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Walking on Air We're walking to the park in the dead heat of the August night. In front of the path to the...
William Forsythe's "Impressing the Czar," plus the Romantic ballet: Apollinaire Scherr enlarges on an earlier post....
A new website for touring dancers and their fans...
Snapshot This week's video: Mark Morris in "Dido and Aeneas."...
Roundup of ballet action long ago this summer, and a woodcut cat...
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Guest of Summer It's summer, the lazy season, and dancing, which never rests, has taken to outdoor venues....
Alvin Ailey's fiftieth anniversary, from the inside out: Ailey teacher Theresa Ruth Howard reflects on the legacy of the great American company in this, its 50th year...
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Romeo, Juliet, Rabbit and Rogue Thoughts on the latest from Mark Morris and Twyla Tharp....
Undertow The cast members work as a team to provide mounting excitement, but Soledad Barrio is still the one who takes...
The back story in Jerome Robbins' "Goldberg Variations"...
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