Dance News

If you've ever watched tai chi, the relaxed, slow-motion martial art, you know why those languid movements could inspire a dance. Tai chi's inner calm and outer poise, its unhurried elegance and pliable movement can be beautiful and even uplifting to watch.

In one of Sadler’s Wells largest studios last Sunday you could take part in workshops led by Zoonation’s Kate Prince, Boy Blue’s Kenrick Sandy, Impact Dance’s Hakeem Onibudo, Kymberlee Jay, Simeon Q, Brooke Milner, Nathan Gordon or Clara de Paris.

Until recently the Los Angeles-based choreographer Lula Washington did not use e-mail. Actually, she resisted most forms of technology. So it’s somewhat interesting that a few years ago she found herself working with one of the most technologically innovative directors in Hollywood.

It starts in Columbus, Ohio, and ends in Manhattan, on New Year’s Eve 2011. The Merce Cunningham Dance Company on Wednesday will announce its final tour, meant to give the world a last chance to view the works created by its founder, as performed by the men and women he trained.

The dancer who has been praised all over the world for his powerful stage presence and strong partnering skills is the latest coup for National Ballet artistic director Karen Kain.

It's always tricky when you mess with a ballet that many consider iconic, and it takes a steady hand to tackle the complexities of Igor Stravinsky, as the Savage Jazz Dance Company did with its premiere of "Agon," in the Laney College Theater on Thursday night.

R&B star Omarion is set to replace Sahne Sparks in a U.S. reality TV show after the choreographer was arrested on suspicion of child molestation last month.

After having made their mark internationally in a YouTube video showing them dancing to the beat of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” the inmates of the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC) extend their 15 minutes of fame by continuing their association with the late pop star.

Earlier this week, the New York City Ballet announced that it would produce a "world premiere" ballet in its spring 2010 season featuring a score by Esa-Pekka Salonen and choreography by Peter Martins, the company's ballet master. As it turns out, the use of the term "world premiere" in this case is highly debatable.