7 Things to Do This Weekend
by Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually.
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Baryshnikov Arts Center to Commission New Online Works
The initiative aims to encourage dance makers, musicians and other artists to continue working. “We need art right now more than ever,” Mikhail Baryshnikov said.
Watching a Choreographer Build: Trisha Brown’s Unusual Archive
The New York Public Library has acquired Brown’s archive, including 1,200 videotapes that provide an invaluable record of her creative process.
Dancing With Rice: A Meditative Pas de Deux at the Met
The Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei’s “Our Labyrinth” comes to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with a New York touch from the choreographer Bill T. Jones.
Review: City Dancers Unleashed in the Wild
Our critic reveled in the fact that the only thing separating him from BalletCollective performers was the late-summer air.
On the Anniversary of 9/11, Lincoln Center Awakens With Hope
“Table of Silence” was adapted this year to look back at one moment of crisis in New York City history against the backdrop of another.
For New York City Ballet, Another Digital Season
Live performances in the theater are still on hold, but the company will present an online season, culminating in five new dances.
Trading the Ice for New York City Pavement
Ice Theater of New York finds its way back to the glide under the summer sun. “I go wherever my wheels take me,” one skater …
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American Ballet Theater Promotes Dancers Despite Pandemic Slump
The six new principal dancers include Calvin Royal III, who is just the third Black dancer to be elevated to that role.
Putting ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ in Motion
Amy Sherman-Palladino and her choreographer, Marguerite Derricks, talk about how the show uses dance and movement in conventional and unconventional ways.
David Gordon Digs Into His Archives for a Dance That Matters
The choreographer’s “The Philadelphia Matter — 1972/2020” is a video work for a virtual company of more than 30 performers. That’s a lot of Dropbox.
This Labor Day, These Workers Are Trying to Staying Afloat
The coronavirus pandemic has brought various hardships. An artist, bookseller, comedian and five others share their stories of how they are coping with all the …
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What Can a Body Do? Anime Pushes at Its Limits
These anime series could dispense with gravity and the laws of nature. Instead, they depict athletes’ powers just beyond the realm of possibility.
The School That Camille A. Brown Built
The dancer and choreographer was on a career high when the pandemic hit. Now she has created a virtual school powered by the kind of …
Howell Binkley, Who Sculpted Broadway Hits in Light, Dies at 64
An in-demand lighting designer, he won Tony Awards for “Hamilton” and “Jersey Boys.”
When Merce Cunningham Took On a New Collaborator: The Computer
In his 70s, Cunningham, the modern dance innovator, started a new creative period, discovering new possibilities for human movement.
Graham Company to Draw on Deep Archives for Its Coming Season
The modern dance troupe has been sharing content online since the pandemic began but now will organize programs thematically.
Up on the Roof, Flesh and Blood Dancers Move and Connect
A new performance series, Arts on the Roof, affords some of the few opportunities to watch live dance in New York this summer and fall.
What Is Waacking, and Why Is It All Over TikTok?
A few dedicated New Yorkers are masters of the 1970s club dance, which has become a social media sensation.
Readers Would Add These African-American Directors to the Criterion Collection
As the prestigious archive addresses its severe lack of such filmmakers, we asked you who should be included. You had a lot of ideas.
For David Hallberg, a Swan Song in Pictures
Mr. Hallberg, soon to lead the Australian Ballet, was photographed in Moscow before the pandemic halted his final days as a dancer.
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The Actors With Disabilities Redefining Representation
These performers are creating a new template for the artist-as-activist, challenging their industry — and their audiences — to reconsider what inclusion really means.
Istvan Rabovsky, Ballet Dancer Who Defected From Hungary, Dies at 90
A powerful dancer, he and his first wife, the ballerina Nora Kovach, were among the first highly-publicized defectors from the Soviet Bloc.
Dancing in the Streets of Harlem, and Gathering to Dance, Merce-Style
What to watch this week: a celebratory film by Dance Theater of Harlem; “Sonic Gatherings,” inspired by Merce Cunningham Events; and a Mark Morris masterpiece.
Nina Popova, Dancer Who Fled Bolsheviks and Nazis, Dies at 97
Ms. Popova, who grew up in Russia, toured the globe, danced on Broadway and became a teacher. She died of the coronavirus.
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Russian Ballet Returned to the Stage. Then a Covid Outbreak Hit.
The Mariinsky Ballet has been ordered to stay home to avoid further spread of the coronavirus. What does this mean for other companies?