TikTok True Crime to Stream: ‘Dancing for the Devil’ and More
TikTok continues to be on shaky ground in the United States. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court upheld a law passed by Congress last year that required a ban of…
Review: In Justin Peck’s New Dance, Air, Earth and Self-Help
Justin Peck’s newest work for New York City Ballet, his 25th, is called “Mystic Familiar,” a title that turns out to be telling. Those two words encapsulate the rise and…
Malpaso Dance Company From Havana Brings Energy but Little Risk
This is the 10th season that Malpaso Dance Company, the Cuban contemporary dance troupe based in Havana and founded in 2012, has come to the Joyce Theater. Malpaso is an…
Ashley Bouder, New York City Ballet Veteran, to Retire
The ballerina Ashley Bouder will retire next month after a 25-year career with New York City Ballet, including 20 years as a principal dancer, the company announced on Wednesday. “It’s…
Joel Paley, Writer of ‘Ruthless,’ an Off Broadway Hit, Dies at 69
Joel Paley, a dancer, playwright and director who wrote the book and lyrics for “Ruthless!,” an award-winning Off Broadway musical about an ambitious girl who will do anything — including…
New York City Ballet Pays Tribute to Maria Tallchief in Her Centennial Year
In 1946, Tallchief and Balanchine married: It would be the most wonderful thing, she remembered him saying in her 1997 memoir, and they could work together. The Russia-born Balanchine was…
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, ‘Footloose’ Choreographer, Dies at 78
Lynne Taylor-Corbett, a Tony Award-nominated choreographer and director whose colorfully varied career included commissions for New York City Ballet and American Ballet Theater as well as Broadway musicals including “Swing!”…