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Why do I dance? I have to--I need to. To heal. To feel. My mom was ill (MS). I danced, at times frantically, to encourage her to take a step. [...]

ODC dancer I sat recently in the former prison library on Alcatraz Island. A man carrying a champagne flute and a smartphone walked down the adjacent corridor and called through [...]

These two aren't your average dancers. Wu Zhengdan can perform four pirouettes on the head of Wei Baohua, the most on record. Wei hoists his wife onto his noggin, where [...]

Lyrical and warm, Dance Theatre of Harlem's Ashley Murphy has been an audience favorite since the start of her career. After training at Shreveport's Carol Anglin Dancenter, and also at [...]

Two left feet? It doesn't matter. Turn the music on and start. Dancing's less about the feet and so much more about the [...]

'If it's in your veins to dance then you will, regardless of any remuneration.'--Melissa Lanham 'I can hardly live with what I make, but I'm still struggling and dancing!'--Flo Pytala [...]

We Tried It! BOKWA Quick: Do the L and C followed by a 4! If you know what I'm referring to, you're familiar with Bokwa, a worldwide cardiodance craze that [...]

Born in Colorado Springs, Cincinnati Ballet corps member James Cunningham spent his younger years with the Mid-Ohio Valley Ballet Company in West Virginia. He later attended the University of Cincinnati's [...]

Craig Salstein sends out a blast of energy onstage, whether he's tackling the technically demanding role of Bronze Idol in La Bayadere or the hilarious tractor driver of Ratmansky's Bright [...]

A dancer who exudes vitality, Pacific Northwest Ballet's Laura Gilbreath can be commanding or delicate onstage, as the role requires. She grew up in Hammond, LA, and began her training [...]

Like many dancers, I was reported to be dancing in the womb. That dancing continued through my entrance into the world and until this moment. For me, dance is like [...]

Vulnerable yet driven in her passion, Elena Lobsa nova made a heartbreaking Juliet in Alexei Ratmanstzy's new Romeo and Juliet for National Ballet of Canada last fall. She and her [...]

ONE. TWO. TURN. 'Ouch!' Three. Four. Kick. 'Watch it!' By popular consensus, my first steps into dance were at best awkward, invariably embarrassing, and littered with casualties--toes, feet, ankles, not [...]

Stephen Petronio's limb-flinging, inside-out choreography can take your breath away. In the early 1990s, his men sometimes wore corsets and his women drove through space like cannonballs, giving his work [...]

Oregon Ballet Theatre soloist Candace Bouchard is an elegant, meticulous, and versatile dancer. She savors the challenge of highly technical roles, such as Dewdrop in Balanchine's Nutcracker, while also welcoming [...]

'But the jewel of West Side Story, from which all its beauties seem to depend, is the basic conception by Jerome Robbins: a grimy big-city love-and-killing young people's story told [...]

'I just kept listening to life and allowing that to guide me to the next thing,' says Christina Johnson, who has recently shifted gears after a professional dance career that [...]

A soft, velvety quality distinguishes the dancing of Yen Peters, who has been a member of Jennifer Muller/The Works since 2007. Onstage, she projects an openness and kindness that Muller [...]

I loved your recent talk at the Healthy Body Workshop at Steps on Broadway. It was inspiring to hear you say that my body image could improve if I stopped [...]

Anna Schon is a tiny dancer with a bold presence. In Reggie Wilson's The Good Dance at Brooklyn Academy of Music in 2009 (above), she brought an almost irreverent abandon [...]

Perhaps the only dancer whose star power spans Broadway, films, and TV, Bebe Neuwirth is always fun to watch. Sensual and precise, she exudes an elegant, teasing sexuality without losing [...]

My day job is teaching first aid and CPR skills, but my real passion is for dance. I dance a bit of everything--swing, salsa, the hustle, and tap--and for four [...]

Ballet dancer Misty Copeland recounts how she entered the field of dancing. Copeland took her first ballet class when she was already 13 years old. She believes starting late has its advantages, as some dancers who start young burn out when they become teenagers.

A dancer of quiet radiance, Cassie Meador performs, choreographs, and teaches with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in Takoma Park, MD. She has danced all over the country and taught [...]

Making its Canadian premiere at Toronto's Luminato Festival is Two Faced Bastard, an inventive and hilarious piece by Chunky Move, Australia's genre-defying dance-theater company. Choreographed by Gideon Obarzanek and Lucy [...]

With her long neck, sweet face, and elegant bearing, Pennsylvania Ballet's Julie Diana is the Audrey Hepburn of ballet. Articulate and generous in contemporary roles, she can be positively dreamy [...]

Rosalynde LeBlanc is the kind of modern dancer who keeps audiences on the edge of their seats. Her bold movement and daring leaps make her a force to be reckoned [...]

Postmodern dance legend Anna Halprin's Parades and Changes made waves at its 1965 NYC premiere when it was banned for nudity. French choreographer Anne Collod has re-created the controversial work [...]

I have always needed to dance; my life has never been without it. I've been a practitioner of the art form since nearly the day I could walk. My mother [...]

DANCING THEIR WAY INTO HISTORY: Scores of face-painted zombies and Michael Jackson impersonators surround a wax figure of Jackson (far, r) while they attempt to set a Guinness World Record [...]

I was inspired to write to you after reading about the group in Miami who enjoy dancing ('Miami Heat senior dancers shimmy through their golden years,' January). I'm a member [...]