Gillian Murphy Reflects on Her Final Season at American Ballet Theatre
July 14, 2025
Gillian Murphy Reflects on Her Final Season at American Ballet Theatre
0July 18 marks the end of an era: Gillian Murphy, American Ballet Theatre’s longest-standing current dancer, will give her final performance in Swan Lake after a 29-year career. (She’s...
Choreographing a Cartoon: Ebony Williams on Making Movement for “Alma’s Way”
0The multifaceted Ebony Williams has made dances for pop stars, movies, commercials, musical theater, and more. Now, she’s got a new credit: cartoon choreographer. Williams recently...
Arts Funding Is in a Dangerous Free Fall
0If you are a performing artist, I’ll bet that, like me, you feel beaten up, beaten down, slammed against many walls. You are likely searching for...
Trans Artist and Activist Sean Dorsey on How Dance Can Meet This Political Moment
0On his first day in office, President Trump issued a series of executive orders limiting the rights of transgender and nonbinary Americans, from stating that the...
Hip-Hop Dance Theater Company Boy Blue Is Bringing London Energy to New York City
0Choreographer Kenrick “H2O” Sandy and composer-producer Michael “Mikey J” Asante met at school in East London when they were 12, bonding over hip hop. After performing...
Meet Radha Varadan, the Kathak Dancer Reinterpreting Classic Ballet Variations
0Radha Varadan’s ingenious reimaginings of some of ballet’s most famous variations using kathak, a form of Indian classical dance, have earned her serious traction online. Based...
Behind “The Nelken Line” Dance Protest in DC—and the Organizers’ Hope to Take It National
0A sharp wind was blowing in Washington, DC, on the morning of Monday, February 17, as 36 dancers processed single file around the John F. Kennedy...
Ashley Bouder on the Ballets That Have Defined Her Career
0The last few weeks have felt fairly routine for Ashley Bouder—morning class, rehearsal, picking up her daughter from school—until it hits her: Her 25-year career at...
How the Federal Funding Freeze Nearly Upended Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance’s Egypt Tour
0The funding freeze that President Trump instituted earlier this week has had ripple effects in the dance community. Choreographer Jody Sperling, whose company Jody Sperling/Time Lapse...
For 101-Year-Old Vija Vetra, Dance Is a Symbol of Life Itself
0“Dance is the art of movement, and therefore anything that is moving, breathing, growing, or feeling is part of the dance,” says Vija Vetra, a 101-year-old...