Plainspoken: On Mark Morris Plainspoken: On Mark Morris
How a choreographer’s love for the basic truths of the body has remained uncompromising.
Dec 4, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Running Like Shadows 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.
Jul 16, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Ralph Lemon’s Come Home Charley Patton
May 21, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
A Form of Order: On Paul Taylor A Form of Order: On Paul Taylor
Paul Taylor Dance Company has sustained a signature style, and without having left modern dance behind.
Sep 12, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Life After Merce Life After Merce
Can the work of Merce Cunningham survive his death and the closing of his dance company?
Feb 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
The Dying Swan: On Jennifer Homans The Dying Swan: On Jennifer Homans
Jennifer Homans thinks ballet is dying, its masters dead and gone. But ballet, which exists in time and leaves no record, is always dying.
Feb 10, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Back Talk: Frederick Wiseman Back Talk: Frederick Wiseman
A conversation with the director of La Danse about the discipline of ballet--and documentary filmmaking.
Dec 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Ratmansky Takes Manhattan Ratmansky Takes Manhattan
A celebrated Russian choreographer is charting a stylish new course for American Ballet Theatre.
Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Walk With Me: The Art of Jerome Robbins Walk With Me: The Art of Jerome Robbins
The genius of Jerome Robbins.
Oct 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Pointe Work Pointe Work
Nureyev: The Life brings new focus to an iconic figure of modern ballet.
Nov 21, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss