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May 6, 2016
A Violent Room
Why did the movie Purple Rain want or perhaps need to produce and reprise a particular fantasy of interraciality?
Joshua Clover
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February 11, 2016
In Defense of Beyoncé’s Black Panther Tribute at the Super Bowl
The right-wing backlash to her Super Bowl performance only proves how important it was.
Dave Zirin
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January 26, 2016
Why Donny McCaslin Was David Bowie’s David Bowie
In the making of Blackstar, David Bowie trusted that Donny McCaslin and his quartet would invoke a profoundly emotive album.
David Hajdu
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July 30, 2015
Elements of Style
The legendary Balanchine dancer Violette Verdy embodies the alchemy that turns music into meaning.
Marina Harss
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December 23, 2014
Dancing With Shiva
Shantala Shivalingappa smolders as she dances the lives of the gods.
Marina Harss
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April 22, 2014
Song and Dance
Why a production of Prince Igor was a missed opportunity to call a truce between opera and dance.
Marina Harss
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December 30, 2013
Shelf Life
In 1924, Lidia Ivanova, George Balanchine’s “lost muse,” disappeared on the eve of their company’s first European tour. Was her death an accident?
Marina Harss
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December 13, 2013
Justin Timberlake’s Union Tour
JT’s backup dancers have made history by winning a union contract for touring artists.
Jessica Weisberg
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December 4, 2013
Plainspoken: On Mark Morris
How a choreographer’s love for the basic truths of the body has remained uncompromising.
Marina Harss
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July 16, 2013
Running Like Shadows
Alexei Ratmansky’s Shostakovich Trilogy renders the composer’s world and life in the Soviet Union through dance at American Ballet Theatre.
Marina Harss