Jacob's Pillow's 2026 festival salutes "mother of modern dance" Martha Graham with a new Hope Boykin work, a Tanglewood ...

“Legacy + Lineage + Liberation,” celebrates the power of women and women of color through modern dance. As part of its multifaceted 40th Anniversary celebration and 2024 season launch, the ...

José Limón (1908-1972) is known for being a pioneer of American Modern Dance as well as one of the greatest male dancers of the twentieth century. He fought hard for both his art form and the male ...

Amplifying the camaraderie, creativity, strength and vision of Black female choreographers is the foundation of Dayton Contemporary Dance Company’s presentation of “Power & Presence,” coming March 1 ...

In 1929 an American critic, Henry McBride, observed that “the centre of the world has shifted” from Paris to New York. America did not just have cultural capital—it was becoming the West’s cultural ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by An oral history project, “Planting Seeds,” considers the history and impact of an American Dance Festival program to train dancers in China. By Brian ...

The origins and evolutions of Modern Dance in America. To Feel the Earth and Touch the Sky, Living the Legacy of American Modern Dance is a film highlighting the boundary breaking figures in the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Joyful, melancholy, heroic: Paul Taylor’s “Esplanade” celebrates its 50th anniversary and the extraordinariness of ordinary movement. Joyful, melancholy, heroic: Paul Taylor’s ...