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The Top 5 Moments from the Dance Magazine Awards

Last night, a verrrry impressive group of dance-world celebrities gathered at NYC’s Ailey Citigroup Theater for the Dance Magazine Awards, honoring Patricia Wilde, Mats Ek, Yuan Yuan Tan, Philip Glass and Martha Clarke. The DM Awards are always pretty extraordinary, and this year was no exception. Here are our top five highlights from the star-studded […]

Mats Ek in Action

I’m sure you guys know about Jiří Kylián—the Czech choreographer who has almost single-handedly defined contemporary dance, and whose work is Nederlands Dans Theater’s calling card. But do you know about Mats Ek? Ek is a Swedish choreographer and the former director of the Cullberg Ballet (that home of all things REALLY weird). He’s known […]