Global Motion took place on May 17 and 18, 2025 and showcased three student choreographers: Mayu Oishi, Simon Lathrop and ...

Created by Full Radius Dance in 1993 to showcase the diversity and excellence of Atlanta's dance scene, the Modern Atlanta ...

Mordine also studied with noted choreographers Anna Halprin and Welland Lathrop, who were key influences in forming Mordine’s idiosyncratic, theatrical style of modern dance. Mordine graduated ...

When Contemporary Dance Theater founder Jefferson James first moved to Cincinnati with her husband in 1964, there was no real dance scene in the city. “There was sort of a society of ballet studios ...

"Contemporary Dance in Four Colleges" is a 1952 Perry-Mansfield production that captures the innovative spirit of mid-century American dance education. The film presents dynamic performances and ...

Dance facilitates creative connections, grounds dancers and provides an emotional and physical outlet. At Purdue Contemporary Dance Company (PCDC), students find refuge in the art of dance and are ...

By Zuzanna Lachendro Modern dance has always been political – both an artful form of revolt and a rejection of the status quo. By straying from the principles of classicism that favoured symmetry and ...

By Brian Seibert “Why do they fall down?” This was the question that Yang Meiqi, a Chinese dance educator, asked about the students in a modern dance class she watched in Durham, N.C., in 1986.

By David Belcher Reporting from Seoul While the high-octane choreography in K-pop videos has helped define South Korea’s image globally, in the country itself, it’s modern dance that’s in ...

The son of Jamaicans, he is taken with trailblazers and contemporary dancers who helped make dancehall a global brand. “The most fascinating thing, to me, about Jamaican dance culture is how the ...

The 25 th edition of the Cyprus Contemporary Dance Festival is approaching, bringing performers, choreographers and dance lovers to Limassol and Nicosia. Organised by the Department of ...

Less well remembered today but just as influential was Martha Graham, who pioneered modern dance. The Martha Graham Dance Company, which she founded in 1926, was the first dance troupe in America.