#Contemporary Dance

This will be mostly a photo essay. Saturday was a beautiful day, if a bit warm and I had to come and go from the festivities. Many of the photos are from just after opening of the events so, while the crowds appear to be missing, they came later. In the end, both events were well attended.

San Diego dance company looks to 'Horizons' while searching for an artistic director to replace its legendary founder

Born in Dublin in 1971, artist Eva Rothschild is best known for her large-scale sculptures. In 2009 she was awarded the Tate Britain annual Duveen Commission, for which she produced Cold Corners, a vast zigzagging sculpture, and in 2014 she became a Royal Academician. She represented Ireland at the 58th Venice Biennale in 2019. She lives and works in London. Her latest exhibition, Our Life, Our Sweetness and Our Hope, is at Modern Art, London SW1 from Thursday to 25 June.

WASHINGTON — High school senior Ashley Blake was told she'd never "make it" in dance because of her body type. Not only is she succeeding now in the contemporary arts, but Blake is also charting a course to be one of its leaders. She's a student at DC's Viva...

Vietnam-born dancer and San Francisco State student SonLam believes in cycles, and the power of attraction. It was 2008 when the first season of reality competition show “America’s Best Dance Crew” premiered and introduced Lam to the Jabbawockeez, a now-globally famous dance crew known for their anonymous white masks and meticulous popping style. For Lam, who’d studied contemporary dance styles, it was something like an epiphany.

Complexions Contemporary Ballet performs 'Woke' and 'Love Rocks' on Wednesday, May 25. Dance promoter White Bird's final show of the season is another pop-infused piece of wokery by a classically trained contemporary company from New York. Like Kendrick? Dig Kravitz? This might be the show for you. If you enjoyed seeing Dancer Theater of Harlem painting kinetic poetry to the sounds Stevie Wonder songs from the album Higher Ground last month, you will love Complexions Contemporary Ballet on Wednesday, May 25. Complexions' 18-member troupe will dance to a mixed hip-hop medley from the likes of Kendrick Lamar, Logic,...

Graduating senior Eli van der Rijn is a double major in international literary and visual studies and biopsychology. In his academic career, classes that stood out include a Spanish class on the Argentine short-story writer Jorge Luis Borges and Experiments in Physiology, a class that gave its students a certain amount of freedom, as they designed their own experiments. Between classes, van der Rijn helps students better their writing skills as a writing fellow. This semester, he assumed the leadership role of head fellow. After graduation, he will take a position as a research assistant at a neurobiology lab in Boston.

Tonight’s episode of “Come Dance With Me” is called “Throwback.”. “Come Dance With Me” will air at 8 p.m. Friday, May 20, 2022, on CBS. LIVE STREAM: CBS on Paramount+ (free trial) and fuboTV (free trial) CBS says, “Each of the final eight teams chooses...

Here is a roundup of arts events taking place around the state, through May 26. • Bob Dylan turns 81 on May 24, and May 26 at 7:30 p.m., Pat Guadagno and his all-star Tired Horses band — featuring musicians such as Rob Paparozzi and Steve Delopolous — will pay tribute to him at their annual BobFest concert at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank. The show will focus on the music of Dylan’s legendary 1975-76 Rolling Thunder Revue, and feature, as a guest performer, Rob Stoner, who served as Dylan’s bassist and music director on that tour.

Spring is traditionally the season of rebirth, but this summer Dance Source Houston’s Barnstorm Dance Fest blooms back to life. Reflecting that springtime abundance are this year’s Artists-In-Residence: Kemi OG (she/her), Kirstin Grbic (she/her), and Jakari Sherman (he/him). Each of them have been working hard with DSH to create new pieces that represent an assortment of movement expressions and creative choices.

The wait comes to an end as the fan-favorite Emmy awards winning show 'So You Think You Can Dance' is finally back on Fox with Season 17. Interestingly, the all-new judging panel has added a zing of freshness into the show with names like Stephen Twitch Boss, Matthew Morrison, and Jojo Siwa as judges. Cat Deeley will step in as the host for this season too.

Vietnam-born dancer and San Francisco State student SonLam believes in cycles, and the power of attraction. It was 2008 when the first season of reality competition show "America's Best Dance Crew" premiered and introduced Lam to the Jabbawockeez, a now-globally famous dance crew known for their anonymous white masks and meticulous popping style. For Lam, who'd studied contemporary dance styles, it was something like an epiphany.

Vietnam-born dancer and San Francisco State student Son Lam believes in cycles, and the power of attraction. It was 2008 when the first season of reality competition show “America’s Best Dance Crew” premiered and introduced Lam to the Jabbawockeez, a now-globally famous dance crew known for their anonymous white masks and meticulous popping style. For Lam, who’d studied contemporary dance styles, it was something like an epiphany.

As families flock to barbecues and beginning-of-summer bashes this Memorial Day weekend, the University of Missouri-St. Louis will play host to an annual gathering of its own: Dance St. Louis’ Emerson SPRING TO DANCE Festival. The three-day fest, which will close Dance St. Louis’ 56th season, features the work...