Unlike ballet, contemporary dance is not necessarily intuitively "understood" by the general public. So, which factors influence whether audiences enjoy a contemporary dance performance? The ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Thanks to a $50 million grant, a new festival has been born. Kyle Abraham helps to curate the first edition, which is part of the center’s Summer of ...

Icarus Contemporary Dance Company is flying closer to the sun with a joyful vision for the group’s Spring Sing performance. The contemporary dance group is part of the lineup for Friday’s campuswide ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Across generations, Lai Hung-Chung and Shen Wei are grappling with the possibilities of Chinese contemporary dance as they present their work in New York. Credit... Supported by ...

After two years away from the stage, Icarus Contemporary will spread its wings at Spring Sing. The annual event provides a space for UCLA students to showcase their work and will be held May 20 in the ...

In 1929 an American critic, Henry McBride, observed that “the centre of the world has shifted” from Paris to New York. America did not just have cultural capital—it was becoming the West’s cultural ...

Watching dance is watching an extraordinary and fleeting artistic creation that uses an instrument we all have: the human body. The dancing body communicates a unique sense of being human as it speaks ...

This studio course explores interdisciplinary approaches to performance and their application to contemporary puppetry. Using the unique and contemporary language of object, gesture, and story, the ...