SINGAPORE – Encouraged by breaking’s inclusion in back-to-back Youth Olympic Games (YOG) at Buenos Aires 2018 and Dakar 2026 – postponed from 2022 due to…
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Olympics: Breaking's breakthrough brings electric 'folk art' to 2024 Paris Games
PARIS (REUTERS) – Breakdancing cleared its final hurdle to feature in the Paris 2024 Games on Monday (Dec 7), bringing the wholly original, electric art…
To See and Be Seen: These Dancers Make Disability Visible
Heidi Latsky’s “On Display” and Kinetic Light’s “Descent” show the broadness and diversity of the field of disability dance. By Brian Seibert It’s not polite…
David Toole, Disabled Dancer With Grace in His Hands, Dies at 56
David Toole was 26 when he found relief from his postal work in Britain in an unexpected way: as a novice dancer at a workshop,…
When a Dance Collective Was Like a Rock Band
In 1970, the Grand Union came into being, and the dance world has never been the same. An improvisatory, leaderless group of artists, the Grand…
Review: A Dystopian ‘Swan Lake’ Bridges Ballet and Modern Dance
CLERMONT-FERRAND, France — Onstage, 26 dancers. In the audience, 550 masked people. And in the theater’s restaurant, a full dining room of happily chatting patrons.…
‘Everything Crossed Over’: Michael Clark’s Cheeky World of Dance
LONDON — Dancer, choreographer, ex-heroin addict, prodigal son, perfectionist, art-world darling, club-world star: Michael Clark was for a long time the enfant terrible of British…
Hidden Talents at Ballet Theater, and a Way to Keep Moving
What to stream: American Ballet Theater’s “Moving Stories,” JoyceStream, Monica Bill Barnes, and a class for all ages and abilities. By Brian Seibert Watching: ‘Moving…
Live, Urgent, but With a Slightly Recycled Feel
The British dance company Rambert livestreams a new choreographic work by Wim Vandekeybus. By Brian Seibert In London on Saturday night, the venerable British dance…
Dance teacher, 24, 'raped boy, 15, and drove him to drink with her sex attacks'
A 15 year-old boy was driven to drink and vaping to cope with depression after his 24 year-old dance teacher raped him, police say. The…