Contemporary Dance

What the Heck Is Modern Dance?

Nora Younkin | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Modern Dance, Chicago Dance, Live Performance, Art School, Student Performance, Arts, Contemporary Dance, Performance Art, Chicago Around Town, Columbia College Chicago, College Dance, Degree in Dance, Dance Degree, Chicago News
Nora Younkin

Sometimes it would seem audiences are afraid of modern dance because it's not evident what it's about. Let me tell you another secret: that's okay. Take chances. See something weird. Talk about it.

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Interview With Martha Graham Principals

Christopher Atamian | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: The Joyce Theater, Tadej Brdnik, Martha Graham, Balekeley White-McGuire, Phaedra, Errand Into the Maze, Yvonne Rainer, Contemporary Dance, Arts News
Christopher Atamian

This interview with Martha Graham Dance Company principals Tadej Brdnik and Blakeley White-McGuire was conducted in March before the company's annual run at the Joyce.

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What So You Think You Can Dance Has Done to the Word 'Contemporary'

Nora Younkin | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, Contemporary Dance, Dance Competition, Lyrical Dance, Dance Moms, Local Dance, Chicago News
Nora Younkin

In our not-so-distant past, the word "contemporary" simply meant, "occurring in the present." These days, it has the stunning power to elicit anything from an exasperated eye roll to a peeved tirade from a dancer.

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Watch: 'Replica,' A Live Video Dance Performance

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeff Howard, Alex Vessels, Live Image Processing, Contemporary Dance, Contemporary Art, Student Art, Dance, Performance Art, Projection, Itp, Performance, Kanye, Kanye West, Arts News

With just one dancer, some music, a projection, and live image processing, artists and NYU Interactive Telecommunications Program students Jeff Howard...

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Sniffing and Sobbing My Way Through So You Think You Can Dance

Holly Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Reality TV, So You Think You Can Dance, Contemporary Dance, Twitch, Toy Story 3, Jazz, Adam Shankman, Hip Hop, Alex Wong, Nigel Lithgow, Up, Kent Boyd, Quickstep, Sytycd, Entertainment News
Holly Robinson

How do these athletes perform such feats of strength while pretending to be dolls trapped in boxes, hunters and jaguars, or lovers at a prom? And how do they make me cry almost every time?

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Dancing in a Vacuum: The NEA Says Get Online

Jennifer Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Technology Entertainment and Design, Skybetter and Associates, Time Out New York, Marc Kirschner, Sydney Skybetter, Modern Dance, Contemporary Dance, Savion Glover, Design Brooklyn, Ted, The LXD, Jennifer Edwards, Douglas Sontag, Dance Tech, Dance Technology, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts News
Jennifer Edwards

"American dance is a fugitive art, resistant to capture, elusive in definition, and difficult to quantify." - Douglas C. Sonntag, Director of Dance f...

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The Largely Self-Taught Dancer Wins America's Collective Hearts: So You Think You Can Dance Season Finale

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, Reality TV, Katee Shean, Breaking Entertainment News, Latin Dance, Courtney Galliano, Ballet, Ballroom Dance, Joshua Allen, Nigel Lythgoe, Hip Hop, Adam Shankman, Mary Murphy, Mia Michaels, Contemporary Dance, Twitch, Joshua Allen Winner, Who Won So You Think You Can Dance, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

Joshua Allen was the rightful winner this season. He has everything: creativity, understated charisma, an endearing personality... I really don't know if there's been a winner I've felt is so deserving.

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So You Think You Can Dance Final Four

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, Ballroom Dancing, Jason Gilkinson, Reality TV, Hip Hop, Nigel Lythgoe, Latin Dance, Tony Meredith, Adam Shankman, Tyce DiOrio, Breaking Entertainment News, Mary Murphy, Jazz Dance, Contemporary Dance, Melanie LaPatin, Viennese Waltz, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

This show really outdoes itself each week. I think this week was the best ever choreographically.

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So You Think You Can Dance Top 6

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, Los Angeles Ballet, Reality TV, Argentine Tango, Tyce DiOrio, Nigel Lythgoe, Hip Hop, Breaking Entertainment News, George Balanchine, Contemporary Dance, Ballet, Mia Michaels, Toni Basil, Samba, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

I am shocked. Will's Samba this week completely blew me away, as did his slow Hip Hop. As did his solo. He hasn't done a thing this season that hasn't been excellent.

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So You Think You Can Dance Top 10, Alvin Ailey, and Bollywood

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, Ballroom Dancing, Reality TV, Nigel Lythgoe, Hip Hop, Breaking Entertainment News, Latin Dance, Bollywood, Contemporary Dance, Dance, Alvin Ailey, Krumping, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

Wow, what a week -- I agree with Nigel: "brilliant job."

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So You Think You Can Dance Round 4 Eliminations

Tonya Plank | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Benji Schwimmer, So You Think You Can Dance, Reality TV, Nigel Lythgoe, Ballet, Hip Hop, Breaking Entertainment News, Dance on TV, Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Mia Michaels, Jazz Funk, Modern Dance, Dance, Popping, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

I thought this was Courtney and Gev's best week so far. I'm kind of glad they were in the bottom three, because otherwise we would not have been able to see that wicked Hip Hop routine!

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