Merce Cunningham, who as a choreographer was one of modern dance's most important innovators, died Sunday at age 90. Cunningham was known for pushing dance's boundaries by introducing novel abstract ...
The founder of Texas Christian University’s modern dance program, Jerry Bywaters Cochran, was a proponent of thumbing through fine art books for inspiration — especially ones that featured abstract ...
Ellis Wood, the daughter of two Martha Graham company members, has been dancing “since the dawn of man,” she said. But for Ellis Wood Dance Company, which has supported from five to nine full-time ...
Ballet, the basis for all of Western theatrical dance, is a theatrical performance, using elements from a rich tapestry of traditional movements. Most ballets consist of dancing and music only, ...
“Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance 1900-1955” opens at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum and dance performances by the Jose Limón Dance Company, Santa Barbara Dance Theater and ...
It’s a week of stunning modern dance concerts in Connecticut, as the state starts to thaw and stretch in anticipation of ...
Fans of contemporary and modern dance came out to see the new dance company Enkindle Dance Theatre perform at Sacred Heart Music Center this weekend. Co-directors Jordann Abbe, Ricardo Suarez-Talarico ...
It wasn’t long ago that China had zero modern dance companies. Unlike the U.S., where modern dance began to gain popularity in the 1920s with the help of such famous dancers as Isadora Duncan, it didn ...
Modern American dance master Paul Taylor was a sophomore swimmer at Syracuse University when a life-altering urge washed over him. “Something stronger than an itch,” the renowned choreographer would ...
NEW YORK - Paul Taylor, a towering figure in American modern dance who, in a career that spanned more than six decades, created a vast body of work that reflected both the giddy highs and the depraved ...
Contemporary Dance Theater, Cincinnati’s longest-running presenter of modern dance, has announced that it will merge all of its operations with MamLuft&Co. Dance by the fall of 2021. The combined ...
Wednesday on the NewsHour: Trey McIntyre Project Finds a Dance Partner in Boise More from Jeffrey Brown's profile of choreographer Trey McIntyre. Watch more of the interview with Judith Jamison, ...