Martha Graham (1894-1991), heralded in her lifetime as “the mother of modern dance,” is being especially celebrated this year in the city where her career began and evolved.

With a life that nearly bookended the 20th century, modern dance titan Martha Graham had one eye on the ancients and another on the contemporary moment. Her works explored Oedipal urges and creeping ...

Her choreography told stories in new ways and her collaborations with costume and stage designers changed the aesthetic of the art. Now, her dance company marks its first century Photographs by ioulex ...

Through movement, Carmen de Lavallade shifted culture. Her decades of work were a proclamation that Black women were not guests in the world of modern dance — they were architects. The legendary ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Just on the other side of the holiday season, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance, the organization that helped raise me and that I currently lead, is celebrating the ...

(RNS) — Bridging the East and West, American women have found Hinduism’s powerful divine feminine through the art of sacred dance. (RNS) — In her early teens and early 20s, Halo Seronko struggled with ...

Alexandra Light, a former principal dancer with Texas Ballet Theater in Fort Worth, is now making her mark behind the scenes. Though retired from performing, Light remains at home in the rehearsal ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred I fell in love with dance as a child. For me, ...

Arianna Russ grew up dancing in Milwaukee. Between college and grad school at the University of Iowa, she returned for a short time to her home city to dance with the Milwaukee Bucks. She first ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Don’t be fooled by its relatively small size. This calendar of Cleveland-area dance events this season only scratches the surface of what’s actually taking place. What’s listed here ...

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