

Dance/Movement
Take It on Home!
The tap dance community is no longer homeless. On Jan. 4, the American Tap Dance Foundation opened the doors of its new American Tap Dance Center in Manhattan's Greenwich Village. More »

Join the Zumba Party
Zumba is nothing like those repetitive, old-school aerobics classes or boring, calisthenics-based workout programs. More »

Three New Dance Biographies
Coinciding with Lincoln Center's 50th anniversary this theatrical season, three new biographies of dance artists who made significant contributions to dance at Lincoln Center have been published. More »

Yoga for You
Because so many different strands of yoga have developed over the years, how can you even decide which style is right for you? More »

Dancing Their Way to Injury
As the environment and schedule of the professional dancer intensifies, the body morphs in potentially damaging ways to attempt to maintain its health. More »

Chunky Move: Mortal Engine
Be warned: This is not a performance for the fainthearted. The climactic 10 minutes of the hourlong sextet "Mortal Engine" are truly frightening. More »

Dancing for Joy
Despite the gloomy financial scene, dance lovers have plenty of reasons to celebrate. Here are a few. More »

Capturing the Feel of 1950s Memphis
"I decided to take a risk. I didn't want to be a slave to the dance forms of the period," says Sergio Trujillo, choreographer of the new Broadway musical "Memphis." More »

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Serenade/The Proposition
In its New York premiere, the pithy 60-minute work is splendidly rendered by the remarkably diverse and talented Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company. More »

Choreographing a Career
“Most of the performances of my choreography come about because I’m doing work that crosses the path of someone who then invites me to become involved in a project with them." More »

A Pioneer in Representing Dancers
"I had a really bad knee injury and basically had to reinvent my life," explains Julie McDonald of McDonald/Selznick Associates, a talent agency that specializes in dancers and choreographers. More »

Dance Ball Change
At Career Transition for Dancers, our goal is to find a new career for you that is just as fulfilling as your dance career," says William Dale, CTFD's director of development. More »

Improvising Dance
When you think of improvisation in dance, you probably imagine either young clubbers out on the dance floor inventing moves to the latest pop tunes or postmodern artists engaged in contact improv. More »

To Live and Dance in L.A.
If you want to perform with a professional concert-dance company but everyone keeps telling you that Los Angeles is not the place to be, here's your chance to prove them wrong. More »

Preservation Call: Jazz Dance
Calling all jazz dancers! Old-school jazz, that is—and your age doesn't matter. New York–based jazz dance teacher Sue Samuels is forming a new dance company, Jazz Roots, featuring choreography in traditional jazz styles from the 1960s and '70s. More »

Dancing On
The dance artists who are continuing to move forward in these times of economic distress are those who've been managing their finances carefully all along and heeded early warning signs of the downturn. More »

Character Dance
Have you ever fantasized about being an animated cartoon character? Or perhaps you're just looking for a new outlet for your dance skills. If so, you may want to think about motion capture. More »

Zap, Bam, Pow
"Action has to drive the story and articulate character, but what I really like about action is that it's a visceral medium," says Anthony De Longis. More »

They're Gonna Rock It Tonight
"Only people who have done the original show or are strict followers of Jerome Robbins will notice any of the changes I've made," says Joey McKneely. More »

Clicks and Tricks
If your interest in dance books tends toward the visual or the practical, you may want to check out the latest crop. It includes two artsy photography books, one about social dancing and the other featuring photos by Mikhail Baryshnikov (yes -- by, not of). More »

Agnes Is at It Again
"Agnes de Mille's work represents an important period of American choreography that has been lost," says choreographer Liza Gennaro, daughter of Broadway and television choreographer Peter Gennaro. "What she did in terms of movement innovation and finding a movement language for a character is something you rarely see in Broadway choreography today." More »


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