Tag: nederlands dans theater

What It's Really Like Living Abroad to Dance with NDT 2

Two young American dancers, Mikaela Kelly and Jordan Pelliteri (a former DS Cover Model Search finalist!), recently landed their dream jobs with the prestigious second company NDT 2, of Nederlands Dans Theater. So they packed up and headed abroad, ditching NYC subway trains for bicycles in The Hague, Netherlands. Dancing abroad becomes about so much […]

Falling for Fall for Dance

20 companies, 12 performances, $15 a ticket: By the numbers, New York City Center’s Fall for Dance festival looks pretty impressive. When you add in the fact that the annual event often features troupes rarely seen in NYC, and that it seems to ignite the city’s passion for dance—hordes of people line up every year […]

Discover the Wide World of Contemporary Dance

Nederlands Dans Theater. Batsheva Dance Company. RUBBERBANDance Group. These companies top the dream-job list of many contemporary dancers, thanks to their amazingly inventive choreography and culturally specific approach to dance. They’re part of the wider world of contemporary and all its innovations—a world that extends far beyond the U.S. We rounded up boundary-pushing troupes from […]

Have You Seen NDT2 These Days?

Let’s talk about dream companies. It’s safe to say that for many of you, Still Motion Dance Company, Shaping Sound Dance Co. and Cedar Lake Contemporary Dance Company are at the top of your lists. They’re all fantastic—but there’s one thing they don’t offer: a second company. And you know how much we love second […]

Nederlands Dans Theater Comes to NYC

NDT photographed by Rahi Rezvani There are two types of people in the dance world: Those who are obsessed with Nederlands Dans Theater, and those who haven’t seen the troupe perform yet. NDT is a dancer’s company, and I mean that in two senses. First, its repertoire is chock-full of rich, calligraphic pieces that dancers […]

Ailey Does Kylián, I Die of Happiness

Last night, I was able to snag a ticket to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s “season preview” performance, a sampler of works from their upcoming New York City Center season. There was an excerpt from From Before, an earthy, polyrhythmic company premiere by legend Garth Fagan. There was the spankin’ new Another Night by up-and-comer […]