Dance Artists and Audiences Face a Dilemma: To Go or Not to Go to the Kennedy Center?
September 19, 2025
Dance Artists and Audiences Face a Dilemma: To Go or Not to Go to the Kennedy Center?
0Diane DeFries, former executive director of the American College Dance Association, has been attending performances at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since...
Ryan K. Johnson’s New Show Uses Percussive Dance to Explore Climate Change
0Ryan K. Johnson’s zeal for rhythm is evident the moment he begins to speak about his work, the art form, the state of the arts, and...
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...