Obsessed with Light’s Co-Directors on Loïe Fuller’s Return to the Screen

The documentary film Obsessed with Light explores the innovative choreographer Loïe Fuller’s life—and her impact on dance, technology, fashion, and the nature of celebrity. Co-directed by Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva…

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Dancer Diary: Pro Dancers React to Step Up

In the video series Dancer Diary, Haley Hilton chronicles her life as a dancer in New York City. Here, Hilton and her friend Libby Lloyd, a dancer on Broadway, rewatch the cult classic…

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Choreographer Damien Jalet on How Netflix’s Emilia Pérez Uses Dance as a “Tool for Resistance”

On the surface, Netflix’s new film Emilia Pérez doesn’t sound like a natural fit for dance: The plot follows a violent drug cartel leader in Mexico who hires a lawyer…

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Monika Saigal on ‘Nourishing Dance’: Fueling your body for dance and life

There is a new book out that is a must-read for dancers, teachers and directors. It’s called Nourishing Dance: An Essential Guide on Nutrition, Body Image, and Eating Disorders by…

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Op-Ed: ​​How to Save a Doomed Geisha

The UK’s The Spectator recently published a piece by the Japan specialist Lesley Downer, historical consultant for the Northern Ballet’s 2020 production Geisha. In her essay, Downer wonders why claims…

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How Majorette Dance Became a Mainstream Phenomenon

At historically Black colleges and universities in the American South, the real stars of any football game are the majorettes. Their signature dance style, created by Black women and femmes,…

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Dancing at your desk: Mark Morris Dance Group and Breakthru create dance breaks for your workday

You’ve heard it before: most people don’t move their bodies enough these days. Office workdays are long, and the television calls once they’re done. (We all need to decompress, right?)…

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“Playground” Star Dexter Carr on When Dance Gets the Reality Show Treatment

The new Hulu reality series “Playground,” with Megan Thee Stallion as an executive producer, is equal parts dancing and drama. The show’s namesake is Playground LA, the Los Angeles dance…

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ESPN+ Series Takes Viewers Inside a Mark Morris Dance Group Audition

Up to four company spots available. Two days of open classes. 380 hopeful dancers. These are the stakes laid out at the start of the fifth episode of the new…

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What Real Dancers Think of Balletcore

Whether you like it, loathe it, or roll your eyes at it, you can’t miss it: Ballet-inspired clothing for the nondancing consumer is everywhere. The fashion and ballet worlds have…

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