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From the Archives

Sara Baras' Ballet Flamenco in Sueños (Dreams)
Photo by Sara Baras
Article by Robert Abrams
Sponsored by Danskin
9/12/2004

Urban Cowboy - the Broadway musical
Photo by Paul Kolnik
Article by John Fink
4/7/2003

Nayikas Dance Theatre Company - Samita the Infinite Within - Supplemental review
Photo by Joseph Khaksouri
Article by Robert Abrams
2/9/2004

Special Brazilian Dance Performance Photos and Candids
Photo by Roberta Zlokower
Article by Roberta E. Zlokower
11/13/2002

A Review of Ailey II
Photo by Natalie Laruccia
Article by Robert Abrams
Sponsored by Air France
3/18/2003

Whim W’Him company dancers filming Madison Olandt and Mike Tyus’ “Elsewhere”. Photo by Stefano Altamura.

Special Focus

Whim W’Him’s ‘Choreographic Shindig VI’ ups the ante on Virtual Dance Offerings - 10/27/2020 by Steve Sucato
The global pandemic caught many dance companies big and small flat-footed when it came to alternative ways to do what they do. And while some of the big budget troupes... (more)
Wim Vandekeybus' Draw from Within is Explosive, Terrifying and a Test of our Stamina for Live-Streamed Dance - 9/27/2020 by Mindy Aloff
Flemish prodigy dancer, choreographer, filmmaker, and photographer Wim Vandekeybus (b. 1963) made his U.S. debut in 1987 with his then-year-old company Ultima Vez. Installed in the black box of The... (more)

New summer dance program ‘nextSPACE’ one of a few recent developments for GroundWorks DanceTheater - 7/19/2020 by Steve Sucato, Jimmy Schlemmer
Amid uncertainty over the global pandemic and the ways forward for arts organizations, Cleveland’s GroundWorks DanceTheater is making the best of the uncertainty by doing what dance companies do best;... (more)

Rahi Rezvani

Performance Reviews

Nederlands Dans Theater's 'Endlessly Free' a Feel-Good Thing of Beauty - 10/28/2020 by Helma Klooss
The first Nederlands Dans Theater performance of the 2020-21 season, Endlessly Free was limited to an audience of only 200 spread over the The Hague's Zuiderstrandtheater space. After months... (more)
Dickinson’s ‘KL3668′ Highlights Verb Ballets’ Engaging NeoClassical Lines Program - 10/30/2020 by Steve Sucato
Founded in 1987 as The Repertory Project and changing its name (and vision) in 2003, Verb Ballets has had a history of reinvention and adaptation. Keeping with the latter, Verb... (more)
Chamber Dance Project Finds Fertile Artistic Ground in Virtual Dance Programs - 10/23/2020 by Steve Sucato
Embracing the new realities of performing in a world under pandemic, Washington, DC-based Chamber Dance Project (CDP) took its annual summer performance series online for the first time. In New... (more)

Anne-Beth Schuurmans. Photo by<br>© Saris & den Engelsman

Interviews and More

Dutch Annual Dance Awards 'The Swans' Another Casualty of Global Pandemic - 10/28/2020 by Helma Klooss - AWARD SHOWS
Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Swans awards (The ‘Oscars’ of the Dutch dance world) were cancelled. (more)
ExploreDance.com's Mindy Aloff Remembers Barbara Milberg Fisher, Sally Banes and Russell Lee who the World Lost Recently - 6/18/2020 by Mindy Aloff - REFLECTIONS
Between mid-April and mid-June, America lost a group of individuals in the arts whom I happened to know—for two decades at least and nearly six decades at most. Below I... (more)
Dancing in a Time of Pandemic: Conversations with Samantha Geracht, David Parker and Kathryn Posin - 6/13/2020 by Bonnie Rosenstock - EXPLOREDANCE.COM FEATURES
These days, live dance performances can only be dreamed about. But that doesn’t prevent dancemakers from creating wherever and whenever possible, using whatever means available, especially new technologies. ExploreDance.com reached... (more)

Robert Abrams

DanceSpots

West Coast Swing at The Mercury Café in Denver, Colorado - 12/23/2015 by Robert Abrams
Outside the mercury was dropping, but inside The Mercury Café the dance was rising. With bright red and white Christmas lights framing the very fine and well loved wooden floor,... (more)
Seeking Friendship in the Front Range - Salsa in Boulder, Colorado - 11/12/2014 by Joanne Zimbler
Why is it that we never do all of the things that we tell ourselves we're going to do as soon as we get some free time or take a... (more)
Seeking Friendship in the Front Range - Hip Hop in Boulder, Colorado - 10/25/2014 by Joanne Zimbler
Growing up in a suburban middle class neighborhood in the 70's many little girls, myself included, eagerly obliged when our parents signed us up for dance classes, the ballet, tap,... (more)