June 29, 2022

Betty Rowland, One of Burlesque's Last Queens, Dies at 106

Known as “the Red Headed Ball of Fire,” she began performing at age 14, became a headliner on two coasts, and outlived most of her peers. […]
May 11, 2022

Robot Heart and Burning Man devotees make their New York City debut.

A young man sporting elf ears and a pink beard danced shirtless to trance music. A crowd of people sipped Liquid Death, a new water brand […]
April 19, 2022

A Nonbinary Swan, on Pointe

Ashton Edwards, an apprentice at Pacific Northwest Ballet, is part of a rising generation of gender nonconforming dancers questioning ballet’s rigid gender roles. Ashton Edwards’s ballet […]
April 12, 2022

Nebula, a Big New Club, Wants Manhattan to Dance Again

Yang Gao, a newcomer to the nightlife business, took a gamble when he spent $12 million in the middle of a pandemic to carve out a […]
April 9, 2022

Ayodele Casel Is on Tap for ‘Funny Girl’

When chorus auditions began last December for the buzzy revival of “Funny Girl” on Broadway, many hopefuls struggled with the tap dance combination. Some, recalled a […]
February 18, 2022

Dance Class Is in Session: Flail, Get Weird, Unlock Yourself

With collaborators like Miranda July and Evan Rachel Wood, Angela Trimbur stands out among social-media-savvy choreographers whose accessible movement found audiences during the pandemic. You’re going […]
February 11, 2022

When Ballet Skiing Pushed at the Porous Boundary Between Art and Sport

“We brought music to the mountains”: The rebel freestyle form born in the ’70s had a brief Olympic moment. Now it’s experiencing a renaissance online. Recently, […]
January 31, 2022

In Troy Lamarr Chew II's Paintings, a Multilayered Tribute to Hip-Hop

In his latest works, the artist Troy Lamarr Chew II has embedded references to the Bart Simpson, the Shopping Cart and many other familiar moves. Last […]
November 27, 2021

Wakefield Poole, Pioneer in Gay Pornography, Dies at 85

He gave up a dance career to create a crossover, and now classic, hit film in 1971 that had both gay and straight audiences, and celebrities, […]
June 25, 2021

A Graceful Place Where Bhangra and Bollywood Meet

Manpreet Toor, who has found success on YouTube and TikTok, reflects a new wave of Indian diaspora dance. Growing up in California, Manpreet Toor remembers being […]