10 Legends of Latin and Ballroom Dance
Ten dancers who took locking, popping, breaking, and house from sidewalks and club floors to the center of global culture.
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The body as instrument. Explore dance across cultures and styles, from classical ballet to folk and contemporary movement.
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Latest10 Choreographers Shaping Contemporary Dance
Ten living choreographers, from Frankfurt to the favelas of Rio, whose stages, schools, and movement languages are rewriting what dance can say.
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10 Street Dance Pioneers Who Built Hip-Hop
Ten dancers who took locking, popping, breaking, and house from sidewalks and club floors to the center of global culture.
10 Dancers of Hollywood’s Golden Age
Ten dancers who turned the movie musical of the 1930s to 1950s into the most joyful art form Hollywood ever invented.
10 Choreographers Who Invented Modern Dance
Ten rebels who tore up the ballet rulebook and built a new art form from the body outward, from Isadora Duncan's bare feet to Alvin Ailey's Revelations.
10 Greatest Ballet Dancers of the 20th Century
Ten dancers who carried ballet out of the imperial theaters and into the modern world, from Pavlova's dying swan to Guillem's impossible line.
The Role of Dance in Ritual and Celebration
Before a single word of prayer is spoken or a toast is raised, the body moves. A circle forms, feet begin to stamp, and a rhythm emerges that seems to rise from the earth itself.