Dance

Highlights

From Here to Eternity, a Choreographer Sinks Into the Sea
Faye Driscoll uses the ocean as her collaborator in a sunset dance celebrating the 10th anniversary of Beach Sessions.
By Gia Kourlas and Mohamed Sadek
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Meet the ‘Hydraulic Press Girl,’ Dancing the Undanceable Online
Sarah McCreanor, or Smac, has attracted millions of followers with her reproductions of the weird-yet-familiar images and memes that shape internet culture.
By Margaret Fuhrer
CreditDamien Maloney for The New York Times
1. Calvin Royal III Creates a Ballet Festival With Intention and Care
  With “Unite,” a festival he planned and curated at the Joyce Theater, Royal is “taking the time to do things right,” he said.
  By Marina Harss
  CreditGeorge Etheredge for The New York Times
2. Critic’s Notebook
  The Surprise of the Olympics: Breakers’ Delight
  Breaking, the dance form created more than 50 years ago in the Bronx, has made its Olympic debut. It’s not a sport, but does that matter?
  By Gia Kourlas
  CreditChang W. Lee/The New York Times

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A Star Ballerina Steps Into an Art Gallery
Sara Mearns’s long lines, from her feet to her expressive fingers, come to exquisite life in this duet, choreographed by Jodi Melnick.

CreditMohamed Sadek for The New York Times
Watch Three Dancers Pony Step Into the Sunset
A jaunty trio prances across the stage in Pam Tanowitz’s new work for Little Island.

CreditMohamed Sadek for The New York Times
Watch a Sisterhood of Budding Ballerinas
Five students from the School of American Ballet perform an excerpt from George Balanchine’s classic “Serenade.”

CreditMohamed Sadek for The New York Times
Watch a Tap Dance That Transcends Time
For her improvised solo to Max Roach and Cecil Taylor, Ayodele Casel said “the way in is to honor what you’re hearing.”

CreditFletcher Wolfe for The New York Times
Rugged, Physical Work With Durability
In Abby Zbikowski’s “Radioactive Practice,” a dancer says, “You’re seeing survival and community in real time.”
By Gia Kourlas
CreditRudolf Costin for The New York Times

Once Sidelined, Breaking’s B-Girls Now Throw Down at Center Stage
Women are competing in breaking in greater numbers and, thanks to better training and more opportunities, with more dynamic moves.
By Jonathan Abrams
How Will Breaking Be Scored at the Olympics?
A panel of nine judges will apply Olympic rules to the dance form that originated as a free-flowing expression of hip-hop culture.
By Jonathan Abrams
Critic’s Spotlight
What if All Dance Forms Were Considered Equal?
At the Palais Garnier, ballet met hip-hop and beyond in a glittering Cultural Olympiad presentation of Saïdo Lehlouh’s ever-evolving “Apaches.”
By Gia Kourlas
Hip-Hop Arrives at the Paris Olympics With Breaking’s Debut
Breaking spread across the globe in the decades after it originated in the streets of New York City. Its roots will be on display in Paris, if you know what to look for.
By Jonathan Abrams, Bedel Saget and Umi Syam
The Choreographer Bringing Hope to the Stage and Beyond
Rachid Ouramdane, who presented a major new dance as part of the Cultural Olympiad, directs the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris. How does he do it all?
By Gia Kourlas and Benjamin Malapris
Critic’s Notebook
Female Gymnasts Have to Dance. What if the Sport Actually Valued It?
Olympic gymnastics would be more enjoyable on TV and in the arena if choreography were less of an afterthought, our critic writes.
By Laura Cappelle
Critic’s Notebook
Dance Leads the Way as Art Meets Sport at the Cultural Olympiad
A program of arts events shown in conjunction with the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games looks at the relationship between art and sport.
By Gia Kourlas
How to Teach a Horse to Dance
A dressage rider explains how she and her horse, Jagerbomb, made it to the Olympics.
By Alex Marshall and Bobby Beasley
In New York, Van Cleef Becomes the ‘Fairy Godmother’ of Dance
The jeweler’s generously funded Dance Reflections program is having a major influence on the city’s scene. How much impact is too much?
By Brian Seibert
Scandal Hits U.K.’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing,’ the Original ‘Dancing With the Stars’
The BBC said it would add chaperones to rehearsals after allegations of abusive behavior at a hugely popular dance show that inspired international versions.
By Isabella Kwai