Mayor Eric Adams proposed a series of zoning changes designed to eliminate bureaucratic rules that interfered with New York City’s recovery. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Dancing”
New York’s Dancehall Parties Are ‘A Different Type of Turn Up’
By Gotham Rex on May 6, 2022
From a Sean Paul show in Brooklyn to a 1,000-person yacht party on the Hudson River, the city’s dancehall fans are showing up in droves. Source: New York Times
‘For Colored Girls’ to Close on Broadway, Reflecting Tough Season
By Gotham Rex on May 3, 2022
The revival, directed by Camille A. Brown, received strong reviews but struggled to attract audiences and overcome challenges posed by Covid. Source: New York Times
A Dancer’s Farewell, Not as Choreographed
By Gotham Rex on May 3, 2022
Abi Stafford Lillo left City Ballet amid a family feud and a dispute over whether a choreographer had body-shamed her or she lacked the strength to dance her final role. Source: New York Times
Review: An Afrofuturist Trip to the Lunarverse
By Gotham Rex on April 22, 2022
The choreographer and dancer Shamel Pitts’s “Black Hole: Trilogy and Triathlon” at New York Live Arts is stylish and sincere. Source: New York Times
William G. Hamilton, Doctor to Dancers, Is Dead at 90
By Gotham Rex on April 14, 2022
Invited by George Balanchine to be the in-house orthopedic surgeon at City Ballet in New York, he laid the groundwork for the field of dance medicine. Source: New York Times
Review: The Balletic Rise and Fall of Eva Perón
By Gotham Rex on April 3, 2022
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Ballet Hispánico takes on a new challenge: its first full-length ballet, with choreography by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Source: New York Times
Lauren Lovette Named Choreographer for Paul Taylor Dance Company
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
Lauren Lovette, a former principal with New York City Ballet, has been named the resident choreographer of the Paul Taylor Dance Company. Source: New York Times
11,000 Free Pairs of Shoes Will Dance Across New York
By Gotham Rex on February 24, 2022
The creative reuse center Materials for the Arts is working with the Joyce Theater and Karen Brooks Hopkins, the former BAM president, to distribute dance shoes at no cost. Source: New York Times
Dance Class Is in Session: Flail, Get Weird, Unlock Yourself
By Gotham Rex on February 18, 2022
With collaborators like Miranda July and Evan Rachel Wood, Angela Trimbur stands out among social-media-savvy choreographers whose accessible movement found audiences during the pandemic. Source: New York Times
Stephanie Selby, Ballerina Who Inspired Many, Dies at 57
By Gotham Rex on February 12, 2022
A 1976 book of photographs and text traced her year at the School of American Ballet and made her famous. But a darker story lay underneath. Source: New York Times
A Dance to the Music of Time and T.S. Eliot
By Gotham Rex on February 11, 2022
Pam Tanowitz’s “Four Quartets,” a rich mix of poetry, painting, music and dance, had its New York debut at the Brooklyn Academy. Source: New York Times
‘Sleep No More’ Awakens After a Long Hibernation
By Gotham Rex on February 10, 2022
The pandemic has reshaped aspects of the show, which reopens Feb. 14, but its once and future influence on the theatrical life of the city remains undeniable. Source: New York Times
City Ballet Promotes Seven Dancers as Performances Resume
By Gotham Rex on January 24, 2022
A crew of corps de ballet members, six women and one man, head into the delayed winter season with a new rank: soloist. Source: New York Times
7 Ways to Remember Martin Luther King in New York
By Gotham Rex on January 12, 2022
From in-person and virtual performances to exhibitions and tours, the city offers plenty of options for honoring the civil rights leader this year. Source: New York Times