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October 22, 2008
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November 21, 2007
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June 21, 2007
Company Man
Martin Duberman's biography of Lincoln Kirstein is a case study of the relationship between art and power.
Lynn Garafola
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May 10, 2007
The Brown Decades
In an engaging new memoir, Carolyn Brown recollects her work with modern dance legends Merce Cunningham and John Cage.
Rachel Cohen
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August 31, 2006
Let’s Dance
In Tango: The Art History of Love, Robert Thompson traces the dance's roots in Afro-Argentine history. Tomas Eloy Martínez's The Tango Singer appropriates its music to explore the recent past.
Marina Harss
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November 6, 2003
Diaghilev in Perm
Few Westerners have ever heard of Perm. A former czarist administrative center, rustbelt Soviet city and gateway to the gulag, Perm was long off-limits to foreigners.
Lynn Garafola
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February 13, 2003
One Step Removed
Those of us who have followed the New York City Ballet and the repertory of the world's greatest choreographer, George Balanchine, since the mid-1950s are filled with spine-tingling memories of
Diane Rafferty
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February 6, 2003
Street-Dancing Man
In classical dance, the art of imbalance--the pirouette, the jeté or the mere ethereal, alighted walk that alone makes audiences feel they are getting their money's worth--is the purview
Ginger Danto
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December 23, 2002
Tap Roots
It's a shame that Savion Glover is trying so hard to hide from the world, because he's the greatest tap dancer who ever breathed.
Diane Rafferty
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December 5, 2002
Is It Still Rock & Roll to You?
A lot of nonsense has been written about the choreographer Twyla Tharp and her hit Broadway show, Movin' Out, since it opened at the Richard Rodgers Theatre on October 24.
Diane Rafferty