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.

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

Slip past the Westside Cultural Arts Center’s colorful facade, into its dim-lit parking garage and through its interior to the banging sound of workmen installing an HVAC system. Against one wall, ...

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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, ...

Some people always have their noses in a book, Judy Dworin uses her feet. The well-known Hartford-area modern dance ...

Terminus Modern Ballet Theatre has been through a lot of ups and downs since it was founded six years ago, but a consistent thread has been director John Welker’s commitment to creating new narrative ...

Perhaps one of the last places where the old distinction between ballet and modern dance can still be seen clearly is in the new sculpture rooms of the National Gallery of Art. On one side of a room ...

Executive and artistic director Christine Cox at the BalletX groundbreaking. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY) The go-to place for those in Philadelphia’s construction trade — along the Washington Avenue corridor ...

For a short while, the French-made film Polina toes the line of traditional ballet narrative: a heroine's journey from exceptional promise through bundled hurdles, all the way to the triumph of the ...

Dance has always been more than movement. It’s rebellion. It’s storytelling. It’s innovation wrapped in rhythm and grace. Throughout history, certain dancers haven’t just mastered their craft. They’ve ...