Tag: nyc

An American in Paris Gets the Tony for Most Tony Noms

The Tonys are coming, the Tonys are coming! It’s like musical theater Christmas! The 2015 Tony Award nominations were announced this morning by the ever-glamorous Broadway (and TV and movie) star Mary Louise Parker and Bruce Willis (whom you know as “Dancing with the Stars” front-runner Rumer Willis‘ dad). And guys, there are so many […]

Dancers Celebrate the Subway and All of Its…Charm

If you live in a city, you probably understand the struggle that comes with public transportation. Sure, you can get pretty much anywhere on the cheap, but you also never know how long it might take—or what grossness you might encounter along the way. (Just a hint, NYC newbs: The subway is not the best […]

If On the Town Took Place in 2015

(Photo by Joan Marcus/Matt Ross Public Relations/AP Photo) Just last weekend, we raved about the high-fashion designs for the Rockettes in New York Spring Spectacular. We were psyched to see couture designers get inspired by a style of dance besides ballet. Whelp, folks, when it rains it pours. This week we were treated to an […]

Reimagining a Classic

As a student at Wayne State University, Sonya Tayeh had one of those experiences that seem to change everything: She saw Martha Graham’s seminal solo, Lamentation. Fast-forward a decade or so, and Tayeh is revisiting that defining moment. Fresh off another groundbreaking season on “So You Think You Can Dance,” Tayeh was one of four […]

It's Time for the NYC Dance on Camera Festival

It’s been way too long since I was last raving about the amazing confluence of talent and technology that is a dance film festival. Luckily for me (and all of you!) the New York Dance on Camera festival is about to start—it runs from January 30 through February 3 at the Film Society of Lincoln […]

Underground Dance Party

Ahh NYC in December… (Photo by AP Photos) Christmas movies—from Miracle on 34th Street to Elf—tell us it’s the most magical place on earth to spend the holiday season. And in many ways, it is! There’s the tree at Rockefeller Center, the elaborately decorated windows of Macy’s and Saks Fifth Avenue, the Radio City Christmas […]

My Top 5 Performances at Fall for Dance 2014

Fall for Dance—one of the best offerings during NYC’s packed fall season—has ended until next year. The whirlwind festival presents some of the world’s best companies, first during two free evenings at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, and then through a series of $15 performances at New York City Center. It’s no surprise that […]