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From the first solo to the euphoric final bows, dance is essential to the world-building of ''Cats: The Jellicle Ball.'' Watch four standout dancers from the reinvented classic. Before anyone [...]

Pam Tanowitz's 'Day for Night' flows with and against the current of its surroundings, reflecting the park's strange mix of the natural and man-made. In the work of the choreographer […]

Fresh Tracks, at New York Live Arts, showcases early-career dance makers. This year's talented crop wonders about next steps. Bill T. Jones still remembers warming up backstage for one of [...]

Under the banner ''American Legacies,'' the Martha Graham Dance Company dusted off a classic, ''Rodeo,'' premiered a companion piece and welcomed FKA twigs for a guest solo at City Center. [...]

Under the banner ''American Legacies,'' the Martha Graham Dance Company dusted off a classic, ''Rodeo,'' premiered a companion piece and welcomed FKA twigs for a guest solo at City Center. [...]

In ''Until the Lion Tells the Story...,'' Lacina Coulibaly walks in his ancestors' footsteps. In his solo ''Until the Lion Tells the Story...,'' the dancer and choreographer Lacina Coulibaly is [...]

In ''Until the Lion Tells the Story...,'' Lacina Coulibaly walks in his ancestors' footsteps. In his solo ''Until the Lion Tells the Story...,'' the dancer and choreographer Lacina Coulibaly is [...]

Gayli, a dance night at a Brooklyn bar, provides a welcoming atmosphere for Irish dancing. Under the multicolored lights of a Brooklyn pub on a recent Monday night, a small [...]

Gayli, a dance night at a Brooklyn bar, provides a welcoming atmosphere for Irish dancing. Under the multicolored lights of a Brooklyn pub on a recent Monday night, a small [...]

In Ursula Eagly's ''Dream Body Body Building'' at the Chocolate Factory, the dancers seem to be transmitting a dream state to the audience. For the first stretch of ''Dream Body [...]

In Ursula Eagly's ''Dream Body Body Building'' at the Chocolate Factory, the dancers seem to be transmitting a dream state to the audience. For the first stretch of ''Dream Body [...]

Her program at the Joyce Theater features an extroverted dance from 1975 and two new works: an introspective solo to Jacques Brel and an antic look at a choreographer creating. [...]

Her program at the Joyce Theater features an extroverted dance from 1975 and two new works: an introspective solo to Jacques Brel and an antic look at a choreographer creating. [...]

In this work, inspired by Quentin Tarantino's ''Kill Bill'' films, Croatian performers address the fraught director-actress relationship at its core. The dancer Mia Zalukar lay collapsed on the stage of [...]

In this work, inspired by Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films, Croatian performers address the fraught director-actress relationship at its core. The dancer Mia Zalukar lay collapsed on the stage of [...]

George Lee was the original Tea in “George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker.” A documentary filmmaker found him and a lost part of ballet history in Las Vegas. Among the blaring lights [...]

George Lee was the original Tea in ''George Balanchine's The Nutcracker.'' A documentary filmmaker found him and a lost part of ballet history in Las Vegas. Among the blaring lights [...]

Molissa Fenley's ''From the Light, Between the Lamps,'' a collection of short works, is a steady, rigorous exploration of movement to music. The choreographer Molissa Fenley oversaw one of the [...]

The group, led by Leonardo Sandoval and Gregory Richardson, leans into tap's oneness of dance and music for ''I Didn't Come to Stay.'' The Joyce Theater has rarely felt as [...]

Recent experiments in describing dance, like the film ''Telephone,'' approach it not just as an accessibility service but as a space for artistic exploration. The dancer Krishna Washburn remembers attending [...]

Recent experiments in describing dance, like the film “Telephone,” approach it not just as an accessibility service but as a space for artistic exploration. The dancer Krishna Washburn remembers attending [...]

In her funny and fidgety way, the choreographer Michelle Ellsworth presents new works that probe the uses and limits of language and movement. ''I should try and solve some problems,'' [...]

In two programs, (La)Horde and the Ballet National de Marseille introduced New York to work that taps into a youthful, rebellious spirit. The party was already going when people entered [...]

Spare and simple, ''Aging Prelude'' at the Chocolate Factory is a new beginning for the choreographic duo Chameckilerner. Nine naked people pose on a grassy lawn, like statues in a [...]

Spare and simple, “Aging Prelude” at the Chocolate Factory is a new beginning for the choreographic duo Chameckilerner. Nine naked people pose on a grassy lawn, like statues in a [...]

The center, an unstructured retreat for dance artists, ran into financial difficulties that were heightened by the pandemic. On an idyllic spring day, the choreographer Stephen Petronio was standing in [...]

The center, an unstructured retreat for dance artists, ran into financial difficulties that were heightened by the pandemic. On an idyllic spring day, the choreographer Stephen Petronio was standing in [...]

Yoshiko Chuma and her company's ''Shockwave Delay'' at La MaMa layers movement and music with video and spoken text. It's a lot to take in. With her latest production, ''Shockwave [...]

Yoshiko Chuma and her company’s “Shockwave Delay” at La MaMa layers movement and music with video and spoken text. It’s a lot to take in. With her latest production, “https://www.lamama.org/shows/shockwave-delay-2023,” [...]

The South African choreographer and dancer Dada Masilo's ''The Sacrifice,'' at the Joyce Theater, responds to Pina Bausch. Over the past decade, the South African choreographer Dada Masilo has become [...]

The South African choreographer and dancer Dada Masilo’s “The Sacrifice,” at the Joyce Theater, responds to Pina Bausch. Over the past decade, the South African choreographer Dada Masilo has become [...]

In ''Yes and Yes,'' at the Irish Arts Center, Liz Roche responds to ''Ulysses,'' true to her own voice as she converses with his famously convoluted one. Some dances emerge [...]

Bobbi Jene Smith's ''Broken Theater'' is perhaps the most high-profile offering at La MaMa Moves!, but other programs were just as memorable. About 20 minutes into ''Broken Theater,'' at La [...]

Kathy Westwater's dances at the Chocolate Factory, ''Revolver'' and ''Choreomaniacs,'' build on her focused movement investigations of the last 20 years. For Kathy Westwater's new diptych of dances, ''Revolver'' and [...]

Kathy Westwater’s dances at the Chocolate Factory, “Revolver” and “Choreomaniacs,” build on her focused movement investigations of the last 20 years. For Kathy Westwater’s new diptych of dances, “Revolver” and [...]

Gutierrez, whose work often calls attention to the precariousness of life in the performing arts, is experiencing a period of midcareer abundance. The choreographer and performer Miguel Gutierrez, known for [...]

At New York City Center, a characteristically generous Casel presents works by other choreographers as well as her own ''Where We Dwell V.2.'' The tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel [...]

At New York City Center, a characteristically generous Casel presents works by other choreographers as well as her own “Where We Dwell V.2.” The tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel [...]

In ''Weathering'' at New York Live Arts, the performers seem like the last holdouts of a civilization clinging to survival. The artist Faye Driscoll has always taken her performers and [...]

In “Weathering” at New York Live Arts, the performers seem like the last holdouts of a civilization clinging to survival. The artist Faye Driscoll has always taken her performers and [...]

The contemporary dance group Bereishit performed two works by its founder, Park Soon-ho, at NYU Skirball. The South Korean contemporary dance company Bereishit takes its name from the first word [...]

The contemporary dance group Bereishit performed two works by its founder, Park Soon-ho, at NYU Skirball. The South Korean contemporary dance company Bereishit takes its name from the first word [...]

''Life of Pi'' and Laura Linney on Broadway, Lise Davidsen at the Met Opera, SZA on tour: Here's what we're looking forward to this season. Broadway | Off Broadway | [...]

In Dean Moss's ''Your marks and surface,'' at Danspace, images of softness and struggle coexist. So many potent images linger in the aftermath of Dean Moss's ''Your marks and surface,'' [...]

In Dean Moss’s “Your marks and surface,” at Danspace, images of softness and struggle coexist. So many potent images linger in the aftermath of Dean Moss’s “https://danspaceproject.org/calendar/winter2023-moss/,” a spare yet [...]

“Life of Pi” and Laura Linney on Broadway, Lise Davidsen at the Met Opera, SZA on tour: Here’s what we’re looking forward to this season. Broadway | Off Broadway | [...]

Israel Galván brought a new iteration of his visually pared-down, danced-without-music ''Solo'' to Baryshnikov Arts Center. The dancer Israel Galván, known for his irreverent deconstructions of flamenco, has been performing [...]

The interdisciplinary Out-FRONT! fills a gap in the dance calendar, showing incandescent works like Jasmine Hearn's ''Salt and Spirit.'' For obsessive dance-goers, it's been a while since January in New [...]