By Gerard Davis Carlos Acosta’s rise from the slums of Havana to one of the greatest ballet dancers of his generation has been well-documented, even made into a 2019 feature film, Yuli. After a stellar career in London and around the world, he made his farewell mainstage performance as a principal dancer for the Royal
By Tessa Perkins Deneault Many current events seem to demand creative action. Dancers are responding by performing at protests, staging their own peaceful interventions or using dance as a way to draw attention to their causes. Dance as protest isn’t a new phenomenon, of course. Dance has long played a role in providing social commentary
By Jenn Edwards Dancers thrive on gathering. The gathering of bodies in the studio, onstage and in the audience is what defines the art form. When a global pandemic put a stop to all of this, there was a collective sense of loss in the community. And when people did start to gather again in