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FKA twigs Dances Martha Graham: ‘This Is Art in Its Truest Form’
Once a young bunhead, the acclaimed musical artist is taking the stage with the Martha Graham Dance Company. For her, it’s holy grail territory.
By Gia Kourlas
CreditCaroline Tompkins for The New York Times
A Protest Set to Banjo: Jamar Roberts’s Dance for Hard Times
“We the People,” Roberts’s first dance for the Martha Graham Dance Company, finds the rage and resistance hidden in an upbeat score by Rhiannon Giddens.
By Brian Seibert
CreditSasha Arutyunova for The New York Times
1. At Harlem Stage, Bringing Downtown Dance Uptown
  As Harlem Stage’s E-Moves dance series turns 25, Bill T. Jones and other major choreographers discuss its impact on Black dance in New York.
  By Brian Seibert
  CreditRafael Rios for The New York Times
2. Review: Limbs Hook Onto Limbs as Bodies Endlessly Intertwine
  The Sydney Dance Company’s “ab [intra]” at the Joyce Theater is impressive but chilly.
  By Brian Seibert
  CreditPedro Craig

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Watch: The Solo of ‘Solitude’
Click through as Joseph Gordon performs a section from Alexei Ratmansky’s new dance for New York City Ballet, a reaction to the horrors of the war in Ukraine.
By Gia Kourlas and Stephan Alessi
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Watch Martha Graham’s Dance of Empowerment
In 1936, Graham choreographed this scorching response to the rise of fascism.
By Gia Kourlas
CreditMohamed Sadek for The New York Times
Where Subway Dancers Practice Their Art
“You are the center of your own world. Any space is important,” the Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula told members of It’s Showtime NYC.
By Gia Kourlas
CreditShawn Brackbill for The New York Times
How the Rockettes Fall Like Dominoes
Dancers fall. Sometimes, it’s intentional.
By Gia Kourlas
CreditAdam Golfer for The New York Times
Rugged, Physical Work With Durability
In Abby Zbikowski’s “Radioactive Practice,” a dancer says, “You’re seeing survival and community in real time.”
By Gia Kourlas
CreditRudolf Costin for The New York Times

Loving Him Meant Facing My Greatest Fear
Living with a disability, I shielded myself from dance. Then I met him.
By Chloé Cooper Jones
What to Do When You Can’t Figure Out How to Draw Anthony Fauci’s Glasses?
Advice on quashing doubt and maximizing procrastination, according to Joan Baez, Kim Gordon, Bill T. Jones and Myha’la.
Interviews by Kate Guadagnino
A First Album, a First Restaurant, a First Time on Broadway: Ten Debuts Happening Right Now
This season’s beginners, from Ice Spice to Tyla to Sarah Pidgeon.
Interviews by Juan A. Ramírez and Emily Lordi
Ushio Amagatsu, Japanese Dancer Who Popularized Butoh, Dies at 74
He brought worldwide attention to a radical yet elemental form of contemporary dance that emerged in the wake of wartime destruction.
By Alex Williams
In City Ballet’s Coming Season, New Works and Earlier Curtain Times
New York City Ballet will present a mix of old and new works, including premieres by Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky and Caili Quan, and introduce fewer intermissions.
By Rachel Sherman
Critic’s Pick
Review: Dance Theater of Harlem Is in New (and Capable) Hands
The company performed its first New York City Center season under the direction of Robert Garland in a program including George Balanchine’s “Pas de Dix.”
By Gia Kourlas
A Dance Through Dusty Time: The Choreographic Bite of Beth Gill
In “Nail Biter,” a New York City premiere, this exacting choreographer explores her ballet roots and how to be in her body now.
By Gia Kourlas
Downtown Los Angeles Places Another Big Bet on the Arts
The pandemic was tough on city centers and cultural institutions. What does that mean for Los Angeles, whose downtown depends on the arts?
By Robin Pogrebin
The Sounds That Made Her Move: ‘Music Fed My Life Force’
The choreographer Dianne McIntyre presents “In the Same Tongue,” a dance she calls “an artistic history of myself,” at the new Apollo Stages at the Victoria Theater.
By Gia Kourlas
Review: Turning Dancers Into Aliens One Step at a Time
Under the artistic leadership of Emily Molnar, Nederlands Dans Theater returned to New York City Center with a less than stellar triple bill.
By Gia Kourlas