By Malcolm Tay Minutes before opening night of a special all-Choo-San Goh program on December 10, 2021, Singapore Dance Theatre made a major announcement: it would now be known as Singapore Ballet. To veteran spectators familiar with the company’s development, this was likely a welcome move that had been a long time coming. Discussions with
By Robert Greskovic By mid-April, with the COVID pandemic seemingly in the rear-view mirror and the Passover and Easter holidays over, New York City’s dance calendar felt like a burgeoning rite of spring. In one week, New York City Ballet, the Martha Graham Dance Company, and Dance Theatre of Harlem competed nightly for audiences. The
By Rebecca Karpus Historical dance works are not nearly as accessible as paintings and music from the past, which are reasonably easy to access through art galleries, inexpensive reproductions, sheet music, and audio files. Beyond the rare film record and fleeting remounts onstage, where does dance of the past live? How do dancers and audiences