Dance Archives

Farewell to Fosse

“In Fosseville the gaudiest dreams existed side by side with the most vicious betrayals; everything was real but nothing was true”

by Pete Hamill

Originally published: November 3, 1987

MUSIC ARCHIVES

Lost in Music: An Oral History of Disco

“Every night was a different club, one after another, and there were really no barriers: blacks and whites, gays and straights... ”

by Vince Aletti

July 20, 2020

From The Archives

Physical Graffiti: Breaking is Hard to Do

“Like other forms of ghetto street culture — graffiti, verbal dueling, rapping — breaking is a public arena for the flamboyant triumph of virility, wit, and skill. In short, of style.”

by Sally Banes

Originally published: April 22, 1981

Dance Archives

Paul Taylor, Playwright

A theater critic’s take on one of the greatest theatrical figures of the past century

by Michael Feingold

September 4, 2018

Dance Archives

Mark Morris’s Good-Time Variations on Romance Impress at Lincoln Center

by Elizabeth Zimmer

August 10, 2018

Dance Archives

Batsheva’s Version of “Offending the Audience” Mirrors Our Culture’s Fractured Discourse

by Elizabeth Zimmer

July 14, 2018

Dance Archives

From Brooklyn Burlesque to Lincoln Center Cinema: July’s Dance Highlights

by Elizabeth Zimmer

July 4, 2018

Dance Archives

Philadelphia’s Foremost Contemporary Dance Troupe Channels Political Angst

by Elizabeth Zimmer

June 13, 2018

Dance Archives

As the Temperatures Rise, New York’s Dance Makers Soldier On

Here are a half-dozen movement showcases not to miss in June and beyond

by Elizabeth Zimmer

June 7, 2018

Dance Archives

Substance Skirts the Rowdy Confections of Parsons Dance

by Elizabeth Zimmer

May 22, 2018

Dance Archives

“In Fosseville the gaudiest dreams existed side by side with the most vicious betrayals; everything was real but nothing was true”

“Every night was a different club, one after another, and there were real­ly no barriers: blacks and whites, gays and straights... ”

“Like other forms of ghetto street culture — graffiti, verbal dueling, rapping­ — breaking is a public arena for the flam­boyant triumph of virility, wit, and skill. In short, of style.”

A theater critic’s take on one of the greatest theatrical figures of the past century

Here are a half-dozen movement showcases not to miss in June and beyond

“Every night was a different club, one after another, and there were really no barriers: blacks and whites, gays and straights... ”

“Like other forms of ghetto street culture — graffiti, verbal dueling, rapping — breaking is a public arena for the flamboyant triumph of virility, wit, and skill. In short, of style.”