Elements of Style Elements of Style
The legendary Balanchine dancer Violette Verdy embodies the alchemy that turns music into meaning.
Jul 30, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Dancing With Shiva Dancing With Shiva
Shantala Shivalingappa smolders as she dances the lives of the gods.
Dec 23, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Song and Dance Song and Dance
Why a production of Prince Igor was a missed opportunity to call a truce between opera and dance.
Apr 22, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
Shelf Life 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?
Dec 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Marina Harss
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