Jacob's Pillow's 2026 festival salutes "mother of modern dance" Martha Graham with a new Hope Boykin work, a Tanglewood tie-in, and premieres from Kyle Abraham.

In findings sure to incite controversy among dancers and their fans, like those from the TV shows "So You Think You Can Dance" or even "Dancing with the Stars," new research suggests that modern and ...

There are no actual dance steps in “Esplanade,” but it’s one of the most electrifying dances ever made. The audacity of its ...

The internationally recognized Dayton Contemporary Dance Company will be performing in the Capitol Theater at the Riffe Center at 8 p.m. on Friday. This is the largest modern dance company between New ...

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 ...

John Scott's irish modern dance theatre present two new dance pieces this Spring. Iconic choreographer Merce Cunningham's 'Four Solos', choreographic event of four solos performed by 3 outstanding ...

Some people always have their noses in a book, Judy Dworin uses her feet. The well-known Hartford-area modern dance choreographer, whose longtime local troupe is now known as Justice Dance Performance ...

Admit it. If you were anywhere near a theater as a kid, you have these weak moments. Say, when the humidity's low, the air's cool, the windows are open, and you're happily vacuuming the living room; ...

Houston's modern-dance companies are facing a shortage of dancers next season. The city's choreographers frequently share dancers, and the more active the scene, the more difficult performers are to ...

To a ballet dancer the modern expressionist dance is a heinous horror; to the expressionist dancer the ballet is merely pretty movement to titillate the fancies of tired businessmen. The modernists ...

In a bare Manhattan studio last week ten very serious young women worked like demons night & day, flinging themselves into the air, jumping frogwise, stomping, crouching, twisting their torsos. All ...