Dance is a powerful art form that transcends mere movement. It is an expression without words that many utilize as a powerful stress reliever. Dance facilitates creative connections, grounds dancers ...

The floor is rubber, and the room is a buzz. With the sound of feet hitting the floor as dancers leap, duet partners discuss changes they want to make to ...

Dancer, choreographer and dance educator Shirley Mordine has died. Her five-decade career in Chicago included founding the dance department at Columbia College Chicago and originating the college’s ...

Marcy Plavin arrived at Bates in January 1965. This was the beginning of the Bates Dance program. She launched the Bates College Modern Dance Company four years later in 1969 and became a Lecturer in ...

Ballet is for rich white folks. Interpretive dance is for freaky hippie types. Those are the myths that visual artist Lee Berger, professional choreographer Candy Jimenez, and composer Jimmy ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Don’t be fooled by its relatively small size. This calendar of Cleveland-area dance events this season only scratches the surface of what’s actually taking place. What’s listed here ...

The experience of exile, whether literal or symbolic, is inevitably reflected in an individual’s body. Feeling cut off from one’s roots, or viewing yourself as a stranger in a foreign land, influences ...

It’s a week of stunning modern dance concerts in Connecticut, as the state starts to thaw and stretch in anticipation of ...

As the director of the American Dance Festival, he oversaw the growth of diverse dance traditions, both in the United States and abroad. By Claudia Bauer Charles Reinhart, who as the longtime director ...