5 Things to Do This Weekend
by Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and in person in New York City.
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New York to Allow Limited Live Performances to Resume in April
The state will allow plays, concerts and other performances to start again April 2 for audiences of up to 100 people indoors, or 200 outdoors.
What Is a Ballet Body?
With performances on pause, many dancers are rethinking their relationship to weight.
The Joyce Theater Announces Its First Full Digital Season
Several performances this spring, including a new work by Ayodele Casel, will be recorded onstage at this dance dedicated theater.
Dances to Learn At Home
Online tutorials for TikTok and music-video routines can help prove you wrong. The “WAP” dance is within your reach.
Alexei Ratmansky: From Hibernation to Bubble Bernstein
One of the busiest choreographers in ballet is back in the studio, thanks to bubble protocols. “For what I do, and for the language I …
California Lost 175,000 ‘Creative Economy’ Jobs, Study Finds
“There is no economic recovery in our area unless a working creative engine is driving it,” said Representative Karen Bass of California.
Lincoln Center Will Head Outside Its Closed Theaters to Perform
Officials announced plans to create 10 outdoor spaces for pandemic-era performances and rehearsals, and to work with blood drives and food banks.
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually.
Report: New York City’s Arts and Recreation Employment Down by 66 Percent
The New York State comptroller’s office details the effects of the pandemic’s devastation and says a full recovery would be made only with government assistance.
Silas Farley to Lead Dance Academy in Los Angeles
“It felt like the right next step,” the former New York City Ballet dancer said of taking on a leadership role at the Colburn School.
Don Letts, Mad Professor Team With Times on Carnival Story
The pandemic has dampened the celebrations worldwide. But a Times special project, which includes an interactive music mixing feature, lets readers get into a party …
For Two Cloggers, 20 Years to Get in Step and Get Married
As a teenager, Stephanie Goodman told a friend, “I’m going to marry Mark Clifford someday.” Her prediction came true.
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and outdoors in New York City.
Transcendent Spirits: Lift 40 Voices and Dance
Streaming highlights: the New York Chorale Society, Ronald K. Brown/Evidence and City Ballet’s ‘Prodigal Son.’
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually.
What’s a Dance Theater Without an Audience?
A food pantry or a place to vote — or a place to make dance with different expectations: “What we’ve taken off the table is …
A Flamenco Dancer for the YouTube Generation
El Yiyo grew up in Spain’s Roma community. But it was watching Michael Jackson online, he says, that taught him to dance.
Paris Opera to Act on Racist Stereotypes in Ballet
A report said the company, which has lagged behind on issues of race, needs to do more to promote diversity.
On Ballet TikTok, a Place for Young Dancers to Be Real
“On TikTok, rather than your technique going viral, you could have your ideas about ballet go viral.”
New York City Ballet Dancers to Step Back Onstage
New works by the choreographers Kyle Abraham and Justin Peck will be filmed at the David H. Koch Theater for the coming digital season.
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually and outdoors in New York City.
Wool, Sneakers and Community: Ballet Class Persists Outdoors
“You’re not going to be jeté-ing across Central Park in the snow,” but you are going to move and be with other dancers.
She’s the Dancing Force Behind Nia Dennis’s Viral Gymnastics Routines
Bijoyas Das, a former gymnast with a deep relationship to dance, is training U.C.L.A. team members to let their personality light up the mat.
Walking on Fire, and by Faith, in Northern Greece
Each May in the small Greek village of Lagadas, a group of celebrants uphold a three-day tradition that incorporates age-old fire-walking rituals.
Robert Cohan, 95, Dies; Exported Contemporary Dance to Britain
A New York-born protégé of Martha Graham, he and a rich patron revolutionized dance in the U.K. with a cutting-edge new form.
From Sadler’s Wells, a Sampler of British Dance
The context of the pandemic provides “Dancing Nation” with the common themes of loss, touch and confinement.
5 Things to Do This Weekend
Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually.
Little Island Announces Resident Artists
Ayodele Casel, Tina Landau, Michael McElroy and PigPen Theater Co. will shape the new public park’s performance programming for its first three seasons.
Juan Carlos Copes, Who Brought Tango to Broadway, Dies at 89
Mr. Copes, along with his partner María Nieves Rego, helped take tango out of the social club and make it an international craze. He died …