Jenny Rocha established the Rocha Dance Company in 1997 with a fellow dancer, Christine Poland.

Reed lyrics sung by Nadine Medawar). A stroboscopic effect in John Munro's lighting fragments the first slashing, windmilling gestures, imprinting each millisecond on your retina.

Editor's note: This article was modified Monday, Feb. 14, 2005, to correct the location of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance.

Carolyn Dorfman's new "Odisea," performed by her modern-dance company on Friday night at the Duke on 42nd Street, takes a complex bit of history and weaves it smoothly and poignantly into plotless dance.

African drums and answering machine messages will contribute to the commotion when choreographers Tim and Corrie Cowart present the modern dance program ``Co-Motion'' at 8 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at the ...

Reprinted from late editions of yesterday's Globe. The title ''Dance Straight Up!" suggests choreography good enough to go it alone, without the equivalent of the ice needed to numb second-rate liquor.

THERE was a candy machine at the Louisville ballet school where Cathy Weis took lessons as a girl.

Don't blow it. You have love, you share love, you take love to dinner and shower love with flowers, jewels, gifts and most importantly, time.

Their goal was to provide a brief insight into modern dance for the students at Benton County School of the Arts, Courtney Corbin explained.

In a fifty-five minute performance at the Yemeni Cultural Center that left an audience nearly stunned on Wednesday night, the Paris-based dance troupe Choream exhibited their exotic blend of hip-hop and modern ...

Jennifer Wright Cook brings up a good point about the potential plight of dancers when choreographers take jobs at colleges and universities .

Texas Ballet Theater starts the New Year with its annual salute to Valentines Day.

If you go What: Danscore, SUNY Brockport's annual modern dance showcase, presents the world premiere of American Blessings.

Dancing can be described as the body expressing what the soul has to say. Local dancer Kay Alford wants to teach people of all ages how to express their Christianity through dance and how to praise God through ...

Theater and dance students have been preparing for the 15th annual Dancescape in recent months.

When GroundWorks Dancetheater first took its Landmarks Series to the Akron Ice House, the company discovered a historic building perfectly suited to its intimate style of ballet-based contemporary dance.

Cartoons, etc. Before coming to Hopkins, sophomore Brittany Sterrett was involved in a pre-professional ballet program with a rigorous practice schedule: three hours a day, six days a week.