Unlike ballet, contemporary dance is not necessarily intuitively "understood" by the general public. So, which factors influence whether audiences enjoy a contemporary dance performance? The ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Thanks to a $50 million grant, a new festival has been born. Kyle Abraham helps to curate the first edition, which is part of the center’s Summer of ...

Watching dance is watching an extraordinary and fleeting artistic creation that uses an instrument we all have: the human body. The dancing body communicates a unique sense of being human as it speaks ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The choreographer took a barefoot leap for modern dance 100 years ago. Her influence continues to reverberate. Credit...George Platt Lynes/Jerome Robbins Dance Division, via The ...

This post was updated March 12 at 8:59 p.m. With “Homecoming,” the American Contemporary Ballet takes audiences back to school by combining drill team choreography with 1980s nostalgia. “Homecoming” ...