Dance
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Arts
Paula Abdul Accuses Nigel Lythgoe of Sexual Assault During ‘American Idol’
Ms. Abdul filed a lawsuit against Mr. Lythgoe, a producer of the reality show, that accuses him of assaulting her in an elevator. He called the allegations “false” and “deeply offensive.”
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Arts
How ‘The Nutcracker’ Has Been Reimagined, for Better and Worse
A tour through five cases in which Tchaikovsky’s classical score has been taken up by jazz legends and misguided filmmakers.
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Arts
Alexei Ratmansky Infuses ‘Coppelia’ With New Life
At La Scala, Ratmansky’s original choreography makes details and nuances of the story pop, as if a carapace of formulaic interpretation has been cracked open.
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World
A Viral Dance and ‘Happiness Campaign’ Frustrates Iran’s Clerics
It all started when a 70-year-old fish market stall owner nicknamed “Booghy” was grooving in public, in violation of Iranian law.
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Arts
Dancers of All Sizes Hope Change Follows a Discrimination Ban
Not long ago, Akira Armstrong was invited to appear on a new reality dance competition. She was thrilled. The founder and chief executive officer of Pretty Big Movement, a New York City-based company for plus-size dancers, Armstrong had been a vocal ...
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World
Using Dance to Tell the Story of Mozambique’s Struggles
Mozambique’s most influential contemporary choreographer uses bodies in motion to artfully — and clearly — trace the complex recent history of his country.
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Arts
All Together Now: Dance Takes Over the Perelman Arts Center
“The March” explores unison, while “Is It Thursday Yet?” concerns a dancer’s struggle to understand herself after receiving a diagnosis of autism.
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Arts
BAM Announces a Dance-Heavy Season
The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s winter/spring season will feature programs by Mark Morris and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
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Arts
BAM Announces a Dance-Heavy Season
The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s winter/spring season will feature programs by Mark Morris and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
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Arts
Ailey Looks Back to Black Joy and Longing With 1930s Jazz
As part of its New York City Center season, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater presents premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish.