We liked talking out our choreography, counting out the steps, and naming our crazy dances—the hot oil and flour, the butt pinch, and the pumpkin patch. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There were also choral competitions, with a festival atmosphere and plenty of group choreography - ancient versions, if you like, of the present-day carnivals in Rio de Janeiro, Trinidad and Notting Hill. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In the middle of our choreography, we split into two groups to make a path for our emcee to walk down and grace the audience with her beauty. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She followed her and found Sosie stretched out on her back in the sand, watching the clouds and stars perform their own choreography. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

So I listened to his ideas about choreography, the songs he wanted to mix for the music, which beats were best for which power moves. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

I had already memorized the choreography of the Balanchine Nutcracker, so I expected to come out of class dancing like a real ballerina. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

The whirl of colors is unbearable, a jagged, unsettling choreography. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Zeitoun and Nasser nodded to them in greeting, and with a quick choreography about who would sit where, the new residents found places in the tiny cell. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Our choreography was fresh; our moves were tight and perfectly in sync; the music was mixed beautifully. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The incident probably did occur, but with a different choreography. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

They whipped and whirled through a desperate choreography. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

They celebrate first of all the inviolability of the earth, and they re-enact, each time, in stereotyped choreography, our long anxiety about the nature of life. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had a natural eye for choreography, and everything he said sort of clicked for her. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

However, it did give Bobby a sense of the board, the movement and role of the pieces, and the choreography of how a game of chess could develop. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“They’ve been working on the choreography for months. I actually knew they were planning this.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

At summer camp, when the other girls in my cabin were practicing choreography for “It’s a Hard Knock Life,” I was writing letters to Maddy. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

It was his wildest demonstration of himself, of himself in the kind of world he loved; it was his choreography of peace. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No. It’s really too late to change the choreography. But never fear. The circuses will be marvelous! Ah...not the modern sort of circus, mind you. That would require clowns, and I hate clowns.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

On the other line, Judith is still yammering on about the pageant choreography, which has really never looked like anything more than measured walking. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

His blank eyes appear fixed on the women and their unerring choreography. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The choreography these guys came up with was really intricate. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

She moved with quick, delicate motions like a bird or a dancer, shifting from foot to foot in a silent, complicated shuffle, as if she were practicing choreography. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

In the square there by the docks, we formed, an operation carried out not without some error, we being little acclimated to the choreography of street-fighting. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

But as Cory Stearns, one of five dancers alternating the role of Prince Désiré, explained, the look suits the more old-fashioned style of the choreography. ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Awakes to Vibrant Ballet Costumes 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

If you thought you knew this ballet’s choreography, you find here its phrases are frequently embellished by rapid beaten steps, sudden low balances, complex footwork. Review: ‘The Sleeping Beauty,’ Reawakened by American Ballet Theater 2015-05-31T04:00:00Z

The choreography and direction, by Andrew Letso Kola, who also conceived the story, communicates through clear, simple gestures. Review: ‘Pula!’ Dancing for Rain on Broadway 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

It remains to be seen if this trip, with book by Michael Norman Mann and choreography and direction by Rachel Klein, will be long or strange. What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Most of it, throughout the film, is a blend of choreography and animation. The Styleless Fakery of “Suicide Squad” 2016-08-08T04:00:00Z

As the tour proceeds through the theater," Cornish's Tonya Lockyer explained in a recent e-mail, "the audience will encounter short movement sequences from Merce's choreography set in the nooks and crannies of the Paramount. Cornish College of the Arts presents a Merce Cunningham 'minEvent' 2011-02-01T01:01:29Z

The music could be abrasive, the costumes peculiar, the choreography hard to absorb. Arts & Leisure: Merce Cunningham Dance Company Ends Its Legacy Tour 2011-12-22T14:31:38Z

His heavily weighted, earthbound choreography matches both the varied bodies of the cast and the emotional tone of the show. ‘The Last Ship,’ With Songs by Sting, Opens on Broadway 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

Russian story, Russian music, Russian choreography, and it has been blessed by royalty of the Russian ballet. Poetry in motion: Mariinsky Ballet brings Russian fairy tale to the stage 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

But elsewhere, Wheeldon keeps replacing the original choreography with his own, and I kept feeling my heart sink, both as a lifelong Jackson fan and a dance critic. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Pita, 46, was speaking from Hamburg, where he’s working on choreography for the new “Charlie’s Angels” movie. ‘The Tenant,’ Reimagined by the David Lynch of Dance 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

Stroman, who over the last 30 years has won five Tony Awards for choreography and direction, including both categories for “The Producers,” is best known for musicals. Coming to Broadway This Spring: A Farce About a Problem President 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z

The dancers are excellent, the choreography thin, the course of events completely befuddling. Royal Ballet Debuts Liam Scarlett’s ‘The Age of Anxiety’ 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

And as meticulous as Brown is about choreography and connection — replaced by stillness and isolation in the play’s poems of anguish, to devastating effect — she is just as precise about textual lucidity and depth. Review: ‘For Colored Girls’ Returns, Leading With Joy 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

With this late start, it became clear that his greater gift was for choreography. ‘Like a Bomb Going Off,’ by Janice Ross 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

Once everyone grows more comfortable with the choreography, she said, instructors will throw in more complex moves. SoulCycle opens first D.C. studio

“We worked on the choreography of it for months before shooting the scene so that we would have the right flow between the camera and the characters moving through the shot,” Skarsgård said. A Viking epic to conquer them all in ‘The Northman’ 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z

One of the great pleasures of Morris’s choreography is the freedom of the body. Lou Harrison and Mark Morris: a grand partnership of music and movement 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z

In the first Ms. Srinivasan skillfully adapts solo choreography by her teacher, Sri C. V. Chandrasekhar, for all three dancers, demonstrating a feel for the interactive possibilities of unison and counterpoint. Dance Review: ‘Being Becoming,’ by Malini Srinivasan, at Fringe Festival 2012-08-13T21:34:16Z

Strangely, the difference between good and bad choreography counts for less at Ailey than at anywhere else. Critic?s Notebook: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater as Hit Maker 2012-01-03T20:49:03Z

From 2002 on, he began making most of his new choreography on these RUG dancers: it’s no secret that he loved their energy, their willingness to attempt anything. ArtsBeat Blog: Cunningham Countdown: Saying Goodbye to the RUGs 2011-12-01T18:44:42Z

She added that borrowed choreography seemed robbed of its original power in the context of a pop music video. ArtsBeat Blog: Beyonc? Accused of Plagiarism Over Video 2011-10-10T21:50:56Z

Mr. Blankenbuehler walked over and began to perform the accompanying choreography. How a ‘Hamilton’ Super Fan Got Cast in the Broadway Show 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

The choreography is by the ubiquitous British choreographer Wayne McGregor, known for his relentless intensity. 7 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z

The original choreography is no longer, as Buckle thought, lost. The Rite of Spring – a rude awakening 2013-04-12T15:01:01Z

It wasn't meant to be, and we have to get over it and focus on the charms of this fizzy, well-executed touring show: choreography, choreography, choreography, costumes and performances, in roughly that order. 'Bullets Over Broadway' makes up for its lack of new music with strong choreography and acting 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

The luminescent Ally Love is the queen of seated choreography. This Is Your Brain on Peloton 2021-03-16T04:00:00Z

For all of its plenitude and facility, the bulk of the choreography does seem familiar, stuck somewhere between derivative and original. Dance Review: Ballet Arizona in Ib Andersen?s ?Play? at Joyce Theater 2012-02-23T23:51:31Z

What becomes more apparent here than ever before is the toughness of mind underlying these proscenium works, and it enriches the choreography with qualities of suspense and tension. Review: From Trisha Brown, Three Last Dances (Maybe) in Brooklyn 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

Macy’s Stars of Dance: This week’s sequence emphasized “precision choreography,” with dancers in mint-green pants marched in tight formations to “We Came to Smash” The choreography was clever, and hopefully will.i.am caught their audition tape. Dancing with the Stars Watch: Will.i.Am and Olly Murs Perform 2013-04-24T09:45:52Z

ABC quickly cut to shots of the Times Square crowd as Ms. Carey tried to perform some of her choreography. Mariah Carey’s New Year’s Eve Nightmare in Times Square 2017-01-01T05:00:00Z

Last fall, the professional dance artist Ysabelle Capitulé was surprised to find that choreography she had created for the singer Victoria Monét’s music festival sets had become the viral “Some Cut” challenge. TikTok Is Dead (Maybe). Long Live TikTok Dance. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

Too fast, and the choreography goes off the rails. Finding the Keys for the Right Ballet Steps 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z

To avoid presenting Lucy through a male point of view, Mr. Vasterling and Ms. Williams worked closely together, always considering how Ms. Rowser felt while doing the choreography. What if Shakespeare’s Dark Lady Told Their Love Story? What if It Were a Ballet? 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z

It unfolds behind a scrim made of elastic bands so that the choreography looks as if it’s being shown through a filter; the vertical lines evoke a grainy film. Dance Review: Mimulus Cia de Dança Presents ‘Dolores’ at the Joyce 2014-02-28T22:41:17Z

Both the choreography and the dancers caught the bounce in recordings of Scandinavian folk music, the vitality that makes you laugh. Dance Review: Ballet Tech Performs at the Joyce Theater 2013-06-14T20:30:52Z

Michael Lehr’s fight choreography is designed around special effects that require little from the actor, who hurls scores of nameless brutes through walls with just a tap. ‘Samaritan’ Review: Taking Out the Trash 2022-08-25T04:00:00Z

In general it would be good to see this company, the world’s foremost exponent of Balanchine choreography, experiment with different texts of his ballets over the seasons. Dance Review: ‘Apollo,’ ‘Orpheus’ and ‘Agon’ at City Ballet 2012-09-19T21:19:09Z

“I want to focus more on choreography. I‘m working a lot on film. Dance star Akram Khan prepares for swansong tour 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

Nichols’s dancing was expansive and free, yet in the service of the choreography — or, really, the musicality within the choreography. Easy Does It: Bringing Old-School Wisdom to City Ballet 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

What this performance made clear was that it takes a lot of planning and choreography to do something this small and casual. Review: Frank Ocean Transmits Intimacy on a Grand Scale 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

Graham’s choreography may not always sit comfortably in the 21st century. Dance Review: Martha Graham Dance and the Siti Company Perform 2010-06-10T22:21:00Z

At the same time, he considers his choreography to be classical and is confused when people say it isn’t. Justin Peck Calmly Creates a Kingdom at City Ballet 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

One definition of a balletomane is someone who cares more about dancers than about choreography, to or beyond the point of madness. Review: In ‘Onegin,’ Two Star Ballerinas on Contrasting Arcs 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z

The program includes a performance featuring choreography inspired by Bollywood films against projections of colorful animations. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

New English Ballet Theatre Peacock, Box office: 0844 412 4300 The company's debut showcase, Synergies, is crammed with optimism and energy: nine works feature, nearly all with new choreography, original design and live musical accompaniment. New English Ballet Theatre – review 2012-07-05T17:30:01Z

A few of the songs, though, seem like filler, and the choreography, by Spencer Liff, rarely pops. Review: In ‘The Man in the Ceiling,’ Jules Feiffer Adapts Himself 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

In the year ahead, the National Symphony Orchestra will host a two-week festival combining new musical works with newly commissioned choreography in "New Moves: Symphony + Dance." Kennedy Center to host hip-hop festival in 2014 2013-03-05T16:55:17Z

The four-night series, which starts Wednesday at Roulette in downtown Brooklyn, incorporates what Ms. Silvers refers to as “live choreography.” Sally Silvers?s ?Prize Every Time? at Roulette in Brooklyn 2011-10-09T04:00:16Z

At a Wednesday evening rehearsal for the musical “Into the Woods,” the actors playing two lovesick princes were practicing the choreography for their big Act 1 duet, “Agony.” Scalpel, Sponge, Magic Beans: When Doctors Moonlight as Actors 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

But it builds into something of a gem when the choreography becomes less about making shapes than feeling them. Review: Remaking the Ballets Russes, With a Queer Spin 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z

The choreography, by Akram Khan, is arresting, and Ms. Pinto, even with an unfocused and underwritten role, is captivating, as is the elfin Ms. Corlett. Review: ‘Desert Dancer’ Tells the Story of the Afshin Ghaffarian 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

In 2018, when we first met, Ben and I started working on some choreography. "We have to do it in Spanish": Melissa Barrera on dance-filled "Carmen" reimagining set in Mexico 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z

It’s from Satie’s score that Mr. Morris takes the objective, quiet tone of his choreography, and within what often sounds like a flat, nondance score he keeps revealing meters and patterns through dance terms. Dance Review: A Romp Through the Barn 2011-08-20T00:23:30Z

The choreography — danced by Mr. Lubovitch’s troupe, in its 45th year — was less so. Dance Review: ‘Capture/Release’ Uses Lar Lubovitch Dancers 2013-06-26T21:49:30Z

Most students are in classes, like technique or repertory or choreography, until dinnertime, and many also take it upon themselves to stretch or work out before bed. They?re Called Intensives For a Reason 2011-07-22T15:29:54Z

The program, a production of the Merce Cunningham Trust and the center, begins, sensibly, with the only piece for which Cunningham’s choreography is still known: “Totem Ancestor.” Review: Who Can Commune With Cunningham and Cage? 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

The choreography calls for exacting precision — not just in bodies but on faces. How Does Time Pass at This Rave? With Hypnotic Precision. 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

In an interview Ms. Jamison praised the diversity of Mr. Battle’s choreography, his ability to draw audiences into his works and his rapport with the dancers. Robert Battle to Become Alvin Ailey Artistic Director 2010-04-28T21:59:00Z

It's a moody and enticing visual poem, but the choreography, for six dancers, struggles to achieve the same suggestiveness. Nederlands Dans Theater 2010-07-13T21:30:00Z

The concert worked through five phases, not strictly chronological but drawn from the mood of the songs and the choreography of their videos. Music Review: First-Person Reflections On a Pop Career 2011-03-20T21:20:51Z

From his earliest sketches, Hood made the center’s choreography of massing — the dramatic sequencing of low-, medium- and high-rise buildings — the bedrock of that plan. Hudson Yards Is Manhattan’s Biggest, Newest, Slickest Gated Community. Is This the Neighborhood New York Deserves? 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z

Workmanlike fistfights and riveting choreography are the hallmarks to this sturdy, rough-around-the-edges B-movie whose easy pleasures arise from its assuredness in the genre. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2023-06-16T04:00:00Z

The ballet in the penultimate scene does nothing to advance the opera’s plot or themes, particularly not with Benjamin Millepied’s bland new choreography. Opera Review: ?Khovanshchina? at the Metropolitan Opera 2012-02-28T16:32:53Z

Another fascinating juxtaposition happened with the dancing, since de Mille’s choreography was supplemented with jitterbugs devised by the king of Harlem ballrooms, Herbert White, who brought along his troupe. Shakespeare, Swing and Louis Armstrong. So What Went Wrong? 2021-01-07T05:00:00Z

Ms. Harper’s choreography, benefiting from the greater definition, amplitude and authority of these professionals, caught some of the music’s urgency. Review: Attacca Quartet Serves Up John Adams, With Dance as a Side Dish 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Ms. Richardson, despite her modest stage manners, is an enchantress with wonderful delicacy, while Ms. Zhang brings a marvelous fullness to her choreography. Review: British and American Ballets Showcase Youthful Blend of Style and Skill 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z

His own choreography embraces both the grace and line of ballet and the weight and purposefulness of modern dance. Lar Lubovitch: Confessions of a Former Go-Go Dancer 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

He earned a Tony nomination for his choreography in “The Color Purple.” A grand duo in Seattle’s Spectrum Dance Theater and Attacca Quartet 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

Dorrance’s choreography helps draw attention to those subtleties, isolating swiveling ankles and knees. Dorrance Dance and a Mythili Prakash Premiere at Jacob’s Pillow 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z

The music, a new composition by Oliver Davis, sounds like a paint-by-numbers contemporary ballet score, and Liang’s neoclassical choreography looks like something that any skilled dancemaker might have created in the last few decades. Review: Christopher Wheeldon Creates a Memorable Realm 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

In both cases, the choreography is independent of the irritation, and more than ample justification. Review: Taking a Chance on Merce Cunningham 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z

This weekend, Finnish choreographer Tero Saarinen is presenting the world premiere of new choreography that will be performed onstage alongside the orchestra. With every flick of her baton, conductor Susanna Mälkki chips at classical's glass ceiling 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

The work is not entirely dark: The brainy choreography uses humor as a path toward catharsis. 39 Dance Performances to See This Fall 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

But it’s Balanchine choreography that gives a ballerina her highest challenges. Critic?s Notebook: At City Ballet This Winter, You Could Sometimes See the Music 2011-02-28T23:15:07Z

The choreography is striking, but only in flashes. Review: ‘Monchichi,’ a Love Story in Different Languages 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z

Would this slice of shared history, told in rapid-fire hip-hop lyrics and muscular choreography, resonate on this side of the pond? ‘Hamilton’ Opens in London. Does Anyone Know Who Alexander Hamilton Is? 2017-12-07T05:00:00Z

Their choreography has aggressive accents of taekwondo and boxing, along with an air-slicing assortment of somersaults. ‘West Side Story’ Review: Sharks vs. Jets vs. Video 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

Yet as choreography, this too was qualitatively erratic. ‘Unreal Hip-Hop,’ at Jacob’s Pillow, With Decadancetheatre 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

She could see the images of past dancers, including Graham, go by — their poses revealing profound pain and grief — as she moved through the choreography in slow-motion. In the Dance Lab With Martha Graham 2018-05-25T04:00:00Z

After another half hour, the three of them decide to run through the choreography from start to finish. Dancers at Work: Alexei Ratmansky in the Studio with Natalia Osipova and David Hallberg 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z

This season’s crop shows you how much of the art of choreography for musicals lies in pastiche. Critic’s Notebook: A Look at This Year’s Broadway Choreography 2014-04-25T22:05:13Z

If it’s been a minute since you laced up your skates, the terrific choreography here will be the nudge you need. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

In that production, both setting and choreography are faithful to the pre-revolutionary Russia in which the poem is set. This week's new dance 2013-01-26T06:00:16Z

In 2008, Ms. Tayeh submitted a reel of her choreography to “So You Think” and was soon booked on the fourth season. Sonya Tayeh Strides Into New York’s Dance World With ‘The Wild Party’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

But from the first, the choreography by Patricia Wilcox and Warren Adams shows that Motown is full of dance energy: you see steps, rhythms, phrases from overlapping groups and from individuals. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Matilda’ Movement, and More Broadway Choreography 2013-06-07T22:02:24Z

The dynamic choreography, by Christopher Scott, is ill served by the editing and camera movements, which hack graceful and athletic motion into a hectic collage of faces and limbs. ‘In the Heights’ Review: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

But for this in particular, they wanted to do some choreography for it, so that everyone was on the same page, there were no surprises. 'Mad Men' stars remember biggest bombshells hurled at them on series 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

Both won nominations for best direction and Nicholaw won a best choreography nomination. 'The Book of Mormon' leads Tony Award nominations 2011-05-03T13:29:08Z

In the final moments, the group converged in a lively flourish of syncopated folk-inflected choreography — a polite nod to the theme — and then clustered together. Review: At New York City Ballet, an Intriguing Glimpse of the Future 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

Dance on film tends to flatten out choreography. Dancing with Merce Cunningham in Three Dimensions 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

From the opposite side of Skyriders, his tricks unfold as choreography, a balletic performance that straddles art and sport. Bounce so hard 2012-07-28T13:00:00Z

In 1963, performer Faith Dane sued M&H Company for royalties for her choreography in "Gypsy" and lost. There’s a long history of dances being pilfered for profit — and TikTok is the latest battleground 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

Hope Mohr Dance became Bridge Live Arts in August as part of a continuing transformation; it’s currently led by two co-directors, with Mohr moving into an “affiliate artist” role that focuses on choreography. Dance’s Communal Ethos Is Moving Into the Office and Boardroom 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

But too often the ballet’s choreography is merely expository, with long tracts of forgettable passages illustrating subplots. Review: Ballet Is Spectacle in ‘Like Water for Chocolate’ 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z

Certainly, in look and in choreography, Roberts, also credited with scenic and costume design, has created something stylish. Exploring the Dimensions of Black Power at Alvin Ailey 2021-12-05T05:00:00Z

Cocktails are elevated to a level of high art at this dim bar where owner and sole bartender Hidenori Komatsu engages in an intricate choreography that involves hand-carved ice and crystal glassware, and dramatic lighting. In the watering holes of Tokyo, the highball reigns supreme 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

The musicality of Balanchine’s choreography is often — lazily — spoken of as if there were something inevitable about it, as if the music explained every movement. Dance Review: Reintroductions on a Winter?s Eve 2011-01-19T23:23:54Z

Indian moviegoers already know about Rajamouli’s knack for maximalist action and imaginative set pieces, many of which are built around dynamic special effects and choreography. How the Indian Action Spectacular ‘RRR’ Became a Smash in America 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

The rest of the cast, moving to Hope Boykin’s swishing, slashing choreography, seem to struggle. ‘Cornelia Street’ Review: A Musical With Local Ambitions 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

Filmed in the shakiest hand-held style, it featured three actors mooching around hotels and hospitals in a rundown Greek coastal town, sometimes enacting fight scenes that resembled avant-garde choreography rehearsals. Yorgos Lanthimos, ​director of The Lobster, on his wild, star-studded life of Queen Anne 2018-12-09T05:00:00Z

In many scenes, there’s a choreography of walking through and taking up space. Putting ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ in Motion 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z

She joined them on their shifts and observed their work to craft her choreography. ArtsBeat: Finding Subjective Truths at SXSW 2012-03-14T19:30:48Z

The effect is stunning, emphasizing the beauty of Xiaoding’s compositions and the elegance of the fight choreography and battle scenes. ‘Spin Me Round,’ ‘Small Town Crime’ and More Streaming Gems 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

Instead, it does 21st-century choreography with a muscular and occasionally dangerous edge. BalletBoyz: the Talent 2013 – review 2013-03-17T00:05:42Z

He had created nearly 90 minutes of choreography. Dance Review: Cunningham Company Dances 'Nearly 902' in Montreal 2010-05-31T22:24:00Z

A few years ago, the company’s star dancer, Bijayini Satpathy, broke off on her own to try her hand at solo work and choreography. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z

Does the mobile dance film advance the art of choreography or of dance on film? The Next Wave of Dance Films, Made on Your Phone, Is Here 2018-07-31T04:00:00Z

Much of the group’s choreography involves elements of voguing, a style created by queer Black and Latino dancers. Meet Bob’s Dance Shop, ‘World-Class Vibe Curators’ 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

The choreography in “The Minstrel Show Revisited,” he says, is “a combination of real dances, authentic dances and made-up dances.” Donald Byrd’s ‘Minstrel Show’ tackles touchy racial history 2014-02-17T01:42:55Z

Music and dance meshed into an organically beautiful whole with “Music for Piano 4-19,” whose solitary notes and spare textures provided a haunting soundtrack for the tautly sensual, rigorous choreography of Cunningham’s “Suite for Five.” Music Review: For Composers, Bending the Notes for Cunningham 2011-03-21T21:36:32Z

This clarity, in turn, gives a firmness to Ms. Melnick’s choreography, providing anchor points in a style so gossamer that it tends to disintegrate. Review: Ballet and Modern Dance Meet, and Ultimately Embrace 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

In the long skeins of notes in a Bach partita or fugue, Mr. Teshigawara’s choreography finds an aural counterpart, nearly becoming a kind of freehand music visualization. Review: Dancing in the Liquid Realm of Dreams 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z

Phaeton,” a retelling of the Greek myth by Michael Milligan, opens April 29, with Kyd directing, longtime local dance instructor Kelly King providing choreography, and Gilbert starring as Phile. Riot Grrrls says no to all-female ‘Taming of the Shrew’ 2016-01-05T05:00:00Z

She is also building a career online, studying viral dances, collaborating with peers and posting original choreography. The Original Renegade 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Dancegoers have more chances to see choreography by Balanchine than by any other choreographer, and yet rich events like this remind everybody that there’s much more to see and comprehend. Dance Review: Demonstrating How a Special Choreographer Made Men Special 2011-08-04T21:32:04Z

Now he’s leaving the stage behind to focus on choreography. All the Ways to Fall for Dance Again Onstage and Beyond 2021-09-17T04:00:00Z

Boston audiences see Balanchine choreography each year, but have infrequent exposure to his most sparsely decorated modernist works. Dance Review: Boston Ballet Offers ?Ultimate Balanchine? 2010-05-10T22:08:00Z

“My deviated strategy to go back to choreography was actually very rich.” How Does Time Pass at This Rave? With Hypnotic Precision. 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

But this choreography is subtle and inventive only compared to the absence of those qualities in the score and book. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Neither the choreography nor the concept was particularly sophisticated. Let’s Get Physical: A Berlin Dance Festival, Serving All Audiences 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

Admittedly he couldn't do much with his dull, inexpressive I'm-so-lonely choreography in Act 2. L.A. Ballet delivers a classically pure 'Sleeping Beauty'

So I wanted to collaborate with him again, because he's so good — not only with choreography; he's also great with character. Nicolas Cage channels his “inner jaguar” for the big cat action flick “Primal” 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

After watching one of her programs, Ms. Dinnerstein was struck by the connection between the choreography and the music. Who’s Afraid of ‘Goldberg Variations’? Not This Choreographer. 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

Narrating the sequence, the director Tommy Wirkola discusses putting Harbour through training for the demanding choreography, as well as using a stunt performer who is also an actor to play Tinsel. Watch Santa Throw a Punch in ‘Violent Night’ 2022-12-02T05:00:00Z

The choreography suggested different possibilities at each viewing. Looking Back: Cunningham, Morris, Ratmansky, Hallberg and Cojocaru 2011-12-17T05:26:08Z

“Stories” features choreography by the company’s founder, Shannon Hummel, who is interested in the spectrum of human emotion and likes to tackle big existential questions. Dance Listings for Jan. 30-Feb. 5 2015-01-29T05:00:00Z

Fosse’s “feminine” and “feline” choreography, even for male roles, works in Takarazuka’s favor, he said. From Japan, a ‘Chicago’ You Probably Haven’t Seen 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z

“Yuli” uniquely blends a fictionalized account of Acosta’s life based on his memoir “No Way Home” with archive footage of the news and him dancing, and original choreographies representing chapters of his past. Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta stars in own biopic 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

As a rule, she’s surest in roles by other choreographers; Balanchine’s classicism makes her look sentimental, as if she’s telling us how much she loves this choreography rather than showing us why it’s lovely. City Ballet Closes Its Season With Power and Glow 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

She learned the role in just four days, but because she was already in the party scene, she had a sense of some facets of the choreography. What Does an Angel See in Her Future? Maybe a Sugarplum Fairy. 2022-12-21T05:00:00Z

The sequence involved the movie’s most physically intensive action, requiring fine-tuned choreography and a rousing finish. Amber Midthunder Has a New Action Hero for You 2022-08-05T04:00:00Z

Bruning’s concept is what every dance director hopes for — “fabulous dancers, fabulous musicians, fabulous choreography,” as she said — but she is going about it in a smart, practiced way. Chamber Dance Project sweeps in like a cool breeze

Of rehearsals, all agreed that the Balanchine choreography is hard work. PNB students land a ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’ job 2014-04-02T23:39:37Z

The end result was that they could use the song “America” but couldn’t use any of the choreography from the show. 'Dancing With the Stars' Watch: It's Movie Night With Kevin Hart 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z

Over and over, like Zach, he drilled the actor-dancers in the combinations he was putting together before our eyes: Ninety percent of the choreography, he confided, is clear in his head before a rehearsal starts. Without Michael Bennett’s choreography, is it still ‘A Chorus Line’? 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

Performed by the multimedia artist Cassils and five other mostly nude dancers, the choreography alternates between sensuously intimate and hedonistically frenetic. For This Artist, the Medium Is the Body 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

A simple set, overlaid with scenic projections, whisks the action from Moscow to St Petersburg; and Ratmansky's choreography interacts with the design to vividly ingenious effect. Mariinsky Ballet: Anna Karenina ? review 2011-08-10T17:30:01Z

Chris Brown also wowed with an aerial number, soaring above the crowd in between high-stepping choreography. Perry wins top award but Beyonce baby tops show 2011-08-29T14:01:11Z

Even highly technical commercial dances sometimes include movement sampling and remixing, like Knight’s own allusions to the work of Bob Fosse in his choreography for Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies.” A Labor Movement for the Artists Who Make Popular Culture Move 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

These artists incorporate dance in a conventional way, working choreography into their concerts with backup dancers or their own punchy, often aggressive and highly practiced moves. Perspective | Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke dances like no one’s watching — and it’s a beauty to behold 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

Those who prefer their choreography more abstract and their theater less middlebrow will have to look elsewhere. 'In Your Arms' a pleasing, sketch-heavy dance-musical at the Old Globe 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z

In several cases, the best stager has been not the dancer who created the lead role but the ballet master who discussed the choreography in detail with its maker. Nuggets of Ballet Wisdom From Bodies Trained by Balanchine 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

And in retrospect, this lack of special investment in performance connects to the well-meaning tedium of the choreography. Dance Review: Movement to Fill Every Corner of a Space 2010-10-11T21:18:00Z

Artist Tariqa Waters will be hosting a show at her gallery Martyr Sauce in Pioneer Square featuring her teenage daughter’s filmed choreography. Seattle Art Fair 2018: robots, puppets and million-dollar paintings part of this year’s extravaganza 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

Score: 19 Brandy Norwood Brandy drew the short straw when she got stuck with Maks -- whose choreography and teaching style always seems motivated by his own character flaws as opposed to his partner's needs. "Dancing with the Stars": Sarah Palin makes a cameo 2010-09-28T12:30:00Z

The choreography in the new version showcases the movement style of German expressionism. ‘Suspiria’ Then and Now: Finding Darkness in an All-Female World 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

He then made his way outside, past a set of drummers from the Long Island-based Sunrisers Drum and Bugle Corps, who would join the exuberant finale, to give his final notes on choreography. At Coach, an Eclectic Paean to New York Cool 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

And while choreography often supplanted actual singing, no one was complaining: Kehlani is a star in the making. In its third home, Trillectro festival finds its strongest beat yet 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z

If choreography is fashion, then you need look no further. Dance: Premieres by Christopher Wheeldon and Alexei Ratmansky 2010-07-02T22:14:00Z

Ms. Rogoff’s choreography, good at such broad strokes, is less subtle in detail. Dance Review: ‘Summer’s Different,’ at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theater 2013-04-30T21:02:54Z

Their music is at best undistinguished, and large parts of their received choreography are formulaic, added or altered in the 20th century. Critic’s Notebook: Ballet Clings to Racial, Ethnic and National Stereotypes 2012-09-05T15:11:19Z

Mr. Johnson is clearly preoccupied by gender and sexual politics; these concerns infuse the cool vectors of his choreography with texture and heat. Dance Review: Burr Johnson at Danspace Project 2012-06-03T21:30:53Z

As soon as I landed, I went from the airport to the gym, and worked six hours, six days a week: weapons training, holding my breath, running, choreography. Meet Rebecca Ferguson, the Scene-Stealing Star of Mission: Impossible 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z

In keeping with the music — Mozart selections — the choreography is more fluid than abrasive. Review: ‘Un Break à Mozart’ Sails Onstage, Along With the Dash Ensemble 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

Grigorovitch's choreography is not subtle – it creaks at times and tends to repetition, but he knows how to tell a story. Bolshoi Spartacus, ENO Laurencia 2010-07-24T23:06:00Z

The end result is too close to choreography by numbers, and very Bauschian numbers at that. Jasmin Vardimon Company: Freedom – review 2012-11-13T18:30:01Z

Mr. Heginbotham’s choreography, at first sight, may seem derivative of Mr. Morris’s — buoyantly musical, courteous with hints of mischief — but in “Angels’ Share,” his own more bizarre sense of humor soon made itself known. Review: A Dance Heginbotham Deserving of the Hype 2016-06-20T04:00:00Z

He was aided in this by the choreography, which moved from basic blocking and gentle patterns by Chase Brock, for those performers without much stage experience, to more complicated sequences for trained performers. Theater Review: ‘The Tempest,’ at the Delacorte, Enlists 200 New Yorkers 2013-09-09T20:15:13Z

The choreography, however, is excellent: inventive, expressionistic, surprising, emotionally compelling. Kenneth MacMillan’s School of Ballet Sex, Neurosis and Grit 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

“Museums are choreographed spaces,” Fernandes said, adding that choreography is “a set of rules” people follow. Blending Dance and Sculpture Creates a Fresh View of Art 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z

Following Franck’s libretto, the choreography shows us episodes from the myth of Psyché rather than the full story. Dance Review: Paris Opera Ballet?s ?Ph?dre? and ?Psych?? - Review 2011-09-28T21:04:57Z

Falling, Rolling and Table-Jumping, in Four Premieres It must have been a hectic fall for students at the Juilliard Dance Division, with each of the four classes learning fresh choreography for New Dances: Edition 2012. Dance Review: Juilliard Dance at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-12-14T23:58:27Z

And so both the canonical choreography and the wonderful dancers, each endlessly deep in different ways, ultimately seem hemmed in, unable to expand in the viewer’s imagination. Review: In ‘Paramodernities,’ Words and Dance Do Battle. The Audience Wins. 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

Dimitriou bombards us with verbiage, and clearly knows in her own mind what she's up to, but dance is a physical medium, and the choreography that she offers us is slight and uncommunicative. Zoi Dimitriou Company; Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch – review 2012-06-16T23:05:44Z

Part of LC Kids, Lincoln Center’s series for young people, this show combines original compositions and choreography in a program that is simultaneously a big-band concert, a tap-dance presentation and a cross-cultural celebration. 7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

In each season of “Game of Thrones,” the episode prior to the finale is a visual feast, dizzy with complex combat choreography, explosions and adrenaline that marks a shift in Westeros’ balance of power. “Game of Thrones” recap: “Beyond the Wall,” an adventure into thin air 2017-08-21T04:00:00Z

She later shifted to choreography and got her break in 1974. Top Bollywood choreographer Saroj Khan dies at 71 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z

Though the choreography is uneven — some of the women's solos feel repetitive and pose-y — it has moments of remarkable beauty. Review: '3 by Dove' lets PNB dancers soar 2010-03-19T19:03:00Z

See some of that choreography in action in this classic film version of the musical, which followed Robbins’s original Broadway production. What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘War for the Planet of the Apes’ and Amy Hoggart 2020-02-26T05:00:00Z

Though Ms. Gerring’s choreography has more sense of pattern and plan than this, the overall stage mood is one of enthusiastic scrutiny. Review: Liz Gerring’s ‘Horizon,’ Exuberantly Athletic, Has Its Premiere 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

Any sense of theatrical illusion depends entirely on the dancers and the choreography. Dance Review: Ballet and New Music Mix, Meet and Mingle 2011-06-26T22:30:27Z

An extra complication is the need to safeguard a tranche of money for any new – and irresistible – ideas Bourne develops when he starts to workshop the choreography. Lez Brotherston: design, dance and Diaghilev 2012-10-14T19:00:05Z

But let’s hope it’s true — and that he’ll add more brave danger to his choreography, too. Review: At Ailey, Love Is a Battlefield, Film Noir Style 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

Her choreography for the chorus and singers debuted April 30 at Lincoln Center with the New York City Master Chorale. Food foraging, animal wrangling: All in a day’s work for a longtime prop master 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

The choreography took up where Bombay Dreams had left off, developing a new stage language of show routines and kathak disco dance. Sophiya Haque 2013-01-18T13:33:01Z

Apart from the interesting but short Parson solo for Ms. Whelan, however, all the choreography is flimsy; most of it is, at best, minor camp. Review: ‘Whelan/Watson: Other Stories’ Pairs Stars of Ballet 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

What does a show need most: good music, good choreography or a good story? Life Is Raw. Life Is a Work of Art. Enter the World of Ivo Dimchev. 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z

The panoramic view allows the eye to discern the air between bodies; in this sense, space is part of the choreography. Neil Greenberg at New York Live Arts 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

Craig Hall and Teresa Reichlen match each other’s sinewy, enigmatic strength, but as the other couples are introduced, the choreography persists in a ceaseless array of lifts and pretzel turns. Dance Review: New York City Ballet in a Tribute to a Fast Train 2014-02-05T21:50:27Z

Not only is she seemingly unconquerable, but the character receives some of the best combat choreography of the series. "Altered Carbon" returns with a familiar story in a new skin, and not necessarily for the better 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

It needs coherent, communicative choreography, and this was missing in “Malungos” and the two other works on the program that debuted on Tuesday at the Joyce Theater. Review: DanceBrazil Offers a Middle Passage Lesson at the Joyce Theater 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

Hours after each performance of all these five dances I found that their choreography and music — even more than these dancers — were happily haunting me. 2010-01-12T07:13:00Z

Beautifully, Ashton’s choreography shows not just how Sylvia is transformed but also how she remains the same. Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Sylvia’ Is a Rich Harmony 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Yet this choreography delivers more than mere sensationalism. Dance Review: A Physical Choreography, Turning Women Into Targets 2010-12-16T23:06:06Z

The choreography of the performers is an integral part of any percussion piece and the Third Coast members were a delight to watch, moving with a riveting blend of precision and fluidity. Review: Augusta Read Thomas’s Spiritual ‘Resounding Earth’ 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

How would you compare Anne Teresa’s choreography to Jerome Robbins’s? Six Stars of the New ‘West Side Story’ Discuss Its Enduring Relevance 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z

His choreography is the most conventionally balletic of the three works — attention to line, neat formations, sweeping lifts — though he packs a lot into his compressed tale of small-town life. Review | Washington Ballet’s ‘Three World Premieres’: Raw energy, big risks 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

For all the excitement, there is a stately quality to Princess Mhoon’s choreography in the first act. With zeal, Theater Alliance brings back its Hayes-winning ‘Black Nativity’ 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z

The audacious lighting works with Rigg’s turntable set and Paul McGill’s daring choreography to liven such songs as the provocative “Touch Me” and the troubling “The Dark I Know Well.” Review | ‘Spring Awakening’ lights up Round House Theatre with visual flair 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

The choreography tells of their mutual intoxication – at one point he swizzles her through 360 degrees – but as so often with Lamb you sense that icy sliver of detachment. The Firebird; In the Night; Raymonda Act III – review 2012-12-30T00:05:57Z

Karma Camp’s musical staging, especially the unison choreography for the ensemble, supplies a beneficial uplift to the songs. Signature Theatre’s ‘Elmer Gantry’ steps up to the melodic pulpit

Ms. Lovette, a principal with New York City Ballet, frequently uses that phrase when assessing her choreography, which, like her dancing, is lush. A Ballerina Steps Out — as a Choreographer 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

Rehearsal time is limited, so it’s key for performers to learn as much about blocking, choreography, how cast members navigate the stage space and other minutiae through visual osmosis. That New ‘Mean Girls’ Teacher Has Homework to Do 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

In sweats at a Hollywood soundstage, Mr. Mayer was quick to pick up the choreography for the ensemble number that would be the centerpiece for his new video. John Mayer Knows He Messed Up. He Wants Another Chance. 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

That, in turn, opens the door to brand deals, media opportunities and, most important for Jalaiah, introductions to those in the professional dance and choreography community. The Original Renegade 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

A unified impulse guided them, a shared understanding of their characters, the choreography and the music. Perspective | Peloton’s Cody Rigsby is powerfully predictable on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

Stephen Pier and Maya Sakai danced their own choreography, with Mr. Pier taking a more modern, expressive approach in the outer movements, and Ms. Sakai dancing in a more traditional style. Music Review | Music From Japan: Interplay of Antiquity With Some Modernity 2010-02-22T08:25:00Z

Though Ms. Jacoby and Mr. Pronk are tremendously chic and wholly efficient, their dance style strikes me as more superficial than substantial; and, more important, their taste in choreography objectionable. Dance Review: An American and a Dutchman, Both With Worldly Cool 2010-07-22T22:22:00Z

For the first time, through Ailey's powerful choreography and the sheer transcendent fervor of the dancers, he saw that black history is a tale of cunning perseverance and beauty, not woeful suffering and surrender. Spectrum's Donald Byrd asks everything of his dancers, and his audience 2012-11-28T23:59:27Z

A cluster of dancers — also all in black — followed his every note as they rehearsed the choreography for the show’s opening number, “All That Jazz.” ‘1, 2, 3 … Exhale Together’: Broadway Families, Reunited at Last 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

They could have phoned it in and been like, “Listen, we don’t have time to learn more choreography.” ‘A Black Love Sitcom Dance’: Kyle Abraham’s D’Angelo Moves 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

In a dance rehearsal, structure—of the choreography, of bodies, of an unadorned space—is exposed, and, early on, a dance’s landscape sprawls. Bodies in Space: James Welling’s “Choreograph” 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

Created in 1948, this setting of Stravinsky's titular score evokes an unsettling, striking sense of period glamour through its Parisian chic costumes and sharp choreography. This week's new dance 2010-10-01T23:06:00Z

Zollar paid similar homage to pioneering anthropologist-choreographer Pearl Primus in two earlier pieces: “Walking With Pearl . . . Africa Diaries” and “Walking With Pearl . . . Southern Diaries,” each of which linked Primus’s writings and Zollar’s choreography. ‘Walking With ’Trane’: A dance ode to the art of John Coltrane 2017-04-08T04:00:00Z

Because of his injury — a partial tear in his quadriceps tendon — he shared the role with Andrew Veyette, a fellow principal who filled in for the more virtuosic choreography. A Farewell and the Promise of a New Future at City Ballet 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z

How does a space and what surrounds it, a crucial frame for choreography, affect a performance? The Joyce Theater Confronts Its Own Staleness 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

Performing Bill T. Jones’s African-inspired choreography every night is physically taxing. Broadway Actors Who Are Bracing for Final Curtain 2010-12-29T23:00:28Z

Mr. Millepied’s choreography — imaginative, musical, attentive to the gifts of his dancers — is perhaps the best work he has done yet. Dance Review: In Paris, Benjamin Millepied Rises to the Occasion 2014-05-12T10:57:39Z

For me, her choreography gets stuck where much Gaga-derived dancing does. Review: ‘Calling Glenn’ Puts a Humorous Spin on Gaga Dancing 2018-11-11T05:00:00Z

In the role Mr. Taylor made for himself, Michael Trusnovec — a great dancer now in the high summer of his talent — makes you feel the choreography’s shapes, arcs, shifts of weight, phrases are newly made. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at David H. Koch Theater 2012-03-14T22:08:35Z

Still, Mr. Wheeldon pointed out, the fortunes of choreography had been variable on Broadway. Robert Fairchild Crosses Back to Ballet, Gershwin in Tow 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

The pressure of this choreography was never high and steady enough to keep “RescYou” afloat. Dance Review: Eckert+SorensenJolink at Judson Memorial Church 2013-01-22T23:12:46Z

The character is promoted to dance director of the Ziegfeld Follies, creating a natural vehicle for Ms. Casel’s choreography. Ayodele Casel Is on Tap for ‘Funny Girl’ 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z

The choreography developed as little as the dramaturgy did; the use of sticks at the beginning of a dance was the use of sticks at the end. Dance Review: Hula by Na Kinimakalehua at Montclair State - Review 2011-10-25T22:02:14Z

He created it in 1951, drawing mostly on the standard choreography of the ballet’s second act. Suzanne Farrell Ballet soars in ‘The Concert,’ stumbles in ‘Swan Lake’

Last year, New York City Ballet modified the choreography, costumes and makeup. Toning Down Asian Stereotypes to Make ‘The Nutcracker’ Fit the Times 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

“If you don’t try,” he says, “if you don’t offer people opportunities, you’ll never go anywhere. Do you believe in the future? Do you believe in new choreography? Then you must offer opportunities.” Peter Martins, dipping into his past while bounding into the future 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

The characters’ reptilian qualities are heightened by the choreography: vigorous, even aggressive jumps, punctuated by flicks of the shoulders and wrists. Christopher Williams’s Garden of Fantastical Delights 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z

Watching it again after many years, I’m startled to see just how pervaded by dance and choreography it is. ‘The Tales of Hoffmann,’ Newly Restored, Opens at Film Forum 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

But while that show offers a good primer in his undulating blend of modern, ballet and Afro-Caribbean dance, there’s nothing quite like seeing Fagan’s dancers perform his choreography. 54 Dance Programs, Festivals and More Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

She took her cue to embodying the essence of Odetta from Rushing's measured choreography as well as from the music. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's 'Odetta' honors singer, activist 2015-03-13T04:00:00Z

In these ceremonies and rituals there was an elaborate, physically specific choreography of mourning that embodied both loss and permanence, sadness and the reassurance of continuity. The Choreography of Public Mourning 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

The scene when Dido and Aeneas are entertained by the dancing of Egyptian girls and Nubian slaves was tasteless, with slinky, gyrating choreography by Andrew George. Music Review: ‘Les Troyens,’ at the Royal Opera House in London 2012-06-26T21:10:52Z

Then he taught choreography, one phrase at a time. Can Ballet Come Alive Online? 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z

Funny, yes, but the coat renders the movement difficult to see, and the choreography, beyond an occasional arm flap, is lost. Dance Review: Katy Pyle’s ‘Firebird, a Ballez,’ at Danspace Project 2013-05-17T20:57:13Z

The ballet was followed by a dinner, which required its own choreography and costume design. Taylor Swift, Nancy Pelosi and Jared Kushner at the Time 100 Gala 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

This is the dance that, in 1945, Balanchine — so devoted to theme-and-variations as a compositional method — cited as the inspiration for all his own choreography. Dance Review: A Wild Man-Child by Way of the Bolshoi Tears Up the Met Stage 2011-06-19T22:43:45Z

This production will be directed by co-author Mark Bramble with choreography by Randy Skinner. Segerstrom 2015-16 Broadway series: 'Cinderella,' 'If/Then,' 'Newsies' 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

It seems more like a workout posing as choreography. Review: Who Will Save the World? This Dance Leaves It to the Kids 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

But his additional choreography for adults — especially for solo women — all looks like thankless obstacle courses. Review: ‘Swan Lake’ Features an Authoritative Sara Mearns 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

Clad in lacy bodice and bloomers, Nannerl enters and at first moves freely around this sartorial sculpture in period style choreography. 'The Other Mozart'? Her name was Maria Anna, and she dazzlingly comes to life onstage 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

The moment is typical of Ashton's gift for combining sophisticated choreography with intimate human detail. Cinderella 2010-04-12T21:00:00Z

Music and choreography suggest that he’s a paragon of classical beauty whose focus as yet is inward; in Act III, when he bounds and turns in love’s joy, we see another side of him. Dance Review: Ashton’s ‘Sylvia’ Is Revived at American Ballet Theater 2013-06-25T21:14:40Z

But what does “composition” mean here beyond concept and choreography? Review: BalletNext Takes Risks in ‘Baroque’d’ 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Problematic to appreciate, taxing to execute, Cunningham choreography did not grow more palatable as younger choreographers absorbed several of his innovations and as his dance technique became taught around the world. Arts & Leisure: Merce Cunningham Dance Company Ends Its Legacy Tour 2011-12-22T14:31:38Z

His solo dancing has more variety than the rest of the choreography in the show, more fun. Review: Michael Flatley’s New Show Has Unicorns, Rainbows and Some Footwork, Too 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z

There were octogenarians and children, and everyone, even those who walked with canes or used motorized wheelchairs, was able to do the simple choreography devised by Annie-B Parson. Massaging 1,000 Voices Into Lincoln Center’s Choral Miracle 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z

But he does have a new creation — the choreography for the Ensemble for the Romantic Century’s adaptation of the horror classic, set to a score by Liszt, Schubert and Bach. What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

This is not to say that Mr. Carlyle plainly deserves the best choreography Tony. Critic’s Notebook: A Look at This Year’s Broadway Choreography 2014-04-25T22:05:13Z

Is it the repetitiveness of the choreography or the filter of a DVD that makes it hard to respond deeply? Bounding Across Space and Time, via DVD 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

Other objections could reasonably be raised about the choreography of all four premieres. Review: New York City Ballet Gives a Dance Form a Makeover 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

Sometimes we even refer to the choreography as a screenplay.” Choreographers Explore New Brooklyn Academy of Music Stage 2012-08-30T22:17:31Z

To date, roughly 50 dancers have learned the “In C” choreography and how to implement Waltz’s 53 movements in various configurations, “like in geometric forms or on the ground or in physical contact,” she said. Sasha Waltz’s ‘In C’ Marries Choreography and Improvisation 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z

“Light Years” develops too slowly and continually borders on preciosity; the dramatic aspects of its costuming are far more specific than their counterparts in the choreography. Rashaun Mitchell’s ‘Light Years,’ Surreal Yet Supple 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

The trio will execute acrobatic choreography yet manage, through a specially designed harness, to sing. Helping Seattle Opera's mermaids take flight 2012-08-02T20:15:05Z

The choreography is by the British master Frederick Ashton; during his lifetime it was danced almost exclusively by Royal Ballet dancers who were steeped in his style. Critic’s Notebook: In American Ballet Theater’s ‘Sylvia,’ Stars Shine 2013-06-28T21:40:45Z

Ms. Pan soars through the air, but only intermittently; soon enough, the choreography places her in a series of poses that highlight her extension and are more pretty than fierce. Review: ‘The Legend of Mulan’ Choreographs a Chinese Folk Tale 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z

While their rhythmically drumming heels and purring castanets competed with the sounds of the BBC Philharmonic under Juanjo Mena, their choreography peppered the rigorous discipline of Spanish classical dance with an unfettered physicality. Prom 17: BBC Philharmonic/Mena – review 2013-07-26T16:24:10Z

Still, the choreography often had a churning feel. Review | At Kennedy Center’s ‘Evening of Jazz and Dance,’ glimmers of renewal 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z

The choreography allowed Ms. Setterfield to regain her strength, balance and confidence. David Gordon Digs Into His Archives for a Dance That Matters 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z

When the work slows down, it goes slack, revealing a single-layered and static quality to the choreography, as in a procession of people balancing motley possessions. Review: Waging Battle With Scarcity and Borders at La MaMa Dance Festival 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

As the quarantine continued, they even experimented with teaching, offering Zoom tutorials on choreography from their videos. Moving the Haim Way: ‘We Love Feeling in Our Bodies’ 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

The 20th century ended in gloom for the future of ballet choreography. Alexei Ratmansky: A Choreographer Who Leaps Ever Higher 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z

“It’s the person dancing the steps — that’s what choreography is, not the steps by themselves.” ‘How Do You Do?’ On Being a Gentleman in 21st-Century Ballet 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

Some theme-reinforcing passages go on too long, and plays that show artists at work are almost always embarrassing, even when it involves Balanchine choreography. Theater Review: ‘Nikolai and the Others,’ by Richard Nelson, at the Newhouse 2013-05-07T02:00:01Z

A woman in Balanchine’s choreography frequently both depends on a man and seeks to be independent from him. Dance Review: ‘Liebeslieder Walzer’ From New York City Ballet 2012-05-21T22:16:24Z

Mr. Carlyle’s clean choreography connects variations of the Charleston with jitterbugging and a little break-dancing to suggest the continuity of styles without insisting on it. Music Review: ?Cotton Club Parade? at City Center: A Hothouse of Swing 2011-11-20T22:53:11Z

But while the dance ends on a serious note — a reference to the climate crisis — it will also feature a classic, poignant hallmark of Rainer’s choreography. Yvonne Rainer, a Giant of Choreography, Makes Her Last Dance 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

In fact, the very concept of owning choreography didn't exist until the 20th century when dancers started to lay claim to their work in court. There’s a long history of dances being pilfered for profit — and TikTok is the latest battleground 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

“For someone who isn’t primarily a dancer, that Robbins choreography is brutal,” they said. Is It Finally Twilight for the Theater’s Sacred Monsters? 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Rather than the freely distributed sound and spatially activated dynamics that typically characterize performances of “Ten Thousand Birds,” Pierson’s apartment-bound interpretation fixes the path of the listener through a manic, hall-pacing choreography. Caught between silence and clamor, these musicians find connection in birdsong 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Fosse often shaped his choreography on her body, which means that she shaped it, too, and she taught it to dancers in turn, even after she and Fosse separated. ‘Fosse/Verdon’ Has Magic to Do. And Undo. 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

His “Sea of Sorrows” choreography is a skillful imitation of the idiom widely established by Jiri Kyliàn: There’s little human individuality, since everyone onstage is homogenized by the same emotion — in this case, inexplicable grief. Review: Marcelo Gomes Returns to Honor Frederick Ashton 2018-08-19T04:00:00Z

But I use Justin’s choreography: It has this raw strength to it, and a finesse and grace, so I relate to that. A Ballet Crowd, Bustin’ Out All Over ‘Carousel’ 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

In contemporary choreography, men and women are often called upon to both partner and be partnered. Wendy Whelan, Tyler Angle and Others on Collaborating 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z

A dance by a choreography start-up called SECT, inc. An Artist-Run Dance Space That’s ‘All Presentation, Baby’ 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z

Her routine was to attend rehearsals to become familiar with the choreography. Martha Swope, 88, Who Etched Dance and Theater History in Photographs, Dies 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Those of us who remember the first big seasons of post-Balanchine choreography can see that City Ballet has come far. Ballet After Balanchine: 3 Choreographers Lead the Way 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

Scenery, costumes, music, choreography, dancers: American Ballet Theater’s eight-week season at the Metropolitan Opera House is this country’s peak annual demonstration of ballet as a composite art. Savoring the Spectrum of American Ballet Theater’s Rich Season 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Rhodes is a skilled traffic cop, and his choreography is appropriately restless and stylish throughout, though this is not the kind of show to make you feel like dancing. Review: Divine Decadence Revisited in ‘Grand Hotel’ 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z

David Roussève’s stunning choreography was about propulsion, as though warning how injustice thrives when events are allowed to control the  will of the people. Race, justice, power: Finding new relevance in Kurt Weill's 'Lost in the Stars' 2017-01-30T05:00:00Z

He became involved in this project more than four years ago, after meeting the choreographer and director Bill T Jones, who won a Tony for his choreography for Spring Awakening. Fela Kuti: Spliffs, riffs . . . and 27 wives 2010-10-26T20:31:00Z

Gradually, he transforms again — Chopin fills the theater — and his choreography is pared back until the rock star image takes on religious undertones. Dance Review: Andrew Dinwiddie and Michelle Ellsworth at Danspace Project 2012-05-25T22:30:07Z

Why could they not use the original, brilliant Gower Champion choreography? Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Is Bright, Brassy and All Bette 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

That allows for a change in choreography and different techniques. "That was an epic moment":"John Wick 4" martial artist on that traffic battle and honoring Bruce Lee 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z

PSY is set to unveil the music video and choreography for "Gentleman" at a Seoul concert on Sunday. PSY says he hopes NKoreans enjoy his new single 2013-04-13T11:16:05Z

The choreography is very often delightful, particularly for the crowd scenes, with their charming camaraderie and warmth. In “Romeo and Juliet,” the Washington Ballet unleashes a star 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z

Disney recently provided to reporters a preview of a few of the musical sequences, which conveyed both the story’s sweep and the swirling theatricality of Andy Blankenbuehler’s choreography. Perspective | As ‘Hamilton’ becomes a movie, suddenly we’re all in the room where it happens 2020-06-24T04:00:00Z

However, The Guardian's dance critic, Judith Mackrell, his choreography is "the physical and aesthetic opposite of the Royal's classical style". Woolf ballet set for Royal Opera 2014-03-31T13:18:38Z

She has celebrated her black-womanhood, embraced other aching black women, countered militarized law enforcement with her own military costumes and choreography, deployed some voodoo imagery — and has never been nominated for a C.M.A. award. Beyoncé’s True Political Statement This Week? It Wasn’t at a Clinton Rally 2016-11-05T04:00:00Z

Like those buildings, the show pays more careful attention to scale, proportion, light and basic choreography — the movement of bodies through the gallery — than you might notice at first. 'Frank Gehry' at LACMA is well framed but still needs build-out 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

There is some playful choreography and attractive costuming. Review: ‘Lady in the Dark’ Is Kurt Weill on the Couch 2019-04-26T04:00:00Z

And this, I suppose, is the singular hook of this show . . . along with the spontaneous choreography, its gleeful treatment of bodily functions, and the girls' celebration of sugar and glitter. "PEN15" returns for another swim into the messiness of seventh grade 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z

That said, at least the show moves; Lorin Latarro’s choreography animates even the most mundane scenes, say, in a classroom or on a New York City street. Review: ‘The Visitor’ Lags Behind the Times 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z

The dancers pull this off with aplomb, throwing themselves into the choreography and Bernstein’s voluptuous score, but with a sense of amusement that keeps them, well, cool. Dance Review: City Ballet in ?West Side Story Suite? at Koch Theater - Review 2011-10-02T22:22:45Z

An unexpected factor was the way that the translation affected choreography. They Translated ‘Hamilton’ Into German. Was It Easy? Nein. 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

Spencer Liff received the award for choreography for Deaf West Theater's "Spring Awakening." Small theaters win big at L.A. Drama Critics Circle Awards 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

This kaleidoscopic tone is matched by kaleidoscopic choreography. Review: ‘Shostakovich Trilogy,’ Where Joy and Grief Flourish 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z

And it’s too bad that few New Yorkers know Ivanov’s choreography for the Sugarplum Fairy. So Many Sugarplums, Past and Present 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z

The result is that in its more elaborate numbers, like the wonderful “Look Who’s Dancing,” the choreography never quite lifts off in the same way the songs do. | 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn': Melting-Pot Musical With One Foot in Comedy, One in Tragedy 2011-03-22T22:21:31Z

Jazz musicians regularly play for tap dancers, but they’re uncommon in the world of modern dance and even rarer in ballet, partly because of a fear that musical improvisation might interfere with complex choreography. BalletNext and Abraham.In.Motion Experiment With Jazz 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z

Although the choreography included images of death, struggle, collapse and strain, the evening was a remarkably happy event. Dance Review: Some Death, Some Struggle, Some Strain, Yet So Much Still Is Joyful 2011-07-29T21:45:30Z

In yet another year where it feels like I’ve tracked the passage of time through Marvel Cinematic Universe releases, it’s been satisfying to recreate that movie choreography with a controller in hand. The Video Games That Got Us Through 2021 2022-01-02T05:00:00Z

Fairchild will play Mike Costa this month in the Hollywood Bowl production of “A Chorus Line,” directed and choreographed by original cast member Baayork Lee, who is adapting and re-staging Michael Bennett's original choreography. A ballet superstar hits Hollywood with 'A Chorus Line' at the Bowl 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z

Besides one sensational fight sequence on a bus, the battles are poorly lit and filmed with such an over-excited eye that the intricacies of the choreography are lost. ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ Review: House of Hidden Dragons 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z

It’s not long since the levels of both Balanchine dancing and new choreography were chiefly cause for complaint; so gratitude is mixed with something close to incredulity. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet Wraps Up a Memorable Winter Season 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

It was in character for him to light on a current story like the one of Goldie and turn it into choreography. Frederick Ashton’s Masterly Pas de Trois 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

The show, which includes songs like “Magic to Do,” “Corner of the Sky,” and “Morning Glow,” was nominated for 11 Tonys in 1973 and won five, including best director and best choreography for Mr. Fosse. ArtsBeat Blog: Will London (By Way of Cyberspace) Be New Route for 'Pippin' To Broadway? 2011-09-22T17:55:46Z

The choreography has something of the feel of children at serious play, and it looks mysteriously simple and complex at the same time. Dance Review: Dance From Douglas Dunn at Salon in SoHo 2010-05-07T22:30:00Z

When the music’s first and second movements end, Ms. LeCrone has built up enough dance momentum to continue the choreography through a few seconds of silence, arriving finally ready to start the next section. Dance Review: Ballet and New Music Mix, Meet and Mingle 2011-06-26T22:30:27Z

Ms. Farrell’s company, which is based at the Kennedy Center, danced choreography by Balanchine; the Houston and North Carolina troupes danced ballets made by their artistic directors. Dance Review: Ballet Across America Unites at Kennedy Center 2010-06-17T22:12:00Z

Alas, the choreography on display at the Joyce SoHo on Thursday night — three solos in total— is hardly tempting swag. Dance Review: ?Heist Project,? by Belinda McGuire, at Joyce SoHo - Review 2011-12-04T23:14:42Z

It also fosters an abiding appreciation for the gesticulative art of the all-deaf performers, whose interactions — whatever the emotion at hand — have the expressiveness of choreography. 'The Tribe' an unusual, powerful look at criminality 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

After experiencing fame in the 1980s as a child actor in films like “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” and “The Goonies,” Quan eventually moved behind the camera to work in stunt choreography. Ke Huy Quan Wins Best Supporting Actor Oscar, Capping a Remarkable Comeback 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z

The geometries of stage space are the most refreshing aspect of Mr. Keigwin’s choreography. Critic’s Notebook: A Look at This Year’s Broadway Choreography 2014-04-25T22:05:13Z

As well as its best new musical and best newcomer prizes on Sunday, it also took awards for its set design and choreography. Matilda musical tops stage awards 2012-02-20T10:57:17Z

I was struck anew by the terrific work of the show’s young ensemble, particularly in transmitting the visceral charge of the choreography by Steven Hoggett, full of the exultation, abandon and frustration of being young. Critic?s Notebook: ?Idiot? Welcomes Back a Bad Influence 2011-01-09T23:47:39Z

The choreography of stand-up comedy is usually pretty simple: Walk onstage, grab the microphone and tell a joke. Comedians Like Sebastian Maniscalco Act Out Their Humor 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Without the angles and artistry of Coppola, “Solo” lost its luster, flattened out by the predictable patterns of the choreography and Anthony Huxley’s wistful stares into what is known as the modern dance corner. Review: City Ballet Dresses Up for Another Fashion Letdown 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

Heading this tour is the premiere of a new work by Israeli choreographer Itzik Galilli, inspired by the choreography of boxing. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-05-18T23:05:00Z

But since 2005, he has created a work more or less every two years for the company, as well as several for the Royal Ballet School and for the company’s choreography program. Alastair Marriott’s ‘Connectome’ opens in London 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

The sets, costumes, music, orchestra, and choreography make this a special evening. Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Is Bright, Brassy and All Bette 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

The dancers were tasked with creating phrases of choreography; each was given four photographs from which to draw inspiration. ‘If I Was Martha, What Would I Do?’ For One, Stay Upright 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

The first of these is Nureyev's choreography, which is, to say the least, idiosyncratic. Romeo and Juliet ? review 2011-01-09T00:05:42Z

Through choreography of deceptive simplicity, Morris creates whole architectures of human experience. L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Cinderella 2010-04-21T16:49:00Z

Maa’yan Goldman’s costumes adorn monochromatic unitards — already a company signature — with touches like pink collars and platform heels that highlight a fashion-model hauteur in the choreography. Dance Review: L-E-V Performs at Jacob’s Pillow 2013-07-26T19:49:48Z

This isn’t what we know and expect of Broadway choreography. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

We didn't have all the choreography set in stone because I didn't want it to end up looking fake and polished. Cyrus steps out of tween idolhood toward "Liberty" 2010-06-19T00:57:00Z

These experiences strongly influenced his choreography, he said. New York City Ballet Gambles on Unknown Choreographers 2015-09-23T04:00:00Z

The MacMillan “Romeo,” an old friend once important to my own discovery of ballet, lacks the choreography to reward repeated visits. Ballet Theater’s Met Season, a Mix of Sparkling Moments and Familiar War Horses 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

And their protest carried greater weight because they were doing choreography that had been performed thousands of times by thousands of other women, as documented on TikTok. TikTok Is Dead (Maybe). Long Live TikTok Dance. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

We're hoping there will be a certain choreography of events but that things will overlap or intersect or happen. Leeds centre prepares for OverWorlds & UnderWorlds 2012-05-17T10:01:01Z

“New technologies should really only be used to enhance the visual quality, not to manipulate the entire fight choreography,” Mr. Yen said. Film: Enter the Teacher to the Dragon of Martial Arts Films 2011-01-23T02:30:15Z

But the dancers, led by a deadpan Rashaun Mitchell in Cunningham’s old role, made the choreography’s oddities astonishingly fresh. Dance Review: A Golden Age Continues Without Its Midas 2011-03-23T22:27:34Z

Rooted in her system of choreography, based on vectors, it begins with a solo for Abbey Roesner, who performs a set movement phrase. Dance Review: Brooklyn Ballet’s Spring Show, With a Little Christmas Added 2014-04-11T22:41:21Z

For those who think American Realness 2015, a festival of dance and performance, is about promoting one kind of art, two recent shows, seen Friday at Abrons Arts Center, presented two sides of contemporary choreography. Two Sides of Contemporary Choreography at American Realness 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

Discovering unknown reserves of mental and physical facility in themselves, the dancers inspired Cunningham’s choreography to take on new dimensions. When Merce Cunningham Took On a New Collaborator: The Computer 2020-09-01T04:00:00Z

One of the new films, it nods to the Age of Covid by separating the dancers into individually filmed boxes, then juxtaposing the boxes onscreen, which emphasizes the counterpoints and musical timings of the choreography. A William Forsythe Sampler, JoyceStream and Bourne’s Legacy 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z

Popular for its use of acrobatic, shape-shifting choreography, this company is getting into the festival game with this multidisciplinary event featuring performances, interactive art, local food and discussions. 8 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

The mayor’s proclamation speaks not only of Cunningham’s “lifelong passion for dance” and the inspiration of his innovative choreography, but also of “the final generation of dancers chosen and trained by Cunningham himself.” ArtsBeat Blog: The Cunningham Countdown: A Day for Merce in Chicago 2011-11-17T20:41:15Z

Summer camp begat dance camp, where choreography set to pop hits of the day, like “U Can’t Touch This” by M.C. Francis and the Lights, Pop Star Interrupted 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

In the 1930s, film choreographers, then known as dance directors, began to develop sophisticated camera-specific choreography that delighted audiences. A Labor Movement for the Artists Who Make Popular Culture Move 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

The blandly emotive choreography, seen in brief flashes is not worthy of a prima ballerina, much less an apprentice. A Ballet Scandal Gets the ‘Special Victims Unit’ Treatment 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z

Ms. Clarke’s choreography takes precedence, along with traditional Shaker songs, sung a cappella. Review: In ‘Angel Reapers,’ Torment and Bliss, Hand in Hand, Seek Connection 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

The music, with its echoes of the Baroque, is more interesting than the overwrought choreography, although Mr. De Luz is a tour de force here. Dance Review: New York City Ballet With a Dose of the Underworld 2014-05-02T23:04:16Z

This pastoral delight is a braiding of choreography, music, lighting and costume, as well as another crucial element: the right dancers for the job. Review: Mark Morris Fits Houston Ballet to a ‘V’ 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z

The underlying choreography was developed by Ernst Meisner of the Dutch National Ballet, and the app contains videos of company members performing the finished dances. A New App for Dancing with Your iPhone 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

“Bzzz,” his Fall for Dance commission, is a return to more straightforward, knock-your-socks off tap choreography for himself and six other expert hoofers. What to Fall for at Fall for Dance 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

The feelgood show, about a pink-obsessed society girl who astounds and dazzles everybody at law school, won four prizes including best new musical and best choreography. Legally Blonde and Wicked dominate Whatsonstage.com awards 2011-02-20T19:00:01Z

Swathes of the choreography also feel generic — contemporary in an unspecific and Western sense. Review: A New Zealand Troupe’s Oceanic Feelings 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

Clearly, this is delightful fodder for Mr. Heginbotham — a former member of the Mark Morris Dance Group — whose choreography melds blithe innocence with stringent steps. ‘Chalk and Soot’ in White Light Festival 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

“Let’s walk our horses around,” she suggested, referring to a section of the choreography in which dancers, supported on either side by two others, are held aloft and are free to gallop. The Persistence of Vision (Trisha Brown’s, That Is) 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

Christopher Gattelli's delightful dance interludes, based on Jerome Robbins’ original choreography, also carry over from the Lincoln Center production, as do the show's superb design elements, including Scott Lehrer's sound and Donald Holder's lighting. Get out the hankies for a sumptuous, touching 'King and I' at the Pantages 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

He whips up the choreography in about 15 minutes. Janet Jackson hired her as a backup dancer. Instagram made her a star. 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

The human condition was her concern and her choreography for the Mary Anthony Dance Theater, founded in 1956, often drew from familiar literary sources. Mary Anthony, Choreographer and Teacher of Modern Dance, Dies at 97 2014-06-05T04:00:00Z

The lawsuit filed Monday accuses producers of "negligence and carelessness" for "hazardous and dangerous" props and choreography, failing to train employees of the show and for not warning patrons of the risks. 'Billy Elliot' musical sued for $4 million 2011-02-15T16:27:14Z

Pop quiz: The New York City Ballet principal Robert Fairchild is dancing to the sounds of Gershwin, in choreography by Christopher Wheeldon. Robert Fairchild Crosses Back to Ballet, Gershwin in Tow 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

How, without altering choreography, can a problematic moment in a dance take on a different tone? It’s a Season of Vintage Gems, and Female Bonding, at City Ballet 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

The choreography is reminiscent of other stylized, jazz-inflected Robbins pieces from the 1940s and ’50s, like “Interplay,” “NY Export: Opus Jazz” and “Moves.” Royal Ballet Debuts Liam Scarlett’s ‘The Age of Anxiety’ 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

Of contemporary American choreographers, Tanowitz was well suited to tackle that work since her choreography is also a study of unexpected freedom within tight forms. 8 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

She punched her choreography with extra oomph while singing live, throwing ferocious faces and showing the world that she was having the most fun of anyone in Madison Square Garden. The Best and Worst of the Grammys 2018-01-29T05:00:00Z

Mr. Maillot’s choreography is indeed animated by a preoccupation with primal desires and impulses, which often give a blunt, contemporary dance look to his primarily balletic lines. Jean-Christophe Maillot Brings ‘Lac’ to City Center 2014-03-13T22:17:53Z

In ballet and modern dance, choreography is the shaping factor, the ingredient that brings music, subject matter and performance together into a whole; in a musical, that’s seldom so. Critic’s Notebook: The Choreography of Tony Nominees 2012-05-28T21:35:24Z

New York City Ballet, founded in 1948, has always had a nonpareil record for its abundance of important new choreography. New York City Ballet Opens a Spring Gala, and Some Umbrellas 2016-05-05T04:00:00Z

Rhythms opened the show with a typical example of present-day tap ensemble choreography. Dance Review: JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance at the Kennedy Center in Washington 2012-12-10T23:05:05Z

The choreography, with its classical/Cunningham underpinning, was always clear; the dancing, by some of the best performers around, including Greenberg, always crystalline. Neil Greenberg’s “This” 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z

Boseman mastered choreography such as the mashed potato and that signature shuffle for the numerous performance scenes in the film. Getting it together for James Brown biopic 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

For Bria Bacon, a recent addition to the company who calls Mr. Petronio’s choreography “a perfect blend of release and strength and technique,” mastering a Cunningham solo has been a challenge. At Work in Merce Cunningham’s Playhouse 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z

An orchestral arrangement of his piano suite “Souvenirs,” this was first staged as a ballet in 1955 to choreography by Todd Bolender. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Season Gala, With Robbins and Balanchine 2013-05-09T21:10:33Z

But the overall effect is bitty, made even more so by the episodic structure of Yorke-Edgell's own choreography. Yorke Dance Project – review 2012-11-15T17:55:01Z

And the rare opportunity to hear the opera’s full ballet music was marred by forgettable, seething choreography. At the Opera, Humans Bear Witness to Atrocity, or Ignore It 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z

Formal choreography is minimally present in “On a Mountain.” Review: Pina Bausch’s ‘On the Mountain’ in Paris 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z

You want to applaud her for trying to extend her range, but choreography that deals in stale devices does not lead you to admire her taste. Dance Review: ?Diana Vishneva: Dialogues,? at City Center 2012-03-18T22:17:06Z

Often the choreography is remarkably pictorial: we see meadows, hills, a lark, a nightingale, a hunt, a shepherd shocking girls with his tales — a delectable wealth of recognizable incident. Mark Morris’s Transcendent ‘Il Allegro,’ Captured on Film for PBS 2015-03-25T04:00:00Z

But beyond popularity, it’s generally considered the best anywhere, for the great ballet ensembles of Europe — in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Paris — all dance inferior or just plain dreadful choreographies. In a season full of 'Nutcracker,' the brilliance of Balanchine shines through 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

But he also outlined the ways his trust would begin to disseminate his dance technique and preserve his choreography. Merce Cunningham’s Centennial Will Bring a Global Celebration 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

On Saturday and Sunday, dancers of the Paul Taylor Dance Company perform at the Guggenheim Museum, as part of its Works & Process season, performing choreography both by Mr. Taylor and two other choreographers. Dance This Week: From Modern to Tango to Flamenco 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z

But what’s most disturbing about “Freedom” is how Ms. Vardimon’s choreography, mostly repetitive and boring, is energized only by cruelty and violence. Dance Review: Jasmin Vardimon Company Dances at Montclair State 2013-04-21T20:37:31Z

“This was a whole new form of theater. The choreography was within the poem and the performer. We worked hard to be free in our bodies as we recited the words.” ‘For Colored Girls’ Is a Choreopoem. What’s a Choreopoem? 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

For this new project, she and her longtime dance troupe and musical partners adapt her rigorous choreography from stage to gallery — and present dance as a museum show like any other. As You Take in the Paintings at MoMA, Watch Out for the Piano 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z

And, yet, by bringing them into the fold, something at City Ballet has changed: When was there ever a program with the choreography of a woman and two Black men? Review: City Ballet Gets a Modern Dance Fix 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

The piece stitches together bits of Selwyn’s past dances, along with new choreography, to create an old-new tapestry drawing from her substantial repertory. 7 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Were he free, he said, he would “give New Direction a run for their money. They don’t really dance. We’d put together the singing and the choreography.” We Live in the Pop-Culture World That Lou Pearlman Created 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

They might, that is, if they stop doing the utterly wretched routines that pass for choreography on this show. Dance Review: Out of the DVR and Onto the Stage 2010-10-08T22:00:00Z

She went to New York City in 1957 and, still unknown, phoned Balanchine and asked him to look at her choreography. Gloria Contreras, Choreographer Mentored by Balanchine, Dies at 81 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

They show how uncompromising the “Tracer” choreography still is — poses and movement sometimes alternate — and how Mr. Taylor was deliberately trying different ways both of responding to music and showing independence from it. Review: Paul Taylor’s ‘Tracer’ Recalls a Dance and an Artist 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z

Of course great tap dancers don’t necessarily require choreography. Dance Review: JUBA! Masters of Tap and Percussive Dance at the Kennedy Center in Washington 2012-12-10T23:05:05Z

The choreography, credited to Mr. Jones, Janet Wong and the company, flows with an engaging slipperiness between being illustrative and formally abstract. Review: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Summons a Life During Wartime 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z

But this versatile artist finds different colors in different choreography. Critic?s Notebook: The Smallest Dancers Steal Their Own Show 2010-12-22T23:06:19Z

If video swallows a lot of the actors’ choreography, the web team has made the Zoom lozenges shimmy all around the screen, like Scrabble tiles with ants in their pants. ‘Who’s Your Baghdaddy’ Review: The Iraq War Set to Backpack Rap 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z

Of course, Mr. Abraham’s choreography is on display as well. Review: Kyle Abraham, Walking on Air 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Litton described Peck’s relationship with the scores as “emotion based,” clearly responding to the notes with choreography that “always fits.” Justin Peck’s New Americana, Set to Copland’s Old 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

Dance no longer dominates the average TikTok user’s “For You” page, and the choreography now circulating on the app is more varied and sophisticated. TikTok Is Dead (Maybe). Long Live TikTok Dance. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

Like the clever, catchy pastiche songs, the choreography identifies its sources without quoting directly. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

This production of Beauty is based on the original Petipa choreography, and designed after traditional imperial Russian lines. This week's new dance 2010-12-11T00:07:00Z

“A Quiet Evening,” with new and reworked choreography by Mr. Forsythe, pays homage to ballet’s European roots while attempting to bring it into the present. Review: William Forsythe Takes Dance to a Quiet, Uneven Place 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z

The pigeons are trained only to return eventually to the ship, not to fly specific patterns; their choreography is entirely their own. Lights, Pigeons, Action! Duke Riley’s Art Spectacle Takes Wing 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

The choreography for the first and longest section is abstract. Review: ‘Split’ Is Naked and Clothed, Formal and Savage 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

Faithful to the dramatic pacing of the dominating score, the choreography gives a strong impression of an inexorable ritual, a world without free will. Review: Haunted by Ghosts and Rites of Pina Bausch’s Past 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

But these aren’t ballets where you need to read texts to appreciate the choreography. Critic’s Notebook: Troy Schumacher and BalletCollective Open Eyes 2013-08-19T21:42:28Z

And unlike nearly every other artistic director today, she demonstrated no interest in commissioning 21st-century choreography. After the Curtain Falls: Talking to Suzanne Farrell, Artist and Muse 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

Most were familiar with the choreography from past seasons, and this resulted in polished performances. Washington Ballet pulls together in Justin Peck’s ‘In Creases’ 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

But his repertory, along with ballets by Robbins, Mr. Ratmansky and Mr. Wheeldon, keeps her at the company, along with a philosophy that revolves around choreography, not stars. Wendy Whelan, Ballerina of Architectural Bearing 2012-01-22T05:20:06Z

With the help of two assistants on the sides, Guillois, a maverick of a performer, spins lo-fi yet meticulous choreography out of these props. A Quirky Parisian Festival Refinds Its Footing 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

Their feet plant firmly into the floor as they pitch their bodies forward; buttery slides and turns send them spinning through space in spidery choreography. Dance Review: Juilliard Dance at Peter Jay Sharp Theater 2012-12-14T23:58:27Z

And he’s making connections about his own dance history, linking Fosse’s choreography, which was influenced by Black dance, and his work with Reggie Wilson. Forget About Jazz Hands, This Fosse Show Is About Dancin’ 2023-02-24T05:00:00Z

The Broadway musical that celebrates Harlem's Cotton Club, featuring the music of Duke Ellington and the Tony Award-winning choreography of Warren Carlyle, will close on June 29 at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre. 'After Midnight' to close on Broadway June 29 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z

If you care for choreography, this is a thin program. Review: ‘Whelan/Watson: Other Stories’ Pairs Stars of Ballet 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z

The contrasts between man and woman in their ballets helped to make the mid-20th century the greatest era for choreography in ballet’s history. Arts & Leisure Preview: Story Ballets, Still Romantically Inclined 2010-08-04T22:16:00Z

As a result, conservatory graduates face new pressures in a world where composers are writing choreography into their work, and chamber ensembles like Alarm Will Sound are adding stage directors to their roster. Concert Choreography: When Musicians Get Up and Move 2017-07-28T04:00:00Z

This choreography of grit and grace perseveres, despite an increase of arrests by the New York Police Department, as a delicate wonder, glued together by exacting precision and indelible stamina. Subway Performances Can Be a Wonder of Grit and Grace 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

Kelly’s choreography is artfully and specifically frenetic throughout. Review: Partying to End the Patriarchy in a Dionysian ‘Girls’ 2019-10-13T04:00:00Z

This show, with a plot about a group of women jailed for killing their husbands or lovers, is beloved for its jazz score, its Bob Fosse-inspired choreography, and its dark satire of the justice system. After ‘Phantom,’ Which Shows Will Be the Longest-Running on Broadway? 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z

De Mille had faith in this choreography, and its final incarnation was “The Other.” The Week Ahead: Nov. 13 ? 19 2011-11-11T14:58:50Z

He studies you and how you move and makes choreography that is organic to your body so you always look good. "We have to do it in Spanish": Melissa Barrera on dance-filled "Carmen" reimagining set in Mexico 2023-04-21T04:00:00Z

The choreography is tidy, if roguish, the language colloquial. Review: In ‘Chambre,’ Jack Ferver and Marc Swanson Refract a Tale of Murderous Maids 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z

Throughout “Barbie” there is a weaving of choreography and character, of movement and feeling. The Dance Delight in ‘Barbie’ Belongs to the Kens 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z

What “Dystopia” shares with Mitchell’s art that Mr. Varone’s choreography doesn’t, though, is a sense of dissonance and ferocity. Review: Doug Varone’s ‘ReComposed,’ Inspired by Joan Mitchell’s Swirling Pastels 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

I remember one evening in a huge space that was like a three-ring circus of gymnastics and tag-team choreography. 5 Artists on Working With Trisha Brown 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

Scarlett trained at the Royal Ballet School in London and danced with the company before concentrating on choreography. Star British choreographer Liam Scarlett dies at 35 2021-04-17T04:00:00Z

It looks like Disneyland and sounds, well, like a bad Broadway musical, with all the power belting and jazz-hand choreography that implies. | ‘Rock of Ages': Review: ‘Rock of Ages,’ a Musical Starring Tom Cruise 2012-06-14T15:54:25Z

Executed in St. Petersburg and dated 1903 to 1905—that is, thirteen to fifteen years after the ballet’s première—the notations could be counted on to be fairly faithful to Petipa’s original choreography. Ratmansky’s Beauty Wakes Up 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

In Côté, however, Ratmansky has a Romeo whose romantic stage presence is complemented by elaborate choreography. Ecstasy and Death; Romeo and Juliet – review 2013-04-20T23:06:09Z

Friday’s choreography, trivial at best, was not unrepresentative of Ardani presentations. Review: Three Ballets at City Center Honor Two Impresarios 2016-08-21T04:00:00Z

I look forward to seeing all these dancers in less foolish choreography. Dance Review: The Paris Opera Ballet at the David H. Koch Theater 2012-07-12T21:49:08Z

The cycle of choreography diffuses and grows with a similar reliability; just in time for a sharp contortion, a dancer’s longing transforms into something more ferocious. Dance Review | Stefanie Nelson Dance Group: ?Proximity Spiral? Seeks Fun With Numbers 2010-03-19T21:59:00Z

But the greatest wonders emerge from Ms. Gill’s choreography and her six dancers. Dance Review: In ‘New Work for the Desert,’ Control and Freedom Spar 2014-03-21T21:58:48Z

As abstract as it is, the choreography builds emotion through repetition and allows sensation rather than words to guide the story. Netflix’s ‘The OA’ and the Transformative Power of Dance 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

The action can be said to symbolize struggles of people living with H.I.V., and the choreography infuses hip-hop movement with powerful dramatic content. The Week Ahead: Dec. 25 ? 31 2011-12-25T00:22:25Z

Such was the guiding philosophy on Monday at the Apollo Theater, where the Bessies, named for the beloved choreography teacher Bessie Schonberg, celebrated a 30th anniversary. Bessie Awards Honor a Wide World of Dance 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

Rather, the action scenes rely on legible choreography and fluid editing. ‘Lost Bullet’ Review: Fast Cars and Quick Fists 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

That’s partly why, in addition to choreography and physical protection, Rodis pays attention to the way people talk about sexual acts on set: “A director can be like, ‘Yeah, you grab her tits.’ How HBO is changing sex scenes forever 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

Hers was a strange half-fame — further complicated by white creators’ appropriation of her choreography, which meant that many who encountered the Savage challenge never knew Wilson created it. Where TikTok-Like Dance Challenges Meet Network TV 2022-06-30T04:00:00Z

But there has been another remarkable feature of the last 10 days, culminating in Monday’s funeral: the choreography. The Choreography of Public Mourning 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

Starting off quietly and contained, they danced with their hands, fluttery and swooping, which showed us not just the patterns of their choreography but something of its rhythmic makeup. Review: Choreographic Skeletons From a Lost Pandemic Time 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

He was also slated to present a lecture/demonstration about Pite’s choreography on Sept. 19. Cornish cancels performances as dancer encounters visa troubles 2014-09-22T04:00:00Z

Despite occasional dips in choreography, the fantasy is compelling, and it's amplified by the lighting of Yaron Abulafia – a minimal but poetic installation suggesting a canopy of stars. Henri Oguike Dance Company ? review 2011-03-09T18:44:00Z

The choreography is meant to appear tossed off the body and improvised, yet it’s not. Review: An Incandescent Journey Through 20th-Century Dance 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z

Earlier this week a rare program composed entirely of Mr. Martins’s choreography made a worthy case for his virtues as a dancemaker. Dance Review: City Ballet’s Program of Peter Martins and Robbins at Koch Theater 2013-05-17T20:16:37Z

And Ashton’s choreography often sets up a striking tension between what we see and hear. Frederick Ashton’s ‘Cinderella,’ at American Ballet Theater 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

Kelly Devine's choreography keeps the movement lively without turning this modest show into a spectacular. Generosity overcomes terrorism in unpretentious 'Come From Away' 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

It was a more subdued edition of “Table of Silence,” a solemn, ritualistic call for peace through choreography. On the Anniversary of 9/11, Lincoln Center Awakens With Hope 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

Apart from Mr. Clug’s choreography for a male ensemble of long-skirted demons, which is at least bad enough to be funny, “Sleeping Beauty Dreams” is a snooze. Review: ‘Sleeping Beauty Dreams’ Is a Tawdry Tech Fantasy 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z

To see inventive choreography like ours is so exciting,” he said of the work by Mia Michaels, best known for her work as a judge on “So You Think You Can Dance.” After Turbulent Flight, ‘Finding Neverland’ Alights on Broadway 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

But the mind that shapes the choreography is warmly modernist: scientific but also passionately and infectiously in love with movement. Review: Liz Gerring’s ‘Horizon,’ Exuberantly Athletic, Has Its Premiere 2015-12-13T05:00:00Z

The online version required some new choreography, so to speak. A Home Version of Trisha Brown’s ‘Roof Piece,’ No Roof Required 2020-04-07T04:00:00Z

He keeps a notebook for each dance, recording the choreography and musical counts with neatly penned symbols. ‘Creative Domain’: Film takes us into mystery of Paul Taylor’s dances 2015-09-16T04:00:00Z

The danger, Sams recognises, is that this intense focus on getting the technology working, testing lighting and sound effects, tailoring the choreography to the stage, might swamp the story at the heart of the show. Toto recall: the Wizard of Oz hits the West End 2011-02-27T21:59:00Z

On a less positive note, the production suffers from labored choreography and uneven costuming. Review | Olney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ succeeds with a Belle who brings complexity to the role 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z

Where I find the choreography limited is in its vagueness of expression. 2010-02-11T23:18:00Z

She passed costume changes and complex stage designs for simple showmanship and solid choreography while husband Jay Z and daughter Blue Ivy looked on from the crowd. Watch Beyoncé's Epic VMA Medley 2014-08-24T04:00:00Z

None of these stage directions has any equivalent in the choreography now shown — by the Royal Ballet among others — as Ivanov’s. ArtsBeat: Clues to the Original Nutcracker 2010-12-04T12:30:00Z

Demme: “The big suit, the lighting, the staging, the choreography, the song line-up — everything was there in the show before the filmmakers showed up.” David Byrne and Jonathan Demme on The Making of Stop Making Sense 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z

This scene from David Fincher’s American version of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, first in the trilogy of Swedish thrillers by Stieg Larsson, displays a masterly construction of lightning suspense and action choreography. David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: Thanks Very Much, But You Really Didn't Have To 2011-12-20T15:00:53Z

I think it is really good if people do want to go into choreography. Gillian Lynne top choreography tips 2014-04-05T07:35:08Z

The event also reflected Mr. McNamara’s increasingly impressive transition from performance art to choreography. The Best Art of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

Some of it — running in circles — is too common in the choreography of others. Review: Sit Still and Watch the Dance Revolve 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

The choreography requires heavy lifting, of props — like long, tubular columns in the first section — and of other dancers. Review: Momix Shoots for Astonishment With ‘Alchemia’ 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

So many layers of Ashton’s choreography were evident in this Washington Ballet presentation. Review: Washington Ballet Scales New Heights via the Classics 2017-05-26T04:00:00Z

At times, the choreography seems like a patchwork — yes, a mosaic — of allusions to ballet rituals and codes. Review: At City Ballet, Bending the Form’s Rituals and Codes 2022-04-24T04:00:00Z

The monotonous push and pull of the choreography grew tedious, as did the repetitive footwork that seemed to live by a rule: when in doubt, add an échappé. Kathryn Posin’s Bulgarian Program 2014-10-26T04:00:00Z

The pieces, themselves, represent a sort of retrospective and they’re also in the same class of choreography. 'He's turning traditional dance on its head': Why S.F., Houston and Seattle troupes are in L.A. 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

The theatre won three prizes in total with Michelle Terry named best supporting actress in a play for Tribes and Leon Baugh taking the theatre choreography award for Sucker Punch. After the Dance, the awards 2011-03-13T21:00:03Z

Balanchine choreography can abound in hovering off-balance moments when the ballerina slows down time itself. Critic?s Notebook: From a Season Aloft, High Hopes Linger 2011-06-14T22:48:59Z

The most technical choreography is saved for a series of pivotal pas de deux and big, celebratory group dances. It’s Story Time at Ballet Theater, With a Best Seller Twist 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

Fisher says a way to keep performances intense yet professional is to reassert even staged sex as “choreography,” just as fights are choreographed by specialists. Chicago theaters said ‘Not in Our House’ to sexual abuse and harassment 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z

“The choreography is there to serve the show, and the choreographer alone is not making the show. The creative team is making the show.” Everyone needs an editor, even choreographers. Now, they’re finally welcoming more voices in the studio. 2019-04-25T04:00:00Z

Less traditional music, new choreography and even social changes keep the membership evolving. Country Dancing in the Big City 2010-12-02T23:00:00Z

I had to dress and undress Callow a lot off-stage: we had to develop a very quick, precise choreography. How we made: Peter Shaffer and Felicity Kendal on Amadeus 2013-01-14T18:59:01Z

But, ambiguous as that sounds, it is less ambiguous than the choreography. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at David H. Koch Theater 2012-03-15T22:27:24Z

Reinking replicated its choreography in productions throughout the world — England, Australia, Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands and elsewhere. Tony-winning choreographer, actress Ann Reinking dies at 71 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

Often the most faunalike feature of the choreography is the rhythm, spacing and focus. Dance Review: A Long-Absent Comedy Leaps Out for a Farewell 2011-03-06T20:22:36Z

Along with the music and dance, there is a third creative element at play: the choreography of the film itself. ‘If I Was Martha, What Would I Do?’ For One, Stay Upright 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

He pins the choreography to the musical movements, his construction more compositional than narrative. Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Oguike Dance – review 2013-02-11T18:20:59Z

How can you be sure that the Mariinsky used your choreography? The Star Choreographer Alexei Ratmansky on Russia’s Cultural War 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

Another element that distinguishes the film from the stage version are the visuals of Parson’s choreography. When David Byrne Got Together With Spike Lee 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

Ours was always a warm and easy relationship onstage, but it had been forged in ballets with tenderness built into the choreography. ‘How Do You Do?’ On Being a Gentleman in 21st-Century Ballet 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

This multiplicity connects to the overlapping dance rhythms that have already become part of the choreography, and to the fluent intersection of naturalistic social behavior and dance virtuosity that gives this piece its special flavor. Critic?s Notebook: A Galaxy of Ballet Stars Spinning in a Flickering Universe 2011-06-05T22:25:36Z

This is choreography that generates obsession; for decades now, I’ve hated to miss a performance. Dance This Week: Misty Copeland, the Royal Ballet and Ashton’s ‘Cinderella’ 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

And her choreography consists of essays in chic: wannabe-radical New York chic. Dance Review: Shades of ?Godot? and Zombies, Not to Mention Balanchine 2011-04-27T22:04:19Z

Ms. Weare’s choreography uses a lot of partnering, but often it is the woman who initiates movement and carries weight. Wendy Whelan, Tyler Angle and Others on Collaborating 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z

Ms. Marshall’s choreography naturally draws on period styles, specifically the frothing cancan. Review: ‘My Paris,’ a Portrait of Toulouse-Lautrec in Song and Dance 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

Now she is thinking about the backstage choreography of the crew and the dancers, since masks will not be worn during performances. In Miami, Sugarplum Dreams Under the Palm Trees 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z

This change will turn the whole season into an adventure: How will Taylor choreography project into the breadths, depths and heights of this house? Paul Taylor to Stage 22 of His Works at Koch Theater 2012-02-24T20:11:11Z

No knee socks in sight, and not much choreography either. Dance Review: First the Bonbon, Then the Main Course: Camp 2010-12-01T22:30:00Z

You’ll see better choreography all around, and naturally women will be engaged more. Dance Luminaries Weigh in on the Conspicuous Absence of Female Choreographers 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

“E/Space” is a delightful melding of music, visual design and choreography. Dance goes digital in an impressive Barak Ballet premiere 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z

And paying homage to Herbert Ross, whose original choreography was considered by many critics to be the best thing about “Whistle,” Mr. Nicholaw has created a captivating balletic chase sequence. | 'Anyone Can Whistle': Sondheim Tribute to Politics and Other Craziness 2010-04-10T00:20:00Z

Yet influence went two ways: You can see traces of “Dances at a Gathering” in Balanchine choreography. Jerome Robbins, Ballet’s Mr. ‘Take It Easy, Baby,’ at 100 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Other examples of this genre — collective choreography drawn from a soloist accustomed to ad-libbing — are underwhelming, but Slyde’s “Interplay” finds a rare balance between set structure and prompts for individualizing improvisation. Sets Featuring Fonteyn, the Cunningham Company and Others 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

“Among Friends” unravels Rauschenberg’s effervescent imagination and enthusiasms that, for a time, extended to choreography. Renegades and Radical Bodies in 3 New York Exhibitions 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

Again, the film’s greatest shortcoming is the choreography. Dance on Film Is the Only Game in Town. BalletX Takes the Field. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

Ms. Tanowitz is one of several modern choreographers who seems to employ repetition because it once mattered in modern choreography but without showing us what it means now. Dance Review: Pam Tanowitz?s ?Untitled (the Blue Ballet)? at the Kitchen 2012-03-10T00:50:47Z

“She would do the choreography just a little bit less,” Lipton said. Britney Spears Has Always Fought Back. By Dancing. 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z

The spectacle was bright and often charming, but the choreography fell short, with a rushed, slapdash effect. What the Washington Ballet needs in a new director 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z

It’s also Garland’s choreography, which deftly mixes classical ballet steps with moves and attitude from at least a century of Black popular dance. Black in Ballet: Coming Together After Trying to ‘Blend Into the Corps’ 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z

Yet much of this choreography is just skilled bluster. Dance Review: Miami City Ballet in Liam Scarlett Work at Kravis Center 2013-01-28T23:05:18Z

They also bring up a weakness in Peck’s choreography: his meandering duets. Review: Justin Peck Runs Out of Steam in ‘Copland Dance Episodes’ 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

Getting to it involved an ingenious architectural choreography of intimidation. A 21st-Century Renaissance for Ford Foundation Landmark 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

It’s chaotic in the moment, but the patina of time reveals a graceful choreography. A Death In the Family Inspires Two Works of Art 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

“What’s interesting for me is that it’s not just about moving out of the theater and into the exhibition space. It’s about choreography asserting its temporality.” New Live Performances Redefine Frieze London’s Limits 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

It does, because Lent has looped “Loops” around the solos of three Juilliard students — Lindsay Phillips, Griffin Massey and Matthew Johnson — who perform their own choreography to the Cage pieces missing Cunningham’s contributions. Review: Who Can Commune With Cunningham and Cage? 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Sometimes his choreography is too complicated, too full—clogged. Alexei Ratmansky Makes a Ballet about Love 2016-10-23T04:00:00Z

Where this production delivers less successfully is in its choreography. Michelangelo Drawing Blood – review 2013-04-04T17:13:57Z

The choreography was overhauled, as were the Day-Glo, Pop Art costumes. In Las Vegas, All You Need Is ‘Love’ and Eight Million Beatles Fans 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ashford’s choreography for the ballet, and for the opening waltz, can be blurry and overly busy. Review: ‘Carousel,’ a Broadway Turn at Lyric Opera of Chicago 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

If you look for choreography to provide meaning, however, the picture onstage becomes considerably more complicated. Dance Review: A Physical Choreography, Turning Women Into Targets 2010-12-16T23:06:06Z

“There’s worrying over product placement and how many deluxe-edition albums are we going to be able to pull out of this one and heightened choreography.” Anna Kendrick on ‘Pitch Perfect 2’ and Not Trying Too Hard 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

So I’m secretly infusing my choreography with what I’d do as a director. For an Alicia Keys Video, Choreographing Spontaneity 2016-05-29T04:00:00Z

“There is nobody better to oversee the Balanchine choreography than a man who’s worked hand in hand with Balanchine and for 35 years has preserved that legacy.” Peter Martins Left City Ballet a Year Ago. But He’s Not Entirely Gone. 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z

The choreography seen in the video for "Wuthering Heights" is particularly well-known in this respect. Ethereal, evocative, and inventive: why the music of Kate Bush spans generations 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z

But the Trocks, as they are usually called, also pay loving homage to the cult of the ballerina and faithful attention to choreography, often performing historical gems little seen elsewhere. Radical Turn for the Trocks? Youngest Sylph 2010-12-09T22:57:00Z

If Ashton's choreography brushes against the superhuman, it's not through grandiose leaps or pirouettes, but his gift for distilling movement into the sublime. Royal Ballet: Ashton Mixed Bill – review 2013-02-13T17:50:49Z

Advertisement Advertisement “Everything to me is choreography,” she said. For Big Dance Theater, the After-Party Is at Intermission 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

Over the past few months, the Lab has thrived in its new incarnation, attracting an array of commercial and entertainment clients with services ranging from choreography and dancer management to video production and hair design. Mothers of Reinvention: The Lab Pivots as Studios Close 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

But the company also raised eyebrows with a system of fining dancers for lateness, changing choreography or missing entrances. Cedar Lake Ballet to Close in June 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

Oberon’s outsize crown is foolish; the knee-length skirt Titania wears for her first important dance robs her choreography of some of the spectacular scale it has in the usual ankle-length frock. Review: Balanchine and Shakespeare Catch Some Waves in Miami 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

Inspired by Susan Sontag’s “Against Interpretation,” Mr. Greenberg, in his new dance “This,” fights the idea that meaning must be assigned to choreography. Who Knows What This Means? 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z

The production, the management, the vocal training, the choreography, the swagger coaching — all that effort to create one teen-pop star in a country that’s still starving for them. Music Review: SHINee and South Korean K-Pop Groups at Madison Square Garden ? Review 2011-10-24T22:32:21Z

This is telling, since Abraham’s choreography is also focused on detail. Review: Kyle Abraham’s Calm Control of Bodies and Space 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

The focus here was on stylized, often mechanistic choreography that explored relationships among movement, time and space. Music Review: ?On the Beach? at Baryshnikov Arts Center 2012-04-07T00:27:51Z

She flies through choreography with glee, as if she were running barefoot through a forest. The Best Dance of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

They're a contrast to the rest of the choreography, which has Aguilera and others in the cast bending, bouncing and whirling like a team of Eastern European gymnasts on a Four Loko tear. In 'Burlesque,' ageless diva Cher confronts her age 2010-11-20T01:42:00Z

Mr. Maliphant’s choreography reflects his training at the Royal Ballet School, as well as disciplines like yoga, tai chi and martial arts. Trapped by Light, Do the Half-Moon 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z

Too much of the choreography, though, is instantly forgettable, tagged on to music that lacks definition or logic of its own. Clod Ensemble: Zero – review 2013-06-05T17:40:43Z

Mr. Dunn promises that his choreography, music and design will parallel and entangle one another. Douglas Dunn, Tangled Up in Moves and Music 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

And without veering into explicit narrative he aims to create a multilayered expressive texture that sets optimism against anguish, light against dark and high energy choreography against contemplative stillness. This week's new dance 2011-03-19T00:06:51Z

Ms. Zendora’s choreography was occasionally representational — bird-wing arms, twirling hands descending like falling leaves — but more often, her images were abstract. Zendora Dance Takes a Firefly’s View at BAM 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

Its first incarnation arrived on Broadway in 1998 and won three Tony awards for direction of a musical, choreography and costume design. Bourne's all-male `Swan Lake' returning to NYC 2010-06-03T20:16:00Z

I’ve concentrated on just a few aspects of Mr. Morris’s choreography here. Dance Review: Mark Morris Dance Group at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-06T22:07:00Z

The choreography is wholly in the Fosse vernacular, and Rachel Leigh Dolan guides the big numbers — “We Both Reached for the Gun” and “Razzle Dazzle,” especially — to satisfying crests. Review | ‘Chicago’ finds legroom at Keegan Theatre 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

Mr. Tynek’s choreography may be old-fashioned modern dance, but it’s very much alive. Dance Review: Dusan Tynek Dance - Review 2011-11-04T22:32:48Z

The choreography may be charming, but it scarcely helps us believe in the principal characters. How did Murdoch and company perform on the world stage? 2011-07-20T11:29:00Z

The dancing: Watching a corps of live dancer-actors ripping through the exciting Jerome Robbins choreography for this classic show is a breathtaking thrill. 'West Side Story' film vs. stage musical 2012-01-08T04:12:06Z

Actors Gym founder Sylvia Hernandez-DiStasi is in charge of aerial/acrobatic choreography that has sailors scurrying up those tall masts with the ease of circus performers. Chicago-launched ‘Moby Dick’ splashes into Arena Stage 2016-11-28T05:00:00Z

But the choreography, though handsome, is less distinctive, with curvilinear phrases offset by picture-ready poses and partnering that, too often, presents woman as leggy hood ornament, hefted about by man. Dance Review: Stefanie Batten Bland’s ‘Place of Sun’ at Baryshnikov 2012-05-21T21:47:42Z

But as staged by Tyler Thomas, with spare yet essential choreography by Nora Thompson, part of this musical’s triumph is its sensitivity and grace. ‘Emojiland’ and a Graceful Elegy at the New York Musical Festival 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z

Here, Mr. Webb narrates a scene with Spider-Man swinging through the city streets that includes complicated stunt work and action choreography. ArtsBeat: Anatomy of a Scene: 'The Amazing Spider-Man' 2012-07-02T19:06:45Z

Camille A. Brown works like a fine jeweler on her choreography. Review | Camille A. Brown’s “ink”: Beautiful etchings in space 2017-12-03T05:00:00Z

The staging was a complex choreography weaving together the chorus and a mime troupe in largely horizontal movements, while the stars were conveyed on and off the stage vertically, often in a gilded elevator. Despite pandemic, famed Italian theater opens season 2021-12-07T05:00:00Z

Though some still use the word “abstract” to describe plotless choreography, Cunningham, like the choreographer George Balanchine before him and Mark Morris today, observed that humans dancing cannot be abstract. L.A. Dance Project Takes On Merce Cunningham 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

Then there’s Brendan Jordan, the 16-year-old who became a viral sensation after a video of him stealing the spotlight from a Las Vegas newscaster with choreography from Lady Gaga’s “Applause” swept the Internet in 2014. Drag goes big (think Broadway) in 'Le Bal' extravaganza at the Theatre at Ace Hotel 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z

Yet her largely stationary choreography for herself and the other nondisabled performers is the least interesting part of “Gimp.” Dance Review: Heidi Latsky Dance Performs ‘Gimp’ at Lincoln Center 2012-08-05T21:27:28Z

But working on the High Republic series is a different kind of choreography. The future of Star Wars has arrived, and it takes place hundreds of years in the past 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z

He found himself abruptly dismissed by the Rambert board, which said his programs were not drawing sufficient audiences, but the silver lining was the possibility of once again concentrating on his choreography. 2010-01-08T20:23:00Z

It does not help to look to Mr. Martins’s taste in new choreography. Critic’s Notebook: New York City Ballet Is Changing, but Questions Remain 2012-06-15T21:27:12Z

The choreography of the action, the spatial dimensions of this Last Stand, the emotions on the line — it was all a big fat zero. Avengers Spoiler Alert: All Sound and No Fury ? Or How Marvel Botched a Nuclear Apocalypse 2012-05-07T10:45:29Z

“The choreography is so synced and exact that it appears as if the characters are interacting with the Rockettes,” he said. Dance: Rockettes in a Rebooted ?Christmas Spectacular? 2011-11-05T05:23:40Z

“You begin to learn that the choreography is not just about footwork or technique or turnout or stamina,” Hollander said. In a Movement Parade Inspired by Water, Dancers Find Their Flow 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z

The first half of the program included two older Bowen McCauley works with choreography a bit too prim for the music. Bowen McCauley Dance celebrates 20 years with new and vintage pieces 2015-10-25T04:00:00Z

In almost half the ballet, Mr. Ratmansky’s choreography strains hard against the music, often working in brisk, quirky staccato character against music that is softly melodic or unrhythmically atmospheric. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Dream’ and ‘Firebird’ 2012-06-22T22:43:10Z

Mr. Scott has said in interviews that professional dancers were included as a way to hold the choreography together, but they are distractions. Dance Review: For Healing, Not Words but Bodies in Motion 2011-04-03T21:57:05Z

As with other viral phenomena, the professional productions inspire others who learn the choreography and share videos of their performances online. D.I.Y. Music Videos, Inspired by the Pros 2010-04-30T18:37:00Z

At moments Ms. Shemy lets her choreography expand, making fuller use of the stage and suggesting a keen eye for spatial patterns. 2010-02-13T00:45:00Z

True, the choreography reiterates motifs to the point of shtick. Dance Review: Kaplow?s Farewell at New York City Ballet 2010-06-25T22:14:00Z

Most often, they make lists: of a lover’s vows in “I’m Your Man,” of bitter realizations in “Everybody Knows,” of metaphorical choreography in “Dance Me to the Edge of Love.” Music Review: Leonard Cohen at the Barclays Center 2012-12-22T00:28:21Z

He’s more attuned to gestures, Daumier-like faces, the breeze in the trees, the choreography of bodies and the many textured, outwardly modest details that make up a life. ‘Scarlet’ Review: A Father and Daughter Endure 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z

People just love the script, and the choreography. ‘Chicago’ Pops the Cork on 25 Years of Razzle Dazzle 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z

A crowdsourced virtual show followed, with original numbers, sets and costumes, choreography, even a mock Playbill. Best Theater of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

Nor was he around when she conceived much of its material: unused choreography from the film “Hair.” Twyla Tharp’s Troupe Prepares for a Milestone Tour 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z

All the music is irresistible, but the choreography doesn’t merely surrender to it; with different phrases happening at contrasting speeds, it often knits its way around it. Review: Ballet Memphis Shatters Basic Rules 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z

But when this celebrated New York City Ballet principal talks about choreography — not just any choreography, but dances that really get her creative juices flowing — all of that just-like-us business goes out the door. Wendy Whelan, Ballerina of Architectural Bearing 2012-01-22T05:20:06Z

Early in her career, in the 1930s and ’40s, she was identified mainly with experimental works by Serge Lifar, the controversial director of the Paris Opera Ballet whose choreography dominated its repertoire. Yvette Chauviré, Ballerina and Symbol of French Culture, Dies at 99 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

The Book of Mormon," by the creators of "South Park and "Avenue Q," nabbed 12 nominations on Friday, including nods for best musical, lyrics, music, direction and choreography. 'Book of Mormon' leads Drama Desk nominations 2011-04-29T14:31:16Z

But what takes center stage more than the choreography is the filmmaking. Dancing on Grass and Concrete at New York City Ballet 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z

On the other hand, in “For Colored Girls,” Camille A. Brown’s choreography tied the show’s various stories together beautifully, providing a useful second channel of information and emotion. Against All Odds, Broadway Rose to the Occasion. Mostly. 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z

The male duet of the Bourne “Swan Lake” is now a classic of same-sex choreography. Critic’s Notebook: Dominic Walsh and Others at the Joyce Theater 2013-08-11T22:38:15Z

But what about the choreography that all this serves? Ballet Festival: Skill (Check), Class (Yep), Vision (More, Please) 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

On that front, Ms. Netrebko delivered, bringing in props, extra collaborators and even a kind of choreography, with such carefully stylized poses that the concert at times felt like a photo shoot. Review: Anna Netrebko Sang a Recital. Of Course She Brought Props. 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z

Mr. Snyder and his wife, Esther Geiger, a certified movement analyst, will watch videos of the choreography and attend rehearsals to write a script. How to Convey Dance to Those Without Sight? All Hands On 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

“It’s not judgmental. Sometimes it’s amused, which I think is really fun, especially when it’s one of those works where it’s so in her wheelhouse — it allows you to enjoy the choreography with her.” A City Ballet Star Bids Farewell to the ‘Crazy Ballerina Life’ 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z

Efficiency and pristine structure provide a frame for absurdity in “Kontakthof,” where gestural choreography is accumulated and repeated with purpose as dancers, one by one, treat the audience like a mirror. ‘Kontakthof,’ by Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, at BAM 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

The choreography of lunges, walks and slow turns, arms curved overhead and knees slightly bent looks both sculptural and geometric. Dance Review: Symmetry and Geometry, in Mirror Image 2011-06-21T21:44:33Z

In ensemble dances — the Snow scene above all — we seldom saw the whole geometric pattern of the choreography. Critic’s Notebook: Three ‘Nutcrackers’ on one Sunday 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z

For all the theatricality of the production, which relies on a rotating set that suggests a row of tenements in Charleston, the staging is essentially traditional; Camille A. Brown’s inventive choreography is its boldest element. When News Upstages an Opera Performance 2020-01-12T05:00:00Z

Though there were imperfections in Tuesday’s performance, I marveled at how the dancers — amid the rococo complications of Ashton’s choreography — never failed just to dance. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater?s Ashton Program at the Met 2010-06-09T22:16:00Z

At present what looks most historic about 2012 is not choreography but casting. | The Year Ahead: In Dance, Ratmansky, Wheeldon, Paul Taylor and Mark Morris 2011-12-30T00:33:51Z

Ms. Reichlen was already good four years ago in “The Four Temperaments” and “Rubies”; but in all these roles she has found an increased authority in every millisecond of the choreography. Critic?s Notebook: From a Season Aloft, High Hopes Linger 2011-06-14T22:48:59Z

The fascination of Bournonville’s choreography lies in the way he showed euphoria to be a condition worthy of endless variations. Royal Danish Ballet Performs Works by August Bournonville 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

She will continue to work with the company through the 2021-22 season, after which she will return to independent choreography full time. Staatsballett Berlin Leaders to Leave Prematurely 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z

She fits in well to Hartley's stylized performances with slightly mannered, offbeat rhythms, what actress Adrienne Shelly once called the "emotional choreography" of Hartley's work. Cinefamily salutes indie director Hal Hartley, new film 'Ned Rifle' 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z

Wiegmann, likewise, was equally intrigued — by the incredible story behind Messiaen’s composition, but also by the challenge it presented on the level of choreography. Olivier Messiaen wrote music in a Nazi prison camp. Artist Susan Silton has asked women to perform it 2017-06-14T04:00:00Z

Impossibly double-jointed dancers tie their limbs into serpentine knots; there's some smartly judged choreography. Breakin' Convention – review 2013-05-06T16:12:40Z

Fosse died in 1987, but he still haunts Broadway, where he won a record eight Tonys for choreography, plus one for direction. ‘Fosse/Verdon’ Has Magic to Do. And Undo. 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z

Abraham excels at so many aspects of choreography, among them instilling traditional movement with the gestural language of Black life and street dance or showing the subtle difference between slow motion and stillness. Review: Kyle Abraham Takes on Cunningham and, as Always, Love 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

Add physical choreography and an emphasis on body position and core strength to simple rhythms, and I was beaming. Taiko drumming: It’s loud, it’s fun and, yes, it’s a workout 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

The movie received 11 Academy Award nominations and won five, including best picture, and was given an honorary Oscar for choreography. Ron Moody dies at 91; British actor played Fagin in the movie “Oliver!” 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z

But he’s also created pieces with fixed choreography and can still be an extraordinary performer. From Movement in Ancient Art to Radical Choreographers 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z

In addition to moving through some fairly robust choreography, they were expected Monday to handle Cirque du Soleil-style aerial work and engage in costumed stage combat — all while making Cher look like the superstar. Cher at Staples Center: 5 instant reactions to the pop spectacle 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z

For the first program, the selections were brief and unassuming — less about innovative choreography than watching bodies in motion. What Is It Like to Watch Live Dance Again? Amazing 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

The program will include excerpts from the institute’s Event of the Year, featuring choreography rooted in the music and dance of China. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 17-23 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

Chris is the guy from choreography who also splits his time making sure the music is correct. The Choreographers Who Set Beyoncé in Motion at Coachella 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

Trained in both political economics and choreography, he enlists live participants to create performance art tailored to the exhibition space. Live art in Tate's Turbine Hall 2012-07-23T10:06:03Z

Beyond any individual performance lies the endless fascination of the Balanchine choreography. Review: City Ballet, in Turmoil, Shows the Value of What’s at Stake 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

Here, he shows a graceful fluency in both the romantic and vaudevillian styles of the World War I era, neatly matched by Patrick McCollum’s period choreography. Review: Lies of Love and Memory Swirl Through ‘Unknown Soldier’ 2020-03-09T04:00:00Z

But rather than appearing troubled by an existential dilemma, he looked entirely preoccupied by the extraordinarily fussy, devilishly hard choreography. Dance Review: ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ at the Paris Opera Ballet 2013-12-22T20:39:11Z

“I can’t see any other productions of ‘Charity’ without the Fosse choreography, because it’s so perfect.” Donna McKechnie on Fosse and Bennett, ‘Chicago’ and ‘A Chorus Line’ 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z

Later on in the season, the director Chen Shi-Zheng will lead a new live production tentatively titled “Dragon Spring Phoenix Rise”; it will feature songs by Sia and choreography by Akram Khan. The Shed’s 1st Season Welcomes a Concert Series From Steve McQueen and Quincy Jones 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z

Obviously, choreography at the Bowl involves deploying dancers in a stretched-out line in front of the orchestra. Hollywood Bowl show marks a breakthrough for homegrown L.A. dance troupes 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

The demonic choreography of al-Qaeda’s attack on the United States instantly rendered Sept. 11 the most documented act of terrorism in human history. Perspective | How 9/11 altered the fiction landscape in 13 novels 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z

While her choreography is found in many places, Ms. Moore isn’t a household name. Shall They Dance? Making ‘La La Land’ Move 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

It is not so much accompaniment to Cunningham’s choreography as mental environment. Dance Review: Merce Cunningham Dance Company in ?Roaratorio? - Review 2011-12-08T23:13:25Z

The rest of the ensemble backs them up appealingly, and dances Edgar Godineaux’s choreography even more so. Review: In ‘The Harder They Come,’ Innocence Lost to a Reggae Beat 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

The sounds of Brazil dominate the music, and the choreography is inflected with syncopated rhythms and flirty hips. Pina Bausch's Tanztheater?Wuppertal: Agua 2010-08-29T20:31:00Z

Cast members from Broadway’s biggest shows — “An American in Paris,” “Aladdin,” “On the Town” — perform and share their own choreography in this biannual showcase of innovative musical theater dance. Dance Listings for May 15-21 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

The Philadelphia Dance Company, otherwise known as Philadanco, returned to the Joyce Theater on Tuesday night with a program of mostly new choreography. Dance Review: Philadanco Gets Funky in a Night of the New 2011-03-30T21:52:00Z

The choreography shows elsewhere that the nine admirable young men performing it are certainly capable of épaulement; I just wish that element of style were a more primary ingredient throughout. Dance Review: The Balanchine Way, Imprinted 2011-06-08T21:28:34Z

I do a lot of choreography, and everything I do, I imagine it through the lens. Bieber's 'Sorry' video? JLo? Janet? Meet the choreographer behind the moves, Parris Goebel 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Some choreography — the first two movements of “Western Symphony,” above all — needs restudying. City Ballet Closes Its Season With Power and Glow 2016-05-30T04:00:00Z

The choreography is far from either; still, this is the evening’s highlight. Review: BalletNext Takes Risks in ‘Baroque’d’ 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

The choreography is always clear enough for little theatergoers to understand just what Sadie is pretending — and perhaps be inspired to follow in her footsteps some weekend morning. 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

She watched rehearsals for Balanchine classics, including “The Nutcracker,” and a new work by Justin Peck, with the choreography and the lines of the dancers informing her work. When These Lines Are Drawn, Artist and Dancers Connect 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

The show, Deca Dance, is a collage of extracts from Naharin's choreography, set to an eclectic range of music, Arabic as well as western. Batsheva Ensemble 2012-11-20T15:27:24Z

Two more new ones, “Angel Down” and “Joanne,” provided Gaga with a quieter moment to catch her breath after executing a barrage of impressive choreography and turned out to be nice vocal highlights. Lady Gaga treats fans to expansive, smart hit-filled set 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z

Her choreography, however, is busy and overwrought, especially beside its chosen music. Review: At Washington Ballet, 3 Affable, Immature Premieres 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Even though it's a lot of the same choreography, you still have to get the vibe right. A heart to heart with Cuba Gooding Jr.: The film he really wants to make and why it’s not about... 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z

Certain costumes for the enchanted objects — I’m talking about you, flatware! — look dorky to the point of amateurishness, a shortcoming that can highlight Josh Walden’s stilted choreography. Review | Olney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ succeeds with a Belle who brings complexity to the role 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z

There are obvious similarities between his choreography and Indian dance that relate to that symbiosis of music and dance, but there are other points as well, like the idea of communicating through gesture. Mark Morris’s Love Letter to India, Through Music and Dance 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

"But the spirited choreography, rhymed dialogue and zippy songs, when paired with a stream of sexual euphemisms and tasteless jokes, sometimes create an unsavory contrast." Review: In ‘ms. estrada,’ Campus Feminists Say No to Sex, Yes to Hip-Hop 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

“You’re thinking of the choreography but you’re also feeling the energy of the girls around you,” Johnson said, stretching her arms around invisible girlfriends. What the Rockettes and ‘The Hard Nut’ teach us about the meaning of life 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

Mr. Whiteside developed the choreography over two weeks, between Ballet Theater rehearsals, with “much input, assistance and collaboration from Cassie.” Rumba 101 With Two Ballet Pros 2017-07-02T04:00:00Z

The ensemble’s 11 men displayed some of the most dazzling breaking techniques I’ve ever seen, while Mr. Albright’s choreography possessed a sly humor and an adept sense of spatial composition. Dance Review: At BAM, DanceAfrica?s Links Between Traditional and Modern 2010-05-30T21:33:00Z

Produced by Houston’s Stages, the work features music by Jasmine Barnes, choreography by Stanton Welch and Harrison Guy and dancers from Houston Ballet. 54 Dance Programs, Festivals and More Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

Best choreography in a video was won by Will Young's Losing Myself. Controversial MIA video triumphs at UK Music Video awards 2012-11-09T00:00:00Z

Throughout much of the program, Mr. Veggetti’s choreography did little more than paint a thin veneer on top of Xenakis’s odd, ominous and sometimes frightening music. Dance Review: A Greek Composer?s Japanese Inspirations 2010-03-02T22:40:00Z

The show's choreography was "made up" by Valk from "some facts and clues" but also YouTube excursions through sacred dances from other cultures. A clear channel to the Shaker past: Woosters' 'Early Shaker Spirituals' 2015-01-17T05:00:00Z

But after the cast takes its bows — cleverly gliding in and out of the choreography to do so — there is a more ominous moment. Review: Finding a Collective Groove in Church and in House Dance 2022-08-10T04:00:00Z

His choreography is about the painstaking accumulation of textures through dance, sound, lighting and costume; despite these same tools, “sakinan” lands in a sappy place of melancholy. Dance Review: Lyon Opera Ballet Dances a Work by Christian Rizzo 2014-05-08T20:54:15Z

This dance — Justin Peck’s reframing of the original choreography by Jerome Robbins — may not be as luminous, but it is a surprise: a slice of unexpected loveliness that speaks to the subtle power of movement. What Is ‘West Side Story’ Without Jerome Robbins? Chatty. 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

Several critics praised the film’s choreography and performances. Lots of fur, few purrs as critics claw 'Cats' musical film 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z

But her choreography for the children, students from the Atlanta Ballet school, is smart, striking a difficult balance between wildness and order. Dance Review: Twyla Tharp?s ?The Princess and the Goblin? 2012-02-13T00:28:50Z

Set to Ciara’s “Like a Boy” — a song that explores double standards for men and women — the choreography simmers with force and power. These N.B.A. Dancers Bring Their High Kicks Courtside 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

The choreography keeps the dancers mainly separate, though cross-references abound. 2010-01-21T06:42:00Z

And speaking of mash-ups, that's exactly the genre that forces the film's female singing group out of its comfort zone of conservative choreography and corny vocal arrangements. Review: `Pitch Perfect' is infectiously catchy 2012-09-26T19:21:12Z

One way, both teams know, is through choreography with something to say and dancers who perform it with intention. These N.B.A. Dancers Bring Their High Kicks Courtside 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

The songs did not carry the storytelling so much as the choreography did. Can Critics Learn to Love the Jukebox Musical? 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z

The incongruity between his music and Mr. Hougland’s choreography turned out to be more than slight. Dance Review: Cincinnati Ballet at the Joyce Theater 2014-05-08T20:58:00Z

To execute choreography that expresses such internal chaos by having minute control over every muscle ... woo, boy. Finally! The best 3 dancers advance to the "SYTYCD" finals 2010-08-06T12:01:00Z

And on June 14 she will show choreography as part of Virtual Works & Process, BalletX. When the Dancers Have to Miss the Last Dance 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z

The screen lights up with humor, merry making, stirring songs and some lightning-fast choreography. ‘The Hobbit’: overstuffed but jaw-dropping | Movie review 2012-12-13T03:01:34Z

Yet women and men alike are trapped within the flashy shell of the choreography. Review: Ailey II Displays Acrobatic Tussles Between the Sexes 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

We spent three, sometimes four, days a week training prior to the shoot to learn all the fight choreography and the form of martial art within that. “She has her own strength that was so empowering”: Priya Kansara talks "Polite Society" sisterhood 2023-04-29T04:00:00Z

With its Ancien Régime setting, its palatial choreography and music, Sleeping Beauty is the grandest ballet in the repertory; and in visual terms, Birmingham Royal Ballet's production remains the most magisterial I've seen. Sleeping Beauty 2010-04-21T20:45:00Z

The festival celebrates the 25th anniversary of the company’s New Combinations Fund, which supports new choreography. New York City Ballet Kicks Off a Bustling Spring Season 2017-04-12T04:00:00Z

It was with Ms. Logan and her mother that Mr. Roberts rekindled his love for choreography. At Alvin Ailey, a Quiet Disrupter With No Time for Tears 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

Mr. Waag’s “Fascinating Rhythm,” with its blend of tap, waacking and hip-hop — featuring choreography by others, including Rokafella — was far from fascinating but a random synthesis of forms, with no real point. Review: ‘Rhythm in Motion’ Explores the Many Definitions of Tap 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

This, too, is choreography whose shapes, meters and energy flood the auditorium on a heroic scale. Review: Paul Taylor’s American Modern Dance at David H. Koch Theater 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z

This past weekend, you could see the performers exploring different moods within the choreography. L.A. Dance Project Takes On Merce Cunningham 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

Some of these dancers have obvious flaws, yet it was remarkable how I noticed them only at the moments I also reacted to the unusual illumination being brought to some of the choreography. Suzanne Farrell Ballet Presents Balanchine and Robbins 2014-12-01T05:00:00Z

What challenges did you face in the choreography? Halloween horror translated for ballet: How 'Inferno' will turn Dante into dance 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

“Ever since I made ‘Symphonie Fantastique’ it seemed obvious: Why don’t you do more of this choreography from materials?” he asked. ‘The Rite of Spring,’ Basil Twist’s Spin on Stravinsky 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

Instead he has been a consistent enabler of new choreography, perpetually curious about the wider cultural world, always keeping an eye open for talent. The Week Ahead: May 16 ? 22 2010-05-13T14:25:00Z

You certainly watch a pas de deux differently when you’ve just been told its dancers will get married; you look less for choreography than for gossipy clues to their relationship. Dance Review: A Way With Balanchine (and With a Talking Dancer, Too) 2010-09-17T22:28:00Z

“I liked how aggressive her choreography was,” Ms. Azalea said. Dancing Her Way to Pop Stardom, Thanks to YouTube and Rihanna 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z

Her three nods came for best female video for "Born This Way", while "Judas" will compete for art direction and choreography. Katy Perry crushes Gaga in MTV music video noms 2011-07-21T03:10:46Z

But there was a message in the choreography: men wearing hoodies and holding their hands up, recalling the “Hands up, don’t shoot” chant of protests spurred by the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. Grammy Awards: Pharrell Williams, Madonna and Sia Offered Hymns Somber and Strange 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

Rhee’s choreography is shockingly conventional — a few positions borrowed from ballet and arranged with no special imagination or skill. Review: The Sea Is Rising, but the Dance Goes On 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

Despite the stench, the hopefuls are undeterred, singing one of the musical’s signature songs, You Can’t Stop the Beat and doing the choreography to stay warm. Thousands come out to audition for NBC’s Hairspray Live! musical 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

In reality, the former is unquestionably a downgrade from the latter in terms of cinematic technique, pictorial sensibility, action choreography, thematic complexity and a bunch of other stuff. Best ever superhero movie (in terms of fabrics): It’s god vs. psycho in Zack Snyder’s bombastic “Batman v Superman” 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

Yet somehow these fall short, maybe because they suggest a blunt forging ahead, when in fact the choreography demands as much softness and restraint, one of its sublime tensions. Review: From Twyla Tharp, the Effort and Possibilities of Dancing 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

Every Super Bowl halftime show requires a dizzying amount of planning and preparation, but the Weeknd’s performance this year called for a special kind of choreography: dancing around pandemic-era limitations. What’s on TV This Week: ‘The Big Leap’ and ‘The Wonder Years’ 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

A knowledge of the basics of choreography, music and dance will help in predicting what the next step will be. Lens Blog: Andrea Mohin: Shooting Dance 2011-12-28T10:00:59Z

In different male-female duets, the choreography suggests different aspects of human love in spring, summer and autumn. Review: At New York Theater Ballet, Safe Bets Become Bold 2018-04-29T04:00:00Z

It has its moments of interest, but the narrative, direction and fight choreography all look a bit samey. Reign of Assassins – review 2013-02-14T22:50:01Z

During summers and vacations, she spent as much time as she could at Broadway Dance, learning as much choreography as possible. A Genre-Spanning Choreographer Who Says Yes to the Unknown 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

The dancers did much of the initial work of reconstructing the choreography, using archival films — often blurry and dark — and copious notes written in Taylor’s hand. The Everyday Avant-Gardist: Paul Taylor’s First Principles 2022-06-09T04:00:00Z

But in terms of choreography, the title is all too accurate. Dance on Film Is the Only Game in Town. BalletX Takes the Field. 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z

The dance work the men were creating with Chamblas borrowed choreography from their life in prison — the freezing on the floor when an alarm sounds, the periodic roll call. Can a Dance Class Free Men’s Bodies in a Place Meant to Contain Them? 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

Twice a week Jim Cooney, 32, the instructor and choreographer, who also works as a Web design consultant, adapts a musical’s choreography to fit the abilities of his students. Urban Athlete: Chorus-Line Calisthenics 2010-09-02T21:17:00Z

The Tony-award winning musical, with a book by James Goldman and a score by Stephen Sondheim, is directed by Eric Schaeffer and will feature musical direction by James Moore and choreography by Warren Carlyle. ArtsBeat: 'Follies' Returns to Broadway With Kennedy Center Cast 2011-06-29T16:43:36Z

Adam Scott Mazer’s script pulls more punches than his persuasively knockabout fight choreography. | 'Death Valley': The Undead Are Uneasy in the Untamed West 2011-07-03T21:10:27Z

Oddly, the music activates the space in a way that Mr. Brooks’s choreography does not. Review: Brooks Moving Company Hews to Safe Uniformity 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

The work, an invented fable about how the Lark was ejected from the Chinese zodiac, set to clear, lucid and evocative music, was sung in English and staged with whimsical headdresses, choreography and PowerPoint animations. Music Review: Light and Color in an Undulating Cloud 2010-10-18T22:29:00Z

Though her cinema was more obviously thematic than her choreography, Rainer remained more interested in confounding viewers than gratifying them. Step-by-step guide to dance: Yvonne Rainer 2010-12-24T13:12:31Z

For example, Open Streets, the city initiative that temporarily privileges people over cars, relegates vehicles to secondary status, permitting much richer — and socially distanced — uses to proliferate, from curb-lane dining to skateboard choreography. Building Public Places for a Covid World 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

Then the pros talked about how hard it was to keep the choreography fresh and the competition exciting for their stars and the viewers after nearly 1,000 dances. Last dance for Sugar Ray Leonard 2011-04-13T05:03:00Z

It was a hit with the creative team, and led to Ms. Derricks’s choreography taking on a greater role. The Choreographer Marguerite Derricks Takes On ‘Heathers’ 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z

Rather the opposite: Balanchine style and choreography maximize each dancer’s energy. New York City Ballet Performs George Balanchine Classics 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

Photograph: Tristram Kenton Last week, the four finalists for the 2013 Place prize for choreography showed their work on the stage of the Robin Howard Dance Theatre. The Place prize; Mayerling – review 2013-04-27T23:05:52Z

To better train those in the military, Shyshkarova is creating a system that she calls “tactical choreography” and is developing it with Andrii Polyarush, a soldier who lost a hand in March. What Does a Dancing Body Feel Like in Ukraine? ‘I Am a Gun.’ 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

An amalgam of classical and contemporary vocabulary steeped with intense physicality and emotion, his whiplash choreography is characterized by its articulated lines, razor-sharp precision and quicksilver deployment of steps. The dark side of choreographer Angelin Preljocaj comes to L.A. 2014-06-14T04:00:00Z

For me, choreography is a kind of compilation of my favorite things; it could be a tight fifth position, or it could be collapsing to the floor with zero technique or form. A Ballerina Harnesses Her Wild Imagination to Choreography 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z

Even so, her account was on the sweetly conventional side, and a few features of the choreography failed to register. American Ballet Theater Performs Ashton’s ‘Cinderella’ 2014-06-16T04:00:00Z

The movie offers a detailed look at the inner working of a small dance company, and Sidra Bell’s choreography illustrates the theme of eroticized danger without going overboard. Critic’s Notebook: NewFest of Gay Films Opens at Lincoln Center 2013-09-05T21:36:08Z

The unusual angle of Withers’s take on a protest song is missed entirely, but the choreography offers some independent pleasures. Review: Parsons Dance Is an Enjoyable Ride, as Usual 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

At all points, they give us the choreography; their manner is both selfless and self-revealing. Review: Compagnie CNDC-Angers Dances Cunningham 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

And while the dancers are most often terrific, the choreography is rarely their match. Dance Review: Parade of Bodies and Tame Exoticism 2011-05-16T21:30:09Z

And though the sets and Karinska’s costumes strongly characterize each part, it’s the choreography that most creates the three different worlds. Dance Review: ‘Jewels’ Returns to New York City Ballet’s Repertory 2014-01-23T23:23:37Z

The result is visually and musically spectacular, though the choreography is an up-and-down experience. Mariinsky Ballet’s ‘Rite of Spring’ at Kennedy Center is authentically Russian 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

As a coherent view of human energy, Mr. McGregor’s choreography is without interest. Dance Review: At Royal Ballet, Debuts by Liam Scarlett and Wayne McGregor 2012-04-06T22:17:43Z

Some original-cast dancers have been known to change the details of the choreography. Nuggets of Ballet Wisdom From Bodies Trained by Balanchine 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

So we watch to see the choreography that expresses love’s power to transcend, and it’s here that the ballet disappoints most. Dance Review: Paul McCartney?s ?Ocean?s Kingdom? - Review 2011-09-23T23:00:16Z

There was improvisation and precision to the choreography. "Lady Chatterley's Lover" director on sensuality and "a woman who takes ownership of her body" 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z

I don’t remember people talking of this in the 1970s and 1980s, but it’s no surprise to anyone who saw Mr. Kemp’s choreography in that era. Dance This Week: From Balanchine to Bowie 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

Admittedly, it also goes where other Keigwin choreography has often ventured, and there are times when it becomes merely slick. Critic’s Notebook: A Look at This Year’s Broadway Choreography 2014-04-25T22:05:13Z

I started thinking of the choreography as music on the page: clusters of synchronized dancers as chords, solo turns as single notes. Lou Harrison and Mark Morris: a grand partnership of music and movement 2019-03-02T05:00:00Z

When asked about her habit of tackling identifiable topics in her work, Hankins quips: "Sometimes I think that choreography is just an excuse for me to get some research done." 2 young choreographers to watch in Seattle 2011-11-16T03:43:25Z

“Martyr” runs only 84 minutes, but Khaled tries a little of everything — family drama, movie musical, choreography, with some kind of turf-war rivalry mixed in. ‘Martyr’ Review: Tight Bonds and Isolation in Beirut 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z

Mr. Gold’s choreography is perfectly pleasing to the eye. Dance Review: Tom Gold Dance Presents Two Premieres 2014-03-08T00:55:43Z

The something missing in Mr. Martins’s choreography might account for Tuesday’s attendance, which was not full to start and glaringly sparser by the end. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at the David H. Koch Theater 2013-05-15T20:46:54Z

The fall-and-catch sequences, which are in the choreography as well as in the preparatory exercises, should not become rote, she said. It Could Happen to You: A Raw, Pointed Revival at Alvin Ailey 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z

This comes near the end, along with the work’s most memorable choreography: the four performers pressed up against a wall and leaning on one another in a Pilobolan series of shifting, sculptural clumps. Review: Rebecca Stenn’s ‘Riparius (Belonging to the River)’ in Brooklyn Debut 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

Ms. Sina said safety depended partly on clear and respectful discussion, partly on always having a third party in the room to observe any rehearsal and also on strict adherence to the choreography. Need to Fake an Orgasm? There’s an ‘Intimacy Choreographer’ for That 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

The dancers are fearless, and through all three parts, the choreography is closely allied with Scott Killian’s score, which in its search for variety too often stumbles into cliché. Review: ‘Escher/Bacon/Rothko,’ a Dance Triptych From Zvi Gotheiner 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

Justin Peck, generally such a deft architect, keeps his choreography simpler than usual, relying heavily on unison and the exit strategy of running offstage. Review: Peck Adapts Andersen, and Good Fights Evil Amid Fine Plumage 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

Ashton — always responsive both to his own inner femininity and to aspects of male beauty — caught and rode this unisex wave in his choreography. Frederick Ashton’s Masterly Pas de Trois 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

They engage in poetically disjointed choreography, set to music that ranges from Bach violin sonatas to swinging orchestrations of “Volare.” Movie Review: Spalding Gray on Video in ‘Wooster Group’s Rumstick Road’ 2014-04-30T21:34:06Z

She understands rare secrets of time and space: When the choreography weaves one line around itself or brings several lines close together, you feel the fun of the friction. Review: Ballet With Intricate Geometry, and a Lot of Fun 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. McDonald lights up the solo with his elfin grace, but he’s an objective performer — his point is the choreography, not him. Dance Review: An Evening Revisits Mark Morris Hits (Along With a Few of Chopin?s) 2010-09-26T22:13:00Z

Though the choreography and direction of “Evita” are by different artists, you can’t tell where one stops and the other starts. Critic’s Notebook: The Choreography of Tony Nominees 2012-05-28T21:35:24Z

The work, which features new choreography from Jones, was inspired by Dante’s “Divine Comedy” and arrives in time for Halloween. Halloween horror translated for ballet: How 'Inferno' will turn Dante into dance 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

The next morning, as Laura tends to the kids, and Dean hurries to leave for work, they move around their kitchen with well-rehearsed choreography. ‘On the Rocks’ Review: Daddy Dearest and His Late Bloomer 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

One minute she's jumping up on a bar, the next she's moving tables, dancing while playing the violin, doing the tango or swaying delicately to the choreography. 'Once' star Elizabeth A. Davis celebrates Tony nod 2012-05-10T11:18:10Z

The choreography keeps suggesting lines, but the sneakers keep the lines from extending through the foot. L.A. Dance Project Has Vivid Performers and Fine Repertory. There’s Just One Problem. 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

The production won a South Bank Sky Arts award, and the prize for best classical choreography at the National Dance awards. Sexism in dance: where are all the female choreographers? 2013-04-28T08:00:33Z

His performance shows what is missing in the execution of Mr. Rhoden’s choreography by the others. Dance Review: The Movements Between the Notes 2011-05-26T21:41:08Z

The audience, free to wander between several simultaneous performances on the Armory's vast open floor, seemed to become part of the choreography itself. The Bride and the Bachelors: delighting in Duchamp 2013-02-15T15:32:55Z

Throughout the rest of the piece, Rushing’s choreography has a lush, spiraling quality that is lovely until it becomes repetitious. Alvin Ailey’s signature works shine at Kennedy Center 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

Other fine performances came at both shows from the entire cast of “Limen,” with Edward Watson, Sarah Lamb and Eric Underwood particularly marvelous in the extreme, rippling dislocations and fractured angles of Mr. McGregor’s choreography. Dance Review: In 'Marguerite,' Sparks Between a New Star and a Senior Ballerina 2011-10-17T11:43:13Z

Act 1 briskly traces a career history, going back to Beyoncé’s childhood, with hit medleys, crisp choreography and a scripted narration. Music: New Concert DVDs From Beyonc? and Adele 2011-11-27T05:03:07Z

He is known for his own stunt work and choreography, in addition to writing, directing and producing his own material. 2010-01-15T17:28:00Z

Though the mood shifted from ostentatiously playful to vaguely aggressive to ballroom romantic, the freeze and melt rhythms of Mr. Levy’s choreography grew monotonous, and the slinky transitions between stunts made little sense. Dance Review: Levydance Performs ?Romp? at Joyce SoHo 2012-02-21T22:41:24Z

The choreography is stripped-down, but looks by no means effortless, with the angular, faintly robotic gestures and sharp, sinuous twists that Clark has made his own. Michael Clark steps it up at Tate Modern 2010-08-24T20:29:00Z

Without being distinctive or particularly thoughtful — why this Mozart, in this order? — the choreography is fluent and theatrically savvy. Dance Review: Works by Peter Quanz and Jodie Gates at Gotham Dance Festival 2012-06-04T21:19:43Z

“He was shooting it through his iPhone, trying to get inside the choreography,” Peck says. With ‘West Side Story,’ choreographer Justin Peck brought dance into the Spielberg universe 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

Fresh from winning the modern choreography class at this year's National Dance Awards is this revival of Arthur Pita's extraordinary setting of Kafka's novella. The week's new dance 2013-03-16T06:00:15Z

The choreography gathers the eight dancers into churning vortices of movement, accentuated by pale lights and shadows. Akram Khan Company 2010-09-17T20:31:00Z

In places, Garland doesn’t trust enough in the formal power of his choreography and underlines with obvious gestures. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem’s Soulful Ballet to Stevie Wonder 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

And here the Ballet West women negotiated the exposure and challenge of Petipa’s choreography with a quality both hard-boiled and precarious that forced the danciness of the earlier sections to evaporate. Dance Review: Moiseyev Dance Company and Ballet West Fall for Dance 2012-10-03T22:32:53Z

Instead, they start from the beginning with an exploratory and improvisation-based process, generating movement that is tethered to the original choreography, yet particular to each dancer’s body and impulses. A Trisha Brown Masterpiece, ‘Reset’ on an Inclusive Troupe 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

For the TV series, Blankenbuehler devised what he calls “a hodgepodge” of Fosse’s choreography. Lies, drugs, cheating and all that jazz: Nicole Fosse opens up about her famous Broadway parents 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

This isn’t the literal truth, but it’s how it felt, because the choreography was more interested in showing off the costumes than the dancers. Dance Review: New York City Ballet’s Gala, With Costumes by Valentino 2012-09-22T00:16:05Z

And Cunningham's choreography – murmuring, scattering and plunging among the balloons – is as eloquently strange as anything he made. Rambert Dance Company 2010-05-27T22:55:00Z

Clothed, the choreography would have made no great impact. Nakedness in Dance, Taken to Extremes 2012-08-16T12:00:00Z

I was hard pressed to find any of the intelligence and subtlety of a writer like Mr. Jesurun, while the choreography, credited to the typically smart and subversive Ms. Muz, is cursory. Theater Review: ‘Etiquette of Death,’ at La MaMa, Includes Song and Dance 2012-06-19T22:26:00Z

Because opera is now largely a form of director’s theater, it’s usually more important that its dances fit in with the surrounding drama than that they be rewarding as independent choreography. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Prince Igor’ Aims to Integrate Movement and Storytelling 2014-03-07T23:01:11Z

It’s not hard to see how Balanchine’s choreography motivates a corps. Critic’s Notebook: Taking Stock of City Ballet’s Secret Weapon 2014-03-03T22:56:00Z

In the coming months, more of Ms. Childs’s intricate choreography will be on display. Lucinda Childs Gets Off the Floor in New Work for the Graham Company 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z

A disappointment was that at two junctures — in one part of the Snow scene, for example — he, uncharacteristically, slowed his tempo to suit the demands of the choreography, though never for long. Critic’s Notebook: Three ‘Nutcrackers’ on one Sunday 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z

To an extraordinary degree she makes the choreography both intimate and grand, and an unfolding drama of suspense. Critic?s Notebook: One Classic Ballet, Many Interpretations 2011-07-05T00:25:11Z

This was Mr. de Frutos, 54, who was revising his choreography for the American production. A Ballet Score? Not Such a Stretch for the Pet Shop Boys 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

Domingo Ortega, who like Vargas traveled from Spain for the occasion, worked primping into his choreography, flicking his hair over his shoulders and waving his fingers as he rolled up his sleeves. ‘Flamenco Men II’: A sequel that’s actually better than the original 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

“Post-COVID, I think movement patterns — choreography, understanding how people move, understanding adaptability — is going to be important for cities,” he says. Designer David Rockwell offers a guide to his creativity 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

How familiar were you with Bob Fosse and his choreography? Country Music Singer Jennifer Nettles Joins the Cast of ‘Chicago’ 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

Only the fourth movement brings everyone together, hierarchically and symmetrically, but the pattern that finally amalgamates these submissive women and these controlling men is more about choreography than dancing. Dance Review: Miami City Ballet in Liam Scarlett Work at Kravis Center 2013-01-28T23:05:18Z

The musicality, the choreography of Mr. Ailey’s — it’s just one of our favorite pieces. Two Ailey Stars Will Now Turn Their Focus to Baby Steps 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z

She is joined by a gospel choir performing an erratic choreography of the song "All for Us" by Labrinth. How "Euphoria" challenges viewers’ expectations of what a television show should be 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

The material flowed; in the end he probably made 90 minutes of choreography and used 40. ‘Like He Was Going to Live Forever’: Making Jerome Robbins’s Last Ballet 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z

There was something really visceral and strong about Martha Graham and her choreography — the way she captured motion in her body. An Undocumented Woman Struggles to Root Her Family in New York City 2019-04-21T04:00:00Z

His subsequent turn to choreography is highly unusual. Kim Brandstrup Brings ‘Jeux’ and Follows a Different Path to City Ballet 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z

At present he’s better known for dancing than choreography. Critic’s Notebook: Troy Schumacher and BalletCollective Open Eyes 2013-08-19T21:42:28Z

The choreography has an unstable, jagged edge: high-knee walks paired with wild, shaking arms give the movement a haunted quality. Dance Review: Natalie Green at the Chocolate Factory 2013-05-31T21:30:23Z

No less a figure than George Balanchine was coaxed to choreograph - and he insisted that his credit should reflect that in the Broadway program, the first time "choreography by" would appear. Review: Ballet meets hoofing in fun 'On Your Toes' 2013-05-09T17:12:08Z

The choreography, by the respected veteran artist Lucinda Childs, who favors a minimalist approach, emphasized linear simplicity and sequences of clear, quick steps. At the Kennedy Center, moments of sunlight are glorious but fleeting in ‘The Day’ 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z

Most of the movement in “Matilda” is carried by the children, who are tiny and wonderful; it’s with them that we’re most repeatedly aware of choreography. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Matilda’ Movement, and More Broadway Choreography 2013-06-07T22:02:24Z

But New York audiences didn’t care; they were still getting to know Bausch and her choreography. Whole Selves Becoming Visible 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z

Worse, the choreography, by Tiffany Rea-Fisher, doesn’t illuminate its biographical subject. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem Returns to Sparkling Form 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

That gives room to create a different type of choreography. "That was an epic moment":"John Wick 4" martial artist on that traffic battle and honoring Bruce Lee 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z

Among the more popular new offerings: mastering pieces of the choreography featured in Cirque du Soleil’s “Paramour,” including learning to maneuver on an aerial hoop. Can’t Get Broadway Tickets? Rock Out to Musicals at the Gym 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

The Niall O’Leary Irish Dance Troupe performs at the World Financial Center’s Winter Garden on Monday, with choreography that blends traditional Irish dance and contemporary movement. Weekend Miser 2011-03-10T22:22:31Z

Carlyle offers a professional, if uninspired, take on Broadway choreography as it used to be. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

In “I as another,” Gutierrez is responsible for the sound design, text and costumes, along with the choreography; he wears a purple top and shorts alongside Franklin in bright green. Review: Dancers Fighting for Their Place in a Dystopian World 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

The choreography epitomizes the alacrity and musicality of the Balanchine style; nobody today plays with her music here as does Ms. Peck. Dance Review: ‘Dance for $20’ at the Vail International Dance Festival 2013-08-08T21:41:43Z

Robert Swinston, the company’s director of choreography, now dancing the role once inextricably linked to Cunningham himself onstage, kept the drama’s ambiguities alive on many levels. Looking Back: Cunningham, Morris, Ratmansky, Hallberg and Cojocaru 2011-12-17T05:26:08Z

She has also made changes to the choreography, both to help it read more clearly and to bring out the individuality of the dancers while adhering to Chen’s circular, grounded style. A Dance Company Looks to the Future With a New Artistic Team 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

Like many of its peer organizations, Danza Contemporánea de Cuba is full of appealing dancers, capable of athletic feats but artistically constrained by choreography that doesn’t ask much from them, or their audiences. Dance Review: With Twists and Turns, Cuban Troupe Makes U.S. Debut 2011-05-11T17:03:27Z

There was a painterly quality to some of Ms. Pite’s formations, but it was all more of the same: A darkened stage with spotlights and choreography contrasting brittle acceleration with pensive languidness. Hubbard Street Dance Gets a Lift From Ohad Naharin 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z

She excelled in classical and modern choreography during her 18 years with the company, which she joined as a principal dancer in 1953. Lupe Serrano, Ballerina of Power and Fire, Is Dead at 92 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

Bourne's choreography, sharpened up for this revival, fleshes out the story handsomely. Cinderella ? review 2010-12-10T17:26:00Z

It is Petipa’s choreography that places the Lilac Fairy as a center of power and calm authority. Ballet Review: Ballet Stands on Ceremony 2013-12-10T16:26:42Z

The choreography by Scott Graham and Steven Hoggett for Frantic Assembly isn’t as sharp as it was in London or New York, but it’s marvelously expressive of Christopher’s mode of perception. The 'Curious Incident' of a young detective set loose to find life's truths 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

The six dancers provided good electricity, and Mr. Stafford’s choreography seemed, to the untrained eye, a plausible reinterpretation and extension of Baroque dance. Review: Ahead of ‘My Fair Lady,’ Two Operatic Pygmalions 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z

Directed by Jonathan Church, with attractive choreography by Andrew Wright, this is mostly a dutiful scene-by-scene re-creation of its prototype. ArtsBeat: Running in Circles: 'Chariots of Fire' in London 2012-06-28T14:59:50Z

The solo that follows, the magical healing of Tristan and their instant attraction to one another are some of the best moments in the ballet, partly because Mr. Dawson allows breathing space within the choreography. At Dresden Semperoper, a New Take on ‘Tristan and Isolde’ 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

Craig Hall and Sterling Hyltin were plugged into the right socket — the uncomplicated choreography is meticulously designed — yet there was no electricity. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Stirs Memories of Tanaquil le Clercq 2014-02-23T21:54:52Z

The choreography for that song, Mr. Carlyle wrote in an email, was cut from that 1949 production, then from the 1950 “Call Me Madam,” where Robbins tried it again. Bringing Jerome Robbins’s Broadway Home to City Ballet 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

That too many other numbers disappoint is a problem not just with the choreography but also with the overall staging, which by the middle of the second act seems to run out of invention. Review: A Fair Fight Makes ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ Lovable Again 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

We can imagine the video choreography already, so get a move on. Nicki Minaj's Super Bass and the year's best summer jams 2011-08-17T16:15:54Z

There doesn’t seem to be as much choreography involved with that one. Robert Pattinson and Director David Cronenberg on Cars, Cosmopolis and Fans Who Care 2012-08-14T20:48:47Z

The “Hadestown” choreography is by Mr. Neumann, who is also known for his time in the modern dance world. There’s Great Dance on Broadway. Hello, Tony Awards? 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

But the chewy directional changes make the choreography, which needs a larger stage, labored. Pacific Northwest Ballet Presents ‘Debonair’ 2014-10-10T04:00:00Z

Her choreography credits include more than 50 shows including Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. Gillian Lynne top choreography tips 2014-04-05T07:35:08Z

But this year, it was more American than ever in my experience, a more unified company and, more evidently, a proud exponent of first-rate choreography. Savoring the Spectrum of American Ballet Theater’s Rich Season 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z

A few months before was when we started getting into the choreography. 'Black Swan' opens Venice Film Festival 2010-09-01T17:08:00Z

Nothing moves on a stage unless it involves four or five other people — choreography, music, lighting, the tech director. Broadway Is Shuttered but Its Buildings Sing: A Virtual Tour 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

They dance the best of the choreography with beauty and style. Carlos Acosta: Premieres 2010-08-01T16:02:00Z

I’m sorry that David Page’s score kept turning aboriginal music into old-Hollywood atmosphere, and I’m sorrier that the choreography by his brother, Stephen, took ideas from aboriginal culture and turned them into standard primitive formulas. Dance Review: Australian Ballet at the Koch Theater 2012-06-13T22:18:36Z

There are few things that Julie Heckman loves as much as a Fourth of July fireworks show — the choreography, the music, the intensity that builds with each crackling explosion, the grand finish. Eyes on the skies, minds on their phones: The fireworks lobby hopes for a quiet Fourth

But I would love to hear about how the choreography of that scene unfolded. "Only Murders in the Building" boss on the killer, who's back next season and a case for rewatching 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

But there is plenty to savor, not least new, exhilarating choreography by Lainie Munro for three numbers, performed by a nimble, enthusiastic ensemble stepping out to sure-footed accompaniment from Brett Pontecorvo’s small band. Theater Review: ‘Sweet Charity,’ at New Haarlem Arts Theater 2012-08-05T21:50:49Z

There is a long history of choreography for nonprofessional dancers. Dance Review: ‘Le Grand Continental’ at South Street Seaport 2012-06-24T21:47:27Z

To stay inspired, she practices ballet and works on choreography. Vegas entertainers dance, train at home, awaiting the stage 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z

Perhaps most startling, her choreography will be on Broadway next year in a new Ivo van Hove production of “West Side Story.” Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, the Passionate Formalist 2018-09-25T04:00:00Z

Nothing is irritatingly wrongheaded about Lynne Taylor-Corbett’s direction or choreography — cynical ambivalence about these sins is built into this 1933 ballet by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill — but nothing is remotely memorable either. Dance Review: When Brecht and Weill Danced, Revisited 2011-05-12T22:00:13Z

The awards for such key contributions as book of musical, choreography, set design and lighting — heck, even for the music in a musical — were presented during commercials. - The Washington Post

There isn’t much variety to Mr. Parsons’s primal choreography; when the dancers appear in the film, the dueling imagery is made all the more murky. Dance Review: Works by David Parsons and Katarzyna Skarpetowska 2013-01-16T18:51:10Z

Jack Anderson Late spring and summer have become a time for smorgasbords of choreography. The Week Ahead: May 29 ? June 4 2011-05-27T18:10:22Z

Add to that Stephen Mear's choreography – which puts the fizz into Fosse, and at times is so sizzling it seems to scorch the stage – and this Charity proves a winner, not a loser. Sweet Charity 2010-05-06T22:00:00Z

Mr. Curran’s choreography and Mr. Begin’s music create a meditative mood, and “Left Exit” gives us a lot to think about — not just the ideas but also their juxtaposition. Dance Review: Sean Curran Company at the Joyce Theater 2013-02-01T22:53:53Z

But it is also a contemporary crowd-pleaser, no matter your political persuasion, and one that is nevertheless complex in the depth of its choreography, and even crystalline in its passages of classical dancing. Mikhailovsky Ballet's 'Flames of Paris' makes rousing West Coast debut 2014-11-29T05:00:00Z

She says that she is interested in choreography that allows room for error and that she likes to blur distinctions between conventional dance and nondance movements. Milka Djordjevich Puts Dancers on a Pedestal in ‘MASS’ 2015-04-25T04:00:00Z

Stylistically, the choreography is the most heroic flowering of the late period in which Cunningham, devising dances on his computer, made novel and rigorous combinations of the movements of his dancers’ legs, torsos and arms. Dance Review: Merce Cunningham Troupe in ?Biped? at BAM - Review 2011-12-09T22:49:13Z

She added that Ms. Brown is a “deep researcher” who tackles social issues through “extremely present, theatrical” choreography. Jacob’s Pillow Dance to Honor Camille A. Brown 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z

Information Agency assignment, and she wrote dance criticism for the Japan Times and taught dance technique and choreography at the American Cultural Center in Tokyo. Jean Battey Lewis, dance critic for The Post, Washington Times, dies at 91 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

But except for some silent film, there’s no record of the choreography. She Dances. He Directs. How They Created a Balletic Battle of the Sexes. 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

Many years have passed since they started collaborating but they still largely keep to their original roles, with Ms. Parson taking charge of the choreography and Mr. Lazar concentrating on the dramaturgy. Dance: ?Supernatural Wife,? a New York Dance Premiere 2011-11-27T05:10:08Z

The production's pacing is brisk, and the spirited choreography by Joshua Bergasse occasionally turns acrobatic. Updated 'Gigi' still a relic of its era 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z

Most recently, she did the choreography for the current Broadway revival of “Once on This Island.” A Storytelling Choreographer Who Listens to Her Audience 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

Despite a steampunk ambience, flashy video game and mangalike flourishes and fight choreography from the Hong Kong institution Sammo Hung, “Tai Chi Hero” merely fills the eye, offering little that stays with you. Movie Review: ‘Tai Chi Hero,’ Directed by Stephen Fung 2013-04-26T01:08:40Z

It's baffling, yet the inventiveness of the choreography still grips. Scottish Dance Theatre ? review 2011-03-22T19:15:01Z

Yes, there are ballet references here, including funny, irreverent allusions to the actual choreography of “Apollo.” Review: Boundary-Pushing ‘Apollon’ Strips Myth to Its Marrow 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z

King's choreography is easy on the eye, but it's all too easy on the brain as well. Alonzo King Lines Ballet 2010-08-27T16:53:00Z

The choreography, a mix of new and old dance phrases, is culled from the Jones/Zane archives. Review: To the Moon! A Vivid Bill T. Jones Dance Leaves Earth’s Orbit 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

“There were a lot of images in it that looked very similar to some of my choreography,” Mr. Preljocaj said. Thoroughly Modern Polina 2017-08-23T04:00:00Z

Onstage there was a celebration of new choreography, with three ballets from this year, one a world premiere. Dance Review: Justin Peck’s ‘In Creases,’ by New York City Ballet 2012-07-17T22:06:52Z

Itzik Galili's Sub is a showcase of male athleticism but the choreography is nuanced, with an almost animalistic heft to some of the movements that modulates into moments of molten tenderness. Rambert Dance Company ? review 2012-05-16T17:32:04Z

Is it the dance as a work of art, the choreography or the specific performance? There’s a long history of dances being pilfered for profit — and TikTok is the latest battleground 2021-08-14T04:00:00Z

Their more rap-centric singles such as "Bulletproof" had drill-team precision in choreography and delivery, and the group made the strongest impression of all the U.S.-debuting acts. Girls Generation, CN Blue and BTS close out KCON 2014 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

These remained pure-dance creations, with ingeniously inventive choreography, but their music, costumes and décor made them potently theatrical: Each had a strong atmosphere in which visual effects and music made contributions. Trisha Brown, Choreographer and Pillar of American Postmodern Dance, Dies at 80 2017-03-20T04:00:00Z

That the memory of most of the choreography is unavailable offers an opening for present-day dancers and choreographers to pick up the conversation. Review: Who Can Commune With Cunningham and Cage? 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

As it continues, the flow of Mr. Dorsey’s choreography — aerobic, athletic and on a loop — doesn’t disguise its colorlessness. Review: A Transgender Choreographer Takes on Machismo 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

The choreography seems to take its many starts and stops, its frequent sense of suspenseful waiting, and its many reiterations of simple material from this accompaniment. Dance Review: Pam Tanowitz?s ?Untitled (the Blue Ballet)? at the Kitchen 2012-03-10T00:50:47Z

The choreography has to represent how people used to move in a way that makes sense to people today. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

The choreography is very demanding, very physical, and you need to do a lot of outside training for stamina and stability. Boys Will Be Swans: ‘What Is That Show, and How Do I Do It?’ 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

The Munich dancers did a fine job of showing the detail and life of the choreography. ‘Paquita’ at the National Theater in Munich 2014-12-15T05:00:00Z

But in the second act, the dancers merely retell the lovers’ story through Chris Emile’s tiresomely obvious choreography. Review: ‘Stranger Love’ Reflects the L.A. Philharmonic at Its Finest 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

While the pandemic lives on subtly in the choreography, Farley sees the piece as a bridge back to live performance. Washington Ballet concludes its virtual season with a breath of fresh air, captured on film 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

I thought, ‘Wow, if the composer is mad at you, you really need to rethink the choreography.’ ‘Streetcar’ duo had mutual desire 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

At Graham today the gap between the choreography and the performers seems immense, and everyone seems to be trying desperately to bridge it. Dance Review: The Limón Dance Company at the Joyce 2012-06-20T21:44:19Z

Ms. McIntyre’s goal was not solely to transform the group’s choreography, but she is the reason it began to focus on themes of empowerment and on subjects like Black Lives Matter. In ‘Step,’ Finding a Language for Hopes, Fears and Dreams 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

But “the choreography is, for the most part, exactly the same in terms of the actual variations and the steps and the relationship to the dancers and to the music.” A Choreographer Dancing With Ghosts, and the Future 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

His own version quotes just a few of Fokine’s movements, particularly in the sharp, jerky choreography for the cockerel. ‘The Golden Cockerel’ Is a Ballet Bird With a Kick 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

Since tasteless choreography abounded, it was a slight shock to realize that the Orlando Ballet School’s Allegretto by Robert Hill was not just well danced but musically responsive and formally precise. Dance Review: Here, Some Promising Young Dancers, There, Some Well-Seasoned Pros 2011-03-23T21:29:04Z

All the while, Evans is aware of the invisible choreography of the beach. At Rockaway, Dancing for the Sea, the Sky, the Sand and the Birds 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Dormeshia is generous in sharing the stage with these younger women, and they reward her trust both by executing her difficult choreography as if with one voice and by offering their own developing voices. Review: Dormeshia Coasts on Her Tap Mastery in ‘Rhythm Is Life’ 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z

One notable divergence was the use of a dancing chorus, an ensemble of nine young hoofers that got its own numbers, each a mix of choreography and spots for individual improvisation. Conjuring Spirits at the Tap Family Reunion 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z

In this, she perfectly serves Mr. Dawson’s choreography and his flair for creating surprising and beautiful duos, full of swirling, floor-skidding turns, astonishing upside-down swinging lifts, and moments of poetic physical beauty. At Dresden Semperoper, a New Take on ‘Tristan and Isolde’ 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

She likened her approach to Mr. Forsythe’s choreography: “There is a frame, but you use your instinct.” Sylvie Guillem?s ?6000 Miles Away? at David H. Koch Theater 2012-03-30T16:19:31Z

He said the scene required 300 extras along with 20 dancers who, guided by the choreography of Priscila Hernández, fell in a precise way that seemed like a dangerous collapse. How ‘Bardo’ Turns Collapsing Into Choreography 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

She’s on top of every detail – the choreography, the costumes, the lighting, the staging – and it’s so great seeing a woman so much in charge of her ideas. The 30 best films about music, chosen by musicians 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

This is offensive; the choreography is simply dull. Dance Review: The Limón Dance Company at the Joyce 2012-06-20T21:44:19Z

This is probably truer today than, say, thirty or forty years ago, because of the reconstruction of Nijinsky’s choreography, which was attempted by Millicent Hodson, working for the Joffrey, in 1987. Mark Morris’s Dark Spring 2015-04-27T04:00:00Z

Together, they’re recreating a little opening choreography from “A Chorus Line.” ArtsBeat: 'Book of Mormon' and 'War Horse' Win Big at Tonys 2011-06-13T03:23:03Z

Afterlight was inspired by Vaslav Nijinsky and also by the drawings Nijinsky made relating to his own choreography; abstract circular patterns that traced the flow of the dancer's movement. This week's new dance 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z

Does it matter that choreography, music and story for “Don Quixote” are all twaddle? Bolshoi Ballet Performs ‘Don Quixote’ With a Smile 2014-07-23T04:00:00Z

Mr. Carlyle said he had tried to put in as little of his own choreography as possible. Bringing Jerome Robbins’s Broadway Home to City Ballet 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

And the choreography, which should be a highlight of a show like this, is pretty lame. Rosie's Bum Rap: In Defense of Taboo 2010-05-11T16:35:00Z

His chosen one — the kook — was brought to life by Lauren Lovette, in a debut that unleashed her character’s free spirit with a glittering, fluid command of the choreography’s quirky twists and turns. At New York City Ballet, Hits, Misses and Daring Dancers 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z

His nondance is the single most enchanting new choreography around Broadway. A Tour of Tony-Nominated Choreography 2010-06-03T22:41:00Z

The start of “Pond Way” is not so far from the much more conventional choreography for the corps de ballet in the vision scenes of 19th-century ballets. Dance Review: A Long-Absent Comedy Leaps Out for a Farewell 2011-03-06T20:22:36Z

In his 2017 solo “Cage Shuffle,” the actor and writer Paul Lazar recites some of those stories, selected at random, while performing a fixed piece of choreography. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z

“American in Paris,” featuring songs by George and Ira Gershwin, was nominated for 12 Tony Awards and won four, for Mr. Wheeldon’s choreography and for its orchestrations, set design and lighting design. ‘An American in Paris’ to Close on Broadway 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

“I’ve always been a big supporter of dancers and choreography,” she wrote, “but this group embodies more than just movement.” Meet Bob’s Dance Shop, ‘World-Class Vibe Curators’ 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

And in Alina Cojocaru, who danced the title role at the premiere, Mr. Khan has found an interpreter who so fully inhabits the choreography that it seems to breathe through her body. Review: ‘Giselle,’ a Winning Gamble for English National Ballet 2016-09-28T04:00:00Z

While he dances — be it to Drake, the theme from “The Office,” Ariana Grande — emoji and affirmations flash across the screen in time with the beat and choreography. Donte Colley, the Hope We Need on Instagram 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z

Tyler Angle is dashing as the movie star prince, light-footed in Ms. Stroman’s most relaxed and alive choreography. Dance Review: Susan Stroman’s ‘Double Feature,’ With City Ballet 2012-05-25T21:17:12Z

Dancers learn choreography and keep time to music, but generally don't interpret text. So, what's it like directing an opera at Glyndebourne – with 75 amateurs? 2013-03-07T11:03:08Z

They, and Ms. Brown’s choreography, are the focus of the gallery. Robert Rauschenberg: It Takes a Village to Raise a Genius 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

The plotless evening tends to meander, especially since Ms. Szeglowski’s choreography gets repetitive after a while, leaving the idle mind free to ponder: What is the show trying to say? Review: A Talent for Talentlessness in ‘Stairway to Stardom’ 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z

The event scrutinizes the modern tradition and asks questions such as “How do issues of authority, race and feminism play into classic choreography?” 9 Dance Performances to See in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

This is generally the takeaway from the festival, now in its fifth season: No matter who’s in charge, the choreography is little match for the dancers. At the Joyce, a Feast of Dancers at a Sometimes Meager Table 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z

But the bedrock of the piece is Fela’s infectious music — complemented by Jones’ fevered choreography and executed by hip-swinging dancers who sometimes encourage the audience to get up and groove along. Get-up-and-dance ‘Fela!’ coming to Seattle May 28-June 2 2013-05-22T23:12:41Z

But the true constriction is the choreography, dull where it isn’t derivative. Review: Aakash Odedra at the White Light Festival 2015-10-23T04:00:00Z

Yet even after they manipulated the fabric into skirts and aprons and shed the swathing, the concepts and choreography appeared to hold them back on a deeper level. Review: Passion Fruit Dance Company Brings the Club to the Stage 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z

I first heard the word “choreography” as a child in a movie theater with my parents. Lar Lubovitch: Confessions of a Former Go-Go Dancer 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z

This program, to be hosted by the principal dancer Daniel Ulbricht, will be an exploration of choreography, with company members performing excerpts from pieces by Balanchine, Jerome Robbins and Alexei Ratmansky. Spare Times for Children for May 9-15 2014-05-08T21:59:09Z

“He showed me the computer on which he devised much of his choreography and said, ‘Imagine what Marius Petipa could have done with this.’ ” Baryshnikov Plans Fund-Raising to Give Artists Space 2014-01-15T23:30:41Z

Nureyev tapped into ballet’s “collective memory” — the way choreography is passed hands-on from one generation to the next. Camels, monkeys and lions at the ballet: Marius Petipa was just getting started 2020-05-04T04:00:00Z

Elegantly dressed, Wheeldon’s choreography, mostly solos and duets, maintains a glamorous languor and achieves moments of exquisite beauty. Review: Christopher Wheeldon Creates a Memorable Realm 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z

The dancers’ bouncing to Pogo’s club beats felt tentative, yet some of the interlocking mechanisms of the choreography engaged a viewer’s attention fully. Ben Munisteri Is Back, Out of a Time Warp 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z

She learned by doing, recreating the choreography she saw on television. A Genre-Spanning Choreographer Who Says Yes to the Unknown 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

The active choreography, keeping them leaping and writhing like the flames of hell, is by Donald Byrd. Seattle Opera’s ‘Orpheus and Eurydice’ takes advantage of more intimate venue 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

I wasn’t disappointed, but what was amazing was a similar transformation in the choreography for the corps de ballet, especially the six women of “Movements.” Dance Review: Ballet Across America Unites at Kennedy Center 2010-06-17T22:12:00Z

The amateur dancers have got more than enough to worry about just getting the choreography down before Friday. Michael Clark steps it up at Tate Modern 2010-08-24T20:29:00Z

And I'd be surprised if high ticket sales for Swan Lake, Romeo, and Sleeping Beauty were attributable to Martins' choreography per se. A Peter Martins Ballet Loses Peter Martins, and a Slap 2018-02-12T05:00:00Z

Among many dance offerings on the arts streaming service Marquee TV are Washington Ballet films featuring choreography by company members. Perspective | The best dance, on your laptop: Young risk-takers are going outdoors to create short, raw films 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z

Mr. Seidl’s camera captures the improvised, intricate choreography of these pursuits brilliantly, conveying both Teresa’s confusion and excitement and the sense that she is participating in an elaborate, well-established ritual. Movie Review: ‘Paradise: Love,’ First in a Trilogy Directed by Ulrich Seidl 2013-04-25T23:55:47Z

Those thoughts and his vivid imagination translated to his choreography: Each Taylor program afforded a world of dance; if you didn’t like everything, well, that was just a reflection of the world. Inside the Wild Mind of Paul Taylor 2018-09-04T04:00:00Z

The effect was droll, as was the choreography. Review: Reveling in Live Dance at Japan Society 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z

They were in Mexico City to perform his choreographies and recruit 12 Mexican dancers. Dance troupe spotlights Mexico's native son, Limon 2010-11-18T22:01:00Z

As the dancers moved into a particularly complicated bit of choreography from the Cotswolds village of Leafield, a man began to run in a circle around them. This troupe celebrates the earthy allure of a strange English folk dance. And beer. 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z

You sense different layers of reality in her choreography, but they’re so interwoven with absurdity and brainy patterning that her pieces look elegantly hermetic, good-humoredly private. Review: A Low-Key and Witty Premiere by Pam Tanowitz 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z

Bieber gets points for choreography; dancing along to “Call Me Maybe” was a big part of the song’s appeal. Move Over ‘Song of Summer’—the ‘Song of Fall’ Is Here 2012-09-11T12:00:40Z

Cunningham’s role is played by Robert Swinston, now the director of the Cunningham company’s choreography. Dance Review: Cunningham and Cage?s ?Roaratorio,? a ?Legacy Tour? Revival 2010-06-07T22:15:00Z

Here in Santa Fe, the costumes are contemporary street clothes, with the youthful physicists looking like engineers at a Silicon Valley start-up; just a handful of dancers thrust and wriggle to Emily Johnson’s choreography. Review: ‘Doctor Atomic’ Brings the Bomb Home to New Mexico 2018-07-15T04:00:00Z

But in Venice, as in Hollywood, careful choreography is par for the course. Venice: ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ Faces the Press, but Where Is Its Star? 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z

The dancers are part-time, so they have a lot of choreography to churn out. These N.B.A. Dancers Bring Their High Kicks Courtside 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

Plans to stay in “Paris” as long as he can, taking meetings for small choreography jobs during the day to build his résumé. Going From Show to Show No More 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

“To me, it was almost the answer of why we’re interested in dance and choreography,” she said. Xavier Le Roy’s ‘Retrospective’ at MoMA PS1 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

There is ample spontaneity in the anarchic choreography, which often resembles a stage invasion, but almost none in the music. The Knife – review 2013-05-10T17:02:19Z

Movement director Emma Jaster has the singers taking full advantage of their tiny frames, with choreography that plays with the walls of the grid and the depth of their rooms. Perspective | Covid-era opera is getting more intimate, accessible and experimental 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z

Her choreography, Ashford said, “has the great gift, which she learned from Robbins, of ‘just enough,’ of never taking longer than she needs.” ‘The Doors Didn’t Open Easily’ on Her Path to ‘Cinderella’ 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

The question of crediting becomes particularly important on social media, where choreography is often intended to jump from body to body. A Labor Movement for the Artists Who Make Popular Culture Move 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z

It was then that he started to engage with choreography in a conscious way. At Alvin Ailey, a Quiet Disrupter With No Time for Tears 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

Despite its modern choreography, the company left a bright and engaging impression. Royal Ballet’s Focus on British Choreography Exposes Its Limits 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

The PBS series "Live From Lincoln Center" airs the New York City Ballet's production of the evergreen Tchaikovsky ballet featuring choreography by Balanchine. TV Picks: Balanchine's 'Nutcracker' on PBS 2011-12-20T00:17:06Z

Mr. Tsui said that he did not want the technology to overwhelm or dictate the choreography. Movies: Bringing a Wealth of Cinematic Knowledge to the Screen in 3-D 2011-07-11T13:00:05Z

The choreography is intentional; it’s part of the fabric of each character. ‘MJ’: Dancing the Pain, and Dancing the Pain Away 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

But since it also contains some of Ashton's most inventive choreography and sly characterisations, it's a work for all seasons. Dance picks of the week 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z

The choreography had a certain angle, a certain point of departure — even a certain splashiness — but it remained less than memorable. Review: Some Problems With Contemporary Ballet 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z

Taken together, the shows with the most nominations reflect the Broadway that theatergoers have come to expect: big casts, uplifting music, high-kicking choreography, come-from-behind heroics, men in drag and characters taken from movies and books. It’s ‘Kinky Boots’ vs. ‘Matilda’ in Tony Nominations 2013-04-30T22:20:57Z

It emerged in concert with Cunningham’s early work, as a training system for his dances: a means of preparing the body for the singular demands of his choreography. In Cunningham Class, Physical Puzzles and Disciplined Energy 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

All the continuity created in the choreography, the mime action scenes — each scene hooks up to another so well, with little transitions. PNB turns old documents into a new 'Giselle' 2011-05-25T21:51:07Z

For another, all three dances Wednesday were examples of 21st-century choreography made for the company. At American Ballet Theater Gala, All Is the Same but Different 2017-10-19T04:00:00Z

Terry Davies's slick atmospheric jazz score drives choreography that builds intimate gestures into tight sophisticated dance. This week's new theatre and dance 2012-06-22T23:06:40Z

In the end, Diaghilev declined to set the work; conductor Kristjan Järvi here supplied the missing choreography himself, whirling and writhing expressively on the podium. National Youth Orchestra/Kristjan J?rvi ? review 2011-01-06T21:44:01Z

Growing up in Chicago in the 1980s, the choreographer Mariana Valencia began making dance steps long before she knew what choreography was. What if a Dance Piece Was Actually Funny? Or Super Sad? 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

Here, the choreography unfolds in a contained area, and despite the elegance of the performers, the premise — a dance shown in a deliberate space — grows tiresome. Molissa Fenley and Company at Judson Memorial Church 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

In March, Mark Morris and his dance troupe present a double bill of operas with choreography by Mr. Morris. BAM Unveils Its Winter/Spring Season 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z

This, though no great masterpiece, is the evening’s only choreography of any distinction. Mikhailovsky Ballet, Full of Stars at Lincoln Center 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

See this ballet once, and you find problems: The Prokofiev music is often harsh and cynical, and the classical choreography is sometimes sharp and staccato. Dance This Week: Misty Copeland, the Royal Ballet and Ashton’s ‘Cinderella’ 2015-06-23T04:00:00Z

Wedding reception choreography is not supposed to be cool. A "House of the Dragon" wedding celebration turns into a crime scene, mainly due to the dancing 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

Both dancers have grown hugely since the ballet’s premiere, and their skill exposes the threadbare quality of the choreography. Review: Original Leads Return in City Ballet’s ‘Romeo + Juliet’ 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

I physically need to do choreography every single day, I physically need to say words out loud every day so that it’s a part of my muscles. On Broadway, Newly Vital Understudies Step Into the Spotlight 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

The particular excitement of Wednesday’s performance came from the way Ms. Kowroski took an ever more active grasp of the choreography, as if progressing, especially during “Movements,” from following instructions to issuing them. Dance Review: City Ballet?s Fresh Adventures and Jazzy Footwork 2010-06-03T22:29:00Z

Much of the choreography looks like a line dance, studded with some modern dance and postmodern, some African, some disco. Dance Review: David Dorfman?s ?Prophets of Funk? at the Joyce Theater 2012-01-25T23:51:50Z

The program is presented by Hengda Dance Academy and the American Asian Performing Arts Theater, and features the choreography of Hengda Li, who blends "strong traditional style with a modern interpretation." Chinese dance traditions take stage in 'Rhythm of Dance' 2010-06-10T20:54:00Z

Moving into choreography has traditionally been easier for men than women. Going From Show to Show No More 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

And where her “KPOP” choreography is mathematically strict, her choreography for “& Juliet” allows for pockets of what she calls “directed freestyle.” A Genre-Spanning Choreographer Who Says Yes to the Unknown 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z

The sense of formalized choreography began at the vigil over the queen’s body, which was brought on Wednesday to lie in state for several days at Westminster Hall. The Choreography of Public Mourning 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

Their flood of sound charts a ceremonial choreography, creating what Mr. Audi described as a “theater of sound,” “music in space” — not a stage setting, but an aural one. At the Armory, Monteverdi’s ‘Vespers’ Are Newly Immersive 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z

And then actually dances, as best she could, though Bobby’s choreography of Left Hand Up, Right Hand Up is briefly more than she can manage. Mad Men Watch: Loving You Is the Worst Way to Get to You 2013-05-27T14:34:11Z

Her video “Judas” was also nominated for art direction and choreography. ArtsBeat: With MTV Video Nominations, Katy Perry and Adele Leave Lady Gaga in the Dust 2011-07-21T15:55:44Z

Litton paraphrased Stravinsky: “To see Balanchine’s choreography is to hear music with one’s eyes.” To Igor, With Love and Masterpieces, George 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

But nothing about Ms. Harper’s choreography was antic or sardonic, and there weren’t many steps, invented or borrowed. Review: Attacca Quartet Serves Up John Adams, With Dance as a Side Dish 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z

Like all leading Russian ballet troupes, the Mikhailovsky lacks new choreography of distinction. Mikhailovsky Ballet, Full of Stars at Lincoln Center 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

Mr. Stowell’s choreography — at its subtlest and most complex for the big Waltzes of Snowflakes and Flowers — turns the Sugar Plum adagio into a blah series of big ballerina effects. Critic's Notebook: Tales Within Tales Create a Tale of Two ?Nutcracker? Productions 2010-12-01T08:00:00Z

It showed the durability of great choreography, even in less than ideal performances. Review: American Ballet Theater Recalls the Wide Range of Its Early Years 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z

It was remarkable, though, that the season’s freshest moments occurred in choreography by men now dead. Critic’s Notebook: Taking Stock of City Ballet’s Secret Weapon 2014-03-03T22:56:00Z

Cut in Boston in 1978, it has been recreated from Fosse’s written scenario and snippets of his choreography for other works. Review: In Fosse’s ‘Dancin’,’ a Wiggle Is Worth a Thousand Words 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z

I have been impressed by the choreography and I think Darcey appreciates that too. How Strictly waltzed its way to the top of the Saturday night ratings 2012-12-22T18:21:12Z

She realizes richly textured pictures of piquant imbalances and dynamic proximities and distances, captures the tones and conflicts of daily life with a light but intricate domestic choreography. “Viktoria”: A Great Film About Women, by a Woman 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

Using it, she has created teaching tapes of her dances that include original casts with the score running alongside the choreography to preserve the correct timing and movement intention. Twyla Tharp and Her Body of Perpetual Motion 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

The musical sequences, featuring slapdash choreography by Chase Brock, tend to blend into one another. Review: A High School Meltdown Heats Up ‘Be More Chill’ 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

But the staging — 90 minutes with only occasional dialogue and choreography — made for an awkward evening that didn’t do justice to the theatricality or musicality of the show. The Trouble With Bernstein’s Broadway in the Concert Hall 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

They’re not the same for everyone, but the essential choreography is the uncontrollable shake, twist, and jump that lets everyone know that we just scored something good. 5 Ways to Stop Shopping Right Now 2014-10-12T04:00:00Z

At the Apollo, choreography was still paramount for the Jacksons. Music Review: Review: The Jacksons Pay Homage at the Apollo 2012-06-29T16:36:24Z

There are depths and shaded ambiguities to the Schubert and to Mr. LaBrie’s impassioned singing that the choreography, fluent yet almost anonymous in style, doesn’t touch. Jessica Lang’s ‘The Wanderer,’ a Premiere at BAM 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z

But the choreography is also full of play, characterization, acting incidents, jokes. Ángel Corella’s Opens Debut Season at Pennsylvania Ballet 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

I’ll Build a Stairway to Paradise” from “An American in Paris” Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography was the centerpiece of this sensuous Gershwin musical set in postwar Paris. The Top Ten Showstoppers of 2015 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

Expository dialogue alternates with and is sometimes interrupted by a hail of arrows, a dazzling flight of combat choreography, computer-assisted explosions or some combination of them all. | 'Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame': ?Detective Dee? With Andy Lau - Review 2011-09-01T21:38:44Z

She also showed off some moves, joining in the choreography with her backup dancers and inspiring the fervent crowd to start a dance party. Azealia Banks keeps it surprisingly polite at the Black Cat 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z

While the essence of the 19th-century choreography remains intact, the story frequently drifts off course. Swan Lake | Ballet review 2010-03-31T20:30:00Z

But the drama arises as much from her choreography as from her acting. ‘Tejas Luminous,’ Featuring Malini Srinivasan 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z

The choreography blossoms exuberantly, and even momentarily mimics the operatic action, as dancers ride on each other's shoulders and elegantly wield their bows and arrows. Trisha Brown Dance Company ? review 2010-10-18T20:29:00Z

To choreography that had seemed among the master’s least distinguished she brought an easy hugeness of scale and a sparkling rapture that were intoxicating. Dance Review: Darci Kistler: The Long Goodbye 2010-06-28T18:34:00Z

High overhead on an iron catwalk, dancers obeying the actual laws of choreography Bob Fossed their way through production numbers worthy of the Academy Awards. Baselworld, Where the Watch Is Still the Greatest Gadget 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

“I could pick up choreography really quickly,” Diaz said. A Swiss Army Knife of a Dancer, Making a Virtue of Versatility 2023-06-19T04:00:00Z

Like 2019’s “Vol. 1,” this year’s fashion show is a more enlightened answer to its Victoria’s Secret analogue, complete with inclusive casting, rigorous choreography and a slew of musical guest stars. 7 Things to Do This Weekend 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

Solange, the pop star whose artistic tendrils have reached into the worlds of music, choreography, fashion, film, visual art and more, will soon add a new genre to her repertoire: ballet composer. Solange Enters New Territory: Ballet Composer 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z

They shine in brief solos, same-sex duets of fraught tenderness and multiple struts down the catwalk, sharing the credit for choreography with Mr. Jones and Ms. Wong. Review: A Message-Heavy Bill T. Jones Dance-Theater Collage 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

To Michael Kliën, choreography is more than a dance on a stage, but something akin to an archaeological dig. Review: In ‘Excavation Site: Martha Graham U.S.A.,’ a Bond Is Shared 2016-01-17T05:00:00Z

The Kronos Quartet joined Asphalt, whose performances included some lively choreography, for a soulful version of Pixies’ “Where Is My Mind.” Music Review: Kronos, Asphalt Orchestra and Jacob Garchik Perform 2013-07-29T21:27:41Z

Bausch’s dances are mostly solos; she rarely created ensemble choreography that was not unison work, and she didn’t bother much with careful structural assemblage. Critic’s Notebook: Pina Bausch’s Tanztheater Wuppertal Performs in London 2012-07-13T22:45:17Z

Similarly, if there are at least seven eligible contenders for best choreography, the numbers of nominees will rise to five from four. Under New Rules, Expect More Tony Nominees This Season 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

But the choreography also emphasizes the shallowness of the film, which gestures toward relevance without finding a coherent historical or political point of view. Review: ‘7 Days in Entebbe’ Revisits a Notorious Hijacking 2018-03-14T04:00:00Z

Cranko tends to ride roughshod over Tchaikovsky’s phrasing; this is never choreography where the dance helps you hear the music better. Dance Review: American Ballet Theater in ‘Onegin,’ at Metropolitan Opera House 2012-06-05T21:29:30Z

The haunting element is not the choreography but the songs that accompany it: “Underneath the Arches,” “Slumming on Park Avenue,” “Are You Makin’ Any Money?” and others. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at the David H. Koch Theater 2014-03-12T21:55:29Z

At times in this piece, the choreography locks into a groove, and the layerings of the agile dancers coming and going call to mind the masterful work of Brown. A Showcase for Up-and-Comers, With Some Vogueing (and Shade Thrown) 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z

The abstract artistic language of the choreography and script allows the artists to slip past the literal depictions of the mural into elliptical dance fragments. Artists Reveal a Dark Side of the Bourse’s Crowning Glory 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z

This dancing is uniformly excellent, the choreography often remarkable. At Dresden Semperoper, a New Take on ‘Tristan and Isolde’ 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

We visited with Williams and Haynes to talk about dance history, the foregrounding of Black dancers in today’s popular culture, and Williams’s own growing interest in choreography. Kandis Williams Envisions Dancing Bodies Without Borders 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

Mr. Minter has devised extensive choreography that goes beyond mere gestures. Music Review: ‘Play of Daniel’ at Trinity Church’s Twelfth Night Festival 2013-12-30T22:20:57Z

Oh, and let’s not forget about him doing bad dance moves in a video making fun of Drake’s choreography in the Hotline Bling video. Donald Trump on SNL: candidate’s hosting stunt was no laughing matter 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

Taking different elements from Balanchine ballet, from the modern dance of Martha Graham and others, and from ordinary modern urban behavior, its melting-pot lack of prejudice about what is proper to choreography is marvelous. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Revisits Three Works 2012-06-01T22:46:12Z

As such, it’s a bit of a greatest-hits compilation, and a terrific introduction to the unaffected style of the troupe and the innovative choreography of its artistic director and founder, Neil Ieremia. Review: Black Grace, From New Zealand With Incredible Speed 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

And yet others were sophisticated stop-action animations created using small wire and papier-mâché puppets, which Shiryaev would manipulate thousands of times to faithfully reproduce choreography. Ghosts of ‘Nutcracker’ Past, Preserved on Film 2018-12-11T05:00:00Z

“We are interested in going beyond the visual, emphasizing the role of architecture in the choreography of daily life,” the team said in their Biennale announcement. Pritzker Architecture Prize Goes to Two Women for the First Time 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z

It’s the rare story ballet with exuberant choreography and actual humor. A Farewell and the Promise of a New Future at City Ballet 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z

So in his version, the choreography was adjusted, including in the scene where Anita is assaulted, which took on a heightened edge of violence. ‘West Side Story’: How We Covered the Classic N.Y.C. Musical 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

Is the choreography unfocused or just difficult to focus on? Review: Jonah Bokaer’s ‘Rules of the Game,’ a Collaboration at Odds With Itself 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z

Hitches and hiccups complicate the choreography without sacrificing momentum. Review: ‘Prize’ Puts Dance and Drumming in the Spotlight 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

The videos are similar not only in their individual parts—clothes, color palette, choreography, mood, and even melody—but as whole experiences. The Profound Power of the New Solange Videos 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

Mr. Hoffalt has the elegant physique, clean technique and partnering skills needed for the part, but rather than be beset by an existential dilemma, he looked entirely preoccupied by the extraordinarily fussy, devilishly hard choreography. Ballet Review: Ballet Stands on Ceremony 2013-12-10T16:26:42Z

Steps can be easily forgotten, changed or lost because choreography is not an object. Perspective | Bringing Suzanne Farrell back into the New York City Ballet studios is a step in the right direction 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

For some people, these works exemplify the classicism of postmodern dance; any dancegoer can spot moments when they echo choreography by George Balanchine and Merce Cunningham. Review: Decades of Lucinda Childs’s Cool Minimalism in Motion 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

Steven Hoggett’s choreography, much more central than in other productions, has a similar effect, filling the stage with strange, disorienting gestures: extreme leaning, ratlike huddling, abdominal contractions that look like retching. Review: The Many Thrilling Flavors of a Full-Scale ‘Sweeney Todd’ 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z

In posters featuring one of his favorite performers, the high-kicking Jane Avril, the action is mirrored in the choreography of line, as if Toulouse-Lautrec were dancing along with her through the act of drawing. Toulouse-Lautrec’s Groundbreaking Prints at MoMA 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z

The accompanying video presented a mixture of pop culture's past with 1950s cartoonist hair styles, surf culture, combined with uniquely erratic choreography, but musically there are elements that serve as a disruption to pop music. Glitter down the Atlanta Highway – the B-52s are setting out on their final dance party! 2022-09-05T04:00:00Z

Mack and her castmates have learned new choreography, been over the new music and will rehearse on the street in front of the department store to get it right. Performers gear up for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade 2021-11-24T05:00:00Z

"At that time, it was rare to facilitate young people in choreography," Pite remarks. Crystal Pite ? no longer just a regional name ? visits On the Boards with her Kidd Pivot troupe 2011-02-14T22:38:04Z

Lizzo and her dancers perform their choreography atop classical columns, positioning themselves as the muses – an allusion, perhaps, to the Black muses in Disney's animated film "Hercules." In "Rumors," Lizzo and Cardi B pull from the ancient Greeks, putting a new twist on an old tradition 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

"Lord, no. I love the work, I love my dancers, I love choreography, and I always set myself new challenges and come up with new ideas. What would I retire to?" For Garth Fagan, a life choreographed by his love of movement 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

Andrea, how did the evolution of the score affect the development of the choreography? ‘I Feel an Abundance’: A Composer Dips Into the Dance World 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

While it doesn’t have the force of Penn’s brutal choreography, it’s a surprisingly graphic scene for basic cable. Television Review: ‘Bonnie & Clyde,’ a Special on A&E, History and Lifetime 2013-12-05T22:04:55Z

Abergel made up acting sequences based on the choreography, “just to see who could convey emotion, who could tell a story,” she said. The Tiny Dancers Who Make ‘The Nutcracker’ Sparkle 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

She joined the cast of “Jerome Robbins’s Broadway,” an evening-length show of selections from Robbins’s choreography for musicals like “Fiddler on the Roof” and “On the Town.” ‘The Doors Didn’t Open Easily’ on Her Path to ‘Cinderella’ 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z

Especially from the standpoint of the amount of choreography they pulled off in a live setting. 'SNL' Alum Ana Gasteyer Talks About Playing Shoshanna's Mom on 'Girls' 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z

Her choreography responded to both the musical and visual rhythms of the orchestra. Jessica Lang Dance, Leila Josefowicz and the NSO, waltzing together onstage

The Brazilians are sharp — a precious resource all right — but the choreography holds them back without any compensation in artistry. Dance Review: Fall for Dance at City Center - Review 2011-11-06T22:15:14Z

It was presented here with choreography by Christopher Williams — “The Good So Far,” he calls his version — rendered by the Interlochen Arts Academy Dance Company. Review: At NY Phil Biennial, Interlochen Rises to the Occasion 2016-06-06T04:00:00Z

Mr. Peck’s choreography for the principals also flows, only less brilliantly. Dance Review: City Ballet Performs Justin Peck’s ‘Year of the Rabbit’ 2012-10-07T22:18:34Z

Its sounds are as various as the choreography: simple piano and strings, sci-fi synth pads and backward voices, electronic blips and industrial noises, rain and wind. Review: A Tere O’Connor Dance That Ebbs, Flows and Weaves 2022-12-09T05:00:00Z

The choreography, for six dancers, alternates between controlled, rather stern, sculptural pas de deux, and jaunty, slightly jokey male trios. In ‘Dutch Doubles,’ 4 Choreographers, Inspired by 4 Artists 2014-04-21T12:35:07Z

And now, to concentrate on his choreography, Roberts is retiring from dancing; his farewell performance, on Dec. 9, was announced along with the season’s slate. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Announces In-Person Season 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

As one expects from Tharp, who rejects labels and limitations when it comes to movement, the choreography encompasses a range of styles. Twyla Tharp is marking her 50-year anniversary by looking ahead 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

All of the dancers in his company contribute to the choreography. Q&A: Seattle dancer-choreographer Catherine Cabeen 2011-04-25T23:32:57Z

The dancers of Cisne Negro, the Brazilian company appearing this week at the Joyce Theater, are so glowingly amiable, youthful, attractive, enthusiastic and musical that you wish the program’s choreography made them look better. Dance Review: Illustrious Local Compatriot Contributes to a Troupe?s New York Visit 2011-08-16T21:52:58Z

Pite’s choreography rides on flow — a willowy stream of energy that sends the body bending and curving through space. Review: A Trip From Light to Dark With the National Ballet of Canada 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

The troupe takes meticulous care with costumes, lighting and, of course, choreography. Seattle's Chamber Dance Company delivers fun and finesse 2010-10-15T19:49:00Z

This week, we’re bringing you a selection of pieces about the world of dancers, movement, and choreography. Sunday Reading: The World of Dance 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z

He has often done so through highly theatrical shows with costumes, choreography and elaborate visuals. | A Performance Artist’s Heartfelt New Persona 2013-06-17T21:00:13Z

While the vignettes of choreography can become monotonous and even predictable, the rhythm of the music guides the dancers along, leading them into different realms. Review: Seven Dancers Step Into the Rhythm of a Moroccan Night 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

They’re a contrast to the rest of the choreography, which has Ms. Aguilera and others in the cast bending, bouncing and whirling like a team of Eastern European gymnasts on a Four Loko tear. Film: An Ageless Diva of a Certain Age 2010-11-19T04:13:00Z

Between these pas de deux, however, the choreography feels less focused. Dance Review: ‘Metamorphosis Titian 2012’ at the Royal Ballet 2012-07-16T21:26:23Z

Evan wanted to do something he’s never done before, and Anna was more comfortable with traditional choreography. "Dancing with the Stars" recap: The end is near 2010-05-25T12:26:00Z

It featured Steven Hoggett, who was also one of the directors and is known in New York for creating the idiosyncratic choreography for “Once,” “Black Watch” and “American Idiot.” Theater Review: ‘Tiny Dynamite’ by Abi Morgan at 59E59 Theaters 2012-06-14T21:05:36Z

Yes, lean into the complexities, lean into the darkness, but also recognize the great amount of music and film and choreography that Michael left behind. Michael Jackson Musical Creators: ‘We’re Not Judge and Jury’ 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

“There was a time when presenters wouldn’t book him because he was so controversial, but we did with the help of the American Dance Festival, which really nurtured choreography by African-Americans.” A Dance Troupe Thrives in Dayton 2010-12-16T06:30:04Z

Ms. Workum bases her choreography on the improvisational practice known as authentic movement, in which the mind and the body work in tandem — slippery as it sounds — to delve into deep states of kinesthetic awareness. Review: Katie Workum Presents ‘Black Lakes’ at Danspace Project 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

This American version of the exhibition makes more of the Ballets Russes’ 1916-17 tour of America and of Balanchine’s choreography than did its London counterpart. Art Review: ‘Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes,’ at National Gallery 2013-05-23T20:40:40Z

The choreography, credited to Fabian Aloise, is brilliantly dynamic, its exaggerated sexual innuendo rendered grotesque by the dancers’ distorted, over-it facial expressions. A Paris Cabaret Makes Way for ‘Cabaret’ 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z

Same with the ensemble choreography in the other room, which cleverly emphasized the proximity of multiple bodies in lines and pileups. Review: ‘NOW.’ Uses Technology to Pair Dancers Thousands of Miles Apart 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

Creating this position for Lovette — until last fall a principal dancer with New York City Ballet — was a surprise move, as was Lovette’s bold decision to retire from City Ballet to concentrate on choreography. Review: The Paul Taylor Company Returns With a New Voice 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z

The challenge entails choreography, recording a song, and presumably, leg work, floor work, chair work and ... hair work. RuPaul's Drag Race recap: season 12, episode seven – Madonna magic 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z

It is set in a drab municipal hall, and its choreography is limited to a palette of shuffling dance steps and small gestures. Kontakthof | Dance review 2010-04-02T20:30:00Z

This is true of the hot pastels of Mr. Loquasto’s sets and costumes, and of Warren Carlyle’s athletic golden-age-of-musicals choreography, which is both expert and exhausting. Review: ‘Hello, Dolly!’ Is Bright, Brassy and All Bette 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

The rest of the evening's choreography, however, delivers disappointingly diminishing returns. Carlos Acosta: Premieres 2010-08-01T16:02:00Z

In the years since, when friends and fans of his choreography have pressed him to do more of his own work, his response has been that artistic direction is his work. Robert Battle on Running Ailey: ‘This Is My Choreography Now’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

The 51-year-old told the New York Times that he would be working with a trainer and adjusting the choreography to accommodate his age. John Cameron Mitchell to Reprise 'Hedwig' role on Broadway 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

The old Harlem company presented lots of choreography that was atrocious, as well as several classics. At Dance Theater of Harlem, Where’s the ‘Theater’? 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z

Roosevelt High School won two awards — outstanding choreography and outstanding orchestra — for "White Christmas." Roosevelt High wins 2 awards at annual 5th Avenue event 2010-06-09T23:50:00Z

But while he finds new things to say using basic vocabulary, it’s the dancers who give the choreography resonance and new life. Critic?s Notebook: In the Mysteries of Everyday Movement, Multilevel Stories 2011-03-06T22:56:33Z

The plant design may look haphazard, but it reflects a contemporary plant choreography that breaks down the edges of the old herbaceous border for a more naturalistic effect. Why New York’s High Line is the perfect source of gardening inspiration 2017-07-03T04:00:00Z

He always knows his choreography and certainly always knows his action. Henry Cavill pushed for Geralt to talk more in "The Witcher" season 2 2021-12-17T05:00:00Z

His physical therapist, he said, advised him to imagine new choreography and, “most confining of all,” to not travel forward. Review: Dancing Their Friends and Heroes (and My Little Pony) 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z

The other scores are denser, but generally, the less that’s going on in the music, the more interesting and varied Brown’s choreography is. Review: Trisha Brown Company Is Back, in Witty, Delicate Glory 2017-12-13T05:00:00Z

Mr. Hübbe may love the choreography but not the plot, for he puts his version in 19th-century India and makes the warrior a British lieutenant, while the rajah becomes a vice consul with a daughter. The Week Ahead: Oct. 21 — 28 2012-10-21T07:30:05Z

It’s strange that a company usually associated with strong attack nonetheless often seemed too soft when dealing with the keen cut-and-thrust and musical sharpness of this choreography. Dance Review: Bolshoi’s Balanchine, From Stage to Screen 2014-01-20T22:28:28Z

Already, dance and music were mutually independent in all the choreography performed here. L.A. Dance Project Takes On Merce Cunningham 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

Now in her follow-up, “Find Yourself Here,” choppier in tone, she places three dancers and three visual artists in the same space to blur the lines between task and choreography, movement and sound. Review: Joanna Kotze’s High-Speed Chase at Baryshnikov Arts Center 2015-09-18T04:00:00Z

In the past, City Ballet relied on the dreck of contemporary ballet for new choreography. Review: City Ballet Gets a Modern Dance Fix 2022-02-04T05:00:00Z

Ms. Körbes’s line has a luscious elegance that lights up this choreography, and Mr. Underwood partnered her with an exciting innocence, making their incendiary meeting seem his first such adult encounter. Dance Review: International Stars at Damian Woetzel?s Festival in Vail 2010-08-08T23:47:00Z

But the move became a Watts signature, and musicians marveled at his hi-hat choreography. Charlie Watts, the Unlikely Soul of the Rolling Stones 2021-08-24T04:00:00Z

In it, the dancers possess “that strong confidence that Bob Fosse’s choreography is filled with,” Mr. Onik said. These N.B.A. Dancers Bring Their High Kicks Courtside 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

The season opens with a revival of the groundbreaking backstage musical “A Chorus Line,” using a Seattle cast but the original direction and choreography by Michael Bennett. ‘Kinky Boots,’ ‘Carousel’ in 5th Ave’s 2014-15 lineup 2014-02-21T20:45:26Z

The choreography is entirely forgettable but enjoyably showcased the dancers as distinct personalities, switching between fervent classicism, ironic shimmying with feathered fans and more a contemporary, grounded physicality. In London, Massed Human Misery and Communal Revelations 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

There were no spandex bodysuits — just a tank top, baggy cargo pants and Doc Martens boots — and although choreography isn’t her forte, she moves across the stage with charmingly corny, and endearing, dance moves. Ellie Goulding brings pop-star panache to Merriweather Post and still keeps it real 2016-06-14T04:00:00Z

Or might the choreography overshadow the historical footage? This D.C.-based choreographer creates dances about trailblazers, hoping you’ll embrace their ideals 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z

Yet influences on Khan's choreography range from hip-hop and Kabuki to Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. A life in dance: Akram Khan 2010-09-27T07:00:00Z

When she and Emory Cohen, who plays Homer Roberts, another prisoner, were learning the choreography, they faced the mirror to learn how to move in sync. Netflix’s ‘The OA’ and the Transformative Power of Dance 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

The tension between the moving simplicity of these dancers and their choreography’s emphatically clever sophistication is among the most fascinating performer-creator relationships in the performing arts today. Review: Mark Morris’s New Pastoral Says Less Than Its Music 2018-08-10T04:00:00Z

Mr. Diaz, the playwright, said the highly physical nature of the production required not only careful choreography but also attention to breathing, because the actors moved quickly from dexterous combat to swiftly paced dialogue. Rehearsing Scenes and Lifting Weights for ?Chad Deity? 2010-05-16T20:30:00Z

As bits of half-assed "Flashdance" choreography find their way into the older sister's performance, we get the sense that a sacred order is being disturbed. 4. "Dogtooth" 2010-12-31T02:01:00Z

On Wednesday the final work was a story ballet: “Firebird,” a vintage gem from 1949 with Marc Chagall scenery and costumes; and choreography both by Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. Balanchine Turns 116 This Week. His Ballets Never Get Old. 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

And though her jump is the most astonishing weapon in her armory, there’s no feature of the bravura choreography in which she doesn’t shine. Dance Review: Natalia Osipova Takes Don Quixote Airborne 2010-06-04T22:24:00Z

The festival served as a reminder, too, that several general tendencies in City Ballet choreography have endured since the company’s inception. Ballet After Balanchine: 3 Choreographers Lead the Way 2017-05-22T04:00:00Z

According to the press materials, “pink pony 2” is set choreography, while “pink pony 1” is improvisation guided by instructions. Dance Review: Yvonne Meier’s ‘This Is Not a Pink Pony,’ at the Abrons Arts Center 2013-06-02T21:24:55Z

I know I am not walking through a storm alone in saying I thought the revival of Carousel was pretty awful -- except for the choreography. In a Slim Season, the Tonys Show Love to Brits, Classics and Sponges 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

With that, the choreography begins: a hand-chiseled, coffin-shaped ice block goes into a crystal glass so thin that it yields to pressure. In the watering holes of Tokyo, the highball reigns supreme 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

Ms. Posin’s choreography — largely conventional ballet, adeptly arranged and accessorized with Arctic hula — settles for incongruity. Review: ‘Climate Control,’ Where Hot and Cold Mix It Up in a Pas de Deux 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

As pandemic responses evolved, so did Waltz’s choreography. Sasha Waltz’s ‘In C’ Marries Choreography and Improvisation 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z

Throughout, the choreography, fast and fluent with jazzy undercurrents, sweeps along with Ms. Mearns — partnered by Christian Tworzyanski, a former City Ballet dancer and her childhood friend — in command. She Dances. He Directs. How They Created a Balletic Battle of the Sexes. 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

The way his choreography ignores the climax of the dance-unfriendly music is unpleasing. Royal Ballet’s Focus on British Choreography Exposes Its Limits 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

It suited Peck’s explosive choreography, springing from a well of authentic feeling and from new, wondrous experiments with the dancers he knows best. Review | From New York City Ballet: Big music, big dancing (mostly) 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

That’s the kind of choreography that will be most crucial if such events are to become regular again. Running Live Dance Drills at the Armory 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

For the choreography of a scene featuring a sudden sexual reveal, Kelly enthusiastically references one of his favorite movies, the erotic 1995 drama “Showgirls.” Michael R. Jackson on the Soap Opera Origins of ‘White Girl in Danger’ 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

And as for Mr. Elo, even if I found his choreography fascinating — which I don’t — he’s not exactly a fresh face on the scene. Dance Review: Houston Ballet at the Joyce Theater - Review 2011-10-13T22:30:37Z

For this tour, the company brings the two great Tchaikovsky classics, Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake, in stagings close both to the original Petipa, and the Petipa/Ivanov choreography. This week's new dance 2011-01-08T00:06:38Z

She looked to us for style and choreography and the way young people talked and moved. Meryl Streep, Diane Lane and Others on the Legacy of Elizabeth Swados 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

And a daylong dance choreography that looks at identity in antiquity. Datebook: Towers of clay, the L.A. landscape reconsidered, dance at the Getty Villa 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

The title points to the intricate flocking patterns of starlings, yet while Mr. Whitley’s choreography morphs analogously, it fails to mesmerize. Review: BalletBoyz Get Ready to Rumble 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

The revival, new on Tuesday, features Robert Swinston, the company’s current director of choreography, in the Cunningham role. Dance Review: A Golden Age Continues Without Its Midas 2011-03-23T22:27:34Z

The show had a rocky first preview, and the choreography, costumes and more kept changing. Musicals Born on Broadway Set Off Jitters 2010-10-13T01:52:00Z

His choreography was in the repertory of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Dance Theater of Harlem. Geoffrey Holder, Dancer, Choreographer and Man of Flair, Dies at 84 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

There was an opera singer wearing a floor-length beauty-pageant dress, a mariachi band heaving instruments to complex choreography, a leggy dancer gyrating in sequins and feathers, and a grandiose Spanish guitar interlude. Mexican ranchera star Juan Gabriel proves he still has what it takes 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

Sometimes, as the choreography and music play with and confront the tension between race and masculinity in dance, they seem as if they are intent on seduction. Neil Greenberg’s New Dance ‘Betsy’ Is a Wild Child 2022-11-11T05:00:00Z

The pure-dance choreography of Balanchine can be regarded as the supreme achievement of ballet to date without offering a sure model for other choreographers. Dance: Premieres by Christopher Wheeldon and Alexei Ratmansky 2010-07-02T22:14:00Z

Ms. Farber has taken special care to keep fluid the shifting choreography of dominance and submission. Theater Review: Yael Farber’s ‘Mies Julie,’ at St. Ann’s Warehouse 2012-11-13T03:00:00Z

“Not dance choreography, but different actions and movement, and a lot of times the camera doesn’t move, and so it’s choreography within a frame.” 2010-01-11T08:09:00Z

Sometimes she registers musical repetition in the choreography; sometimes she ignores it or works counterintuitively against a large sound with low-stakes gesture: a little foot shuffle, a neck roll. Review: Pam Tanowitz’s Witty Dance Secrets in London 2023-02-05T05:00:00Z

The bright purposefulness of her choreography is engaging. Critic’s Notebook: Troy Schumacher and BalletCollective Open Eyes 2013-08-19T21:42:28Z

Hearing it, we might imagine the ballet itself: the delicate, deferential choreography, the harmony of movement. Five Short, Dark Comedies About Smartphone Obsession 2017-04-11T04:00:00Z

Moments repeat and echo from the patterns to the choreography. Review: A Choreographer Finds Her Bliss in Bach 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

M-G-M wound up hiring amateurs and shunting them to the rear of the soundstage, where nobody could see them bungling the choreography. “The Wizard of Oz,” the Last Munchkin, and the Little People Left Behind 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z

The music suggested the kind of massage parlor that sells crystals, and the symmetrical choreography was true to the music. Dance Review: Ballet NY Performs New Works by Medhi Bahiri 2012-08-10T23:17:57Z

“That joy and that need to dance. That pulse. A nonstop commitment to the choreography and the steps. She was in it.” Patricia McBride, passing on Balanchine’s torch with joy at Charlotte Ballet

She said she might ultimately develop an online lecture or an app delving into not just choreography and biography, but also some of the broader cultural themes at work in the field. New Center at N.Y.U. Focuses on Dance and the Arts 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z

This is choreography as mere flashy surface: a series of wow effects that trivialize music and human behavior. Nederlands Dans Theater Gets Offbeat at the Joyce 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

Since then, “Monsoon Wedding” has been retooled, with new choreography, movement direction and scenic design. Onstage in Brooklyn, ‘Monsoon Wedding’ Tries to Capture the Film’s Spirit 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z

The stage is perfect for big production numbers with video, choreography, and reveal after reveal! Gay San Francisco: a guide to clubs, bars, drag shows and queer culture 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z

There are lovely things about it, Hynd's determined zeal to be fresh and muscular in his choreography among them. 'Merry Widow' by turns intoxicating and flat in romantic outing 2011-02-17T14:49:00Z

Cunningham choreography will be danced by international touring companies, including France’s Ballet de Lorraine, and, in short-form in-gallery Cunningham Events, a small ensemble of former Cunningham dancers. Merce Cunningham Exhibitions in Minneapolis and Chicago 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

The chief distinction of the choreography lies in its effort to mix hip-hop styles with steps from tap, ballet and West African dance. Illstyle and Peace’s ‘IMpossible IZZpossible’ at BAM Fisher 2015-01-18T05:00:00Z

“This is my choreography now,” he tells them. Robert Battle on Running Ailey: ‘This Is My Choreography Now’ 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z

But “Yuli” also celebrates the Cuban education system that provided free ballet training to the descendent of slaves from a rundown neighborhood and features a choreography blasting U.S. imperialism. Cuban ballet star Carlos Acosta stars in own biopic 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z

In Peck’s ballets, choreography for women often has diminishing returns. Review: Justin Peck Runs Out of Steam in ‘Copland Dance Episodes’ 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

Set, costumes and Jerome Robbins choreography re-created the original 1944 dance sensation. Audra McDonald captivates a Bowl audience, but she's meant for more 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

As one man after another silently claims a dance partner, Coral Messam’s tactile choreography gives us rolling hips and expressive hand gestures, the camera weaving and sliding among stomping feet and twisting torsos. ‘Small Axe’ Review: The Agonies and Ecstasies of Black British Lives 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

Increasingly fascinated by the field of cognitive theory and its application to choreography, he undertook research projects with scientists at Cambridge University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of San Diego. Ballet's rock star 2011-01-02T00:03:05Z

As the Bananas’ antics have attracted more attention, the team has started to draw players who are excited about doing choreography on the field. ‘Baseball Players Don’t Dance’? The Savannah Bananas Beg to Differ. 2022-05-31T04:00:00Z

Eventually, Mr. McGregor seems to respond to them individually: In the work’s final third, they’re given choreography that showcases most of them — to a limited degree. Dance Review: Random Dance Company Presents ‘Atomos,’ a Premiere 2014-03-19T21:47:05Z

It’s dance-dance-dance, though only a number for five men has much merit as choreography. Romeo (and Juliet), How Many Art Thou? 1 Ballet Score, Many Stagings 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

The “John Wick” films, starring Keanu Reeves as the world’s most beleaguered hit man, are all about surfaces, systems and choreography. ‘The Continental’ Review: A World Away From John Wick 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z

Its choreography is dense with invention, its dancers project a fine fierce physicality and an alert, emotional presence. Stephen Petronio Company ? review 2010-10-07T21:45:00Z

Rather than being out of character with the choreography, though, Killian’s score unfortunately matches a quality of unconvincing emotional excess in it. Review: When Real Life Adds an Unexpected Round to the Fugue 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

But mainly Mr. Parker’s choreography kept settling for the same tired gags. Review: ‘Tap Lab,’ From the Bang Group, Conveys Musical Scores Through Footwork 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

Early into his job at Madison Square Garden, he came to the conclusion that the choreography needed improving. These N.B.A. Dancers Bring Their High Kicks Courtside 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

But many of these songs already have choreography inextricably attached: that of Jackson’s hugely influential music videos of the 1980s. Tony Nominees for Choreography Put the Past in Motion 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z

Do you see the counterpoint that Balanchine establishes with his “Symphony in Three Movements” choreography? Setting the Tempo With One Eye on the Stage 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

Melodically the back-and-forth is dynamic and playful, and the intricately timed choreography reinforces this as an exciting courtship dance. Why this "Baby, It's Cold Outside" update works, where others have failed 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

The piece was later premiered in Lausanne; then came news that The Rainbow Bear was to be performed by the National Youth Ballet with choreography by Jo Meredith. War Horse: adapt and survive 2010-08-20T23:06:00Z

“I’m going to tweak the choreography. I always choreograph to the strengths of the actors, so it’ll be a totally new version,” she says. Five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman to revive 'Crazy for You' in L.A. 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

As a dancer, Mr. Reigenborn was the epitome of the deceptively cool Minimalist style that emerged in the dance avant-garde of the 1970s, especially in Ms. Childs’s choreography. Garry Reigenborn, a Dancer and Influential Choreographer, Dies at 58 2011-04-16T18:23:01Z

So does Mr. Knechtges’s choreography, which makes spirited use of basketball moves, the kinetics of cheerleading and a blissful evocation of ancient terpsichorean signage. | 'Lysistrata Jones': ?Lysistrata Jones? at Walter Kerr Theater - Review 2011-12-15T03:05:04Z

“The idea that young choreographers need mentoring is catching on like wildfire because we see so much uninformed and mediocre choreography,” said Gus Solomons Jr., also a creative adviser. Ailey Awards New Choreography Fellowships 2011-05-12T03:00:08Z

The plot centers around the Green Destiny, a magical sword which figured prominently in the original movie, and the choreography, directed by the legendary Yuen Woo-ping, promises to be epic. 16 Original Movies You'll Be Able to Watch on Netflix in 2016 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

Dominique Wohrer also deals in spins and twirls, but her choreography is of pulpy paper, dyed in shades of gray and black. In the galleries: The beauty of nature, in all its horror 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z

“That was some intricate choreography for the second week!” LMFAO's Redfoo Becomes the First to Leave 'Dancing With the Stars' 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z

Although this is far from being one of Shostakovich’s most important works, at each performance Mr. Ratmansky’s choreography leads me to note another theatrical felicity of some small moment. Dance Review: Peasants Having Fun Down on the Old Soviet Farm 2011-06-12T22:38:30Z

During Mr. Martins’s leadership tenure at City Ballet, many dance critics and Balanchine alumni noted that much about the company’s dancing had changed considerably, as had details of its versions of Balanchine choreography. A Balanchine Muse and Star Returns to New York City Ballet 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z

Aside from an unmistakably modern choreography of gunfire calling to mind a particularly sophisticated video game cutscene, Cooper has not built on or challenged his genre in the slightest. How the Western got lost: why the genre needs to innovate to survive 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

That only kills the mystery if those bells and whistles are important to you; it's plain that the gunplay and action choreography are Kim's prioritized co-stars. The working-class hero of "Black Knight" is noble, but we've done this apocalypse many times before 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z

The choreography is strongest when the two women are moving together like the fish, bears and foxes in the show’s fables. Dance Review: Emily Johnson’s ‘Niicugni,’ at Baryshnikov Arts Center 2013-01-11T23:42:09Z

If Tinder is the price of admission for some flashy Hilary Duff choreography, so be it. Hilary Duff's New 'Sparks' Video Is Basically a Tinder Ad 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

Missett still picks each song from the latest releases, handles all of the choreography and tests her material on students firsthand by teaching nearly every day. Jazzercise: After 45 years, it’s still here, and it’s still evolving

Ms. Childs, now 76, has long been famous for her choreography’s blend of dance minimalism, sprightly virtuosity and geometric patterns. Review: Decades of Lucinda Childs’s Cool Minimalism in Motion 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

There are tales of how Balanchine was delighted by her rhythmic freedom as she reaccentuated passages of old choreography and thereby rejuvenated them. Dance Review: Darci Kistler: The Long Goodbye 2010-06-28T18:34:00Z

Through eight costume changes, the Queen’s cascading mane, the color of a Pringles chip, whipped and swirled to its own choreography steps, like a mermaid’s hair in the current. One thing can get a buttoned-up millennial feminist to praise Las Vegas: Britney Spears 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

The work's grounded, rolling sculptural style is very much Maliphant's, but other Nijinsky images are refracted through the choreography. Russell Maliphant Company 2010-09-29T21:00:00Z

It’s never apparent beforehand, in a verbal description of the choreography, the collaborators, and the dancers; and it’s not necessarily discernible in the first minutes of a piece. Netta Yerushalmy’s Perfect Dance 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z

Without their own rehearsal schedule, swings and understudies have had to learn scenes, songs and choreography by observation and osmosis. On Broadway, Newly Vital Understudies Step Into the Spotlight 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

You repeat the choreography, but in the third part you can let go a little more and use more of the contraction. Drop a Fly in a Glass of Milk. What Do You Get? A Knotty Dance. 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

Dancing comes to life through strength, energy and physical labor, but the choreography itself is an unstable, delicate creation. Perspective | Bringing Suzanne Farrell back into the New York City Ballet studios is a step in the right direction 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

Every viewing yields more felicities in Ashton’s choreography. Dance Review: Ashton’s ‘Sylvia’ Is Revived at American Ballet Theater 2013-06-25T21:14:40Z

The Oscars ceremony included a performance of the song, with its rapid-kick choreography and roguish suspender snapping. ‘Naatu Naatu’ From ‘RRR’ Wins Best Original Song 2023-03-12T05:00:00Z

I worried a little that the cast would stumble over them, despite their obvious mastery of Daniel Pelzig’s playful and meticulous choreography. 'Guys and Dolls' at the Wallis: Pared down but still full of punch 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

Sometimes, though, the choreography in a show can be just plain incorrect. How to Throw Punches Without Getting Hurt 2011-02-25T14:52:59Z

Unlike other gospel groups, its members dressed stylishly — they used the same tailor as the Temptations — and worked slick choreography into their act. Joe Ligon, Gospel Singer With the Mighty Clouds of Joy, Dies at 80 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

He worried that the choreography, as important to him as the language, might get short shrift. If you're going to see Beckett's late short plays, Lisa Dwan is the actress you want to perform them 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z

We performed the choreography in small groups, clapping and hooting enthusiastically for one another, and then all together before taking the traditional révérence, a dramatic bow at the end. So I Thought I Couldn’t Dance 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z

Other effects will be felt in new choreography, in stagings of old choreography and in the evolution of ballet style. Royal Ballet?s New Chief Must Find His Own Role 2011-06-24T14:19:55Z

But it’s hardly momentous enough to build a cinematic rendering of choreography. Dance Review: ‘Eclipse,’ by Jonah Bokaer and Anthony McCall, at BAM Fisher 2012-09-07T22:53:36Z

But the glibness is relentless, and the music and choreography never sharp or memorable enough to make you forgive the stereotypical attitudes, particularly towards women. Shoes: The Musical ? review 2011-02-17T17:08:29Z

As mentioned, Boykin and Abraham relied on spoken texts to establish contexts for their choreographies. The struggle, the hopeless fury and the joy of life, all captured by Alvin Ailey Dance 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

In the green room before the auditions, the nervousness in the air was palpable as performers did vocal warmups, practiced their choreography and added last-minute touches to their costumes. K-Pop World Festival came to Seattle looking for the next great star. Here’s who they found. 2019-06-30T04:00:00Z

There's an intense physicality to Tharp's choreography, not to mention a delight in show-biz razzle-dazzle, and both qualities are present in the dancers whose affairs of the heart are examined with astonishing theatricality. Tharp delivers libido-charged Sinatra love letter 2010-03-25T22:43:00Z

And unsurprisingly, the effect on Bausch's choreography was galvanic – the shapes of the movement looked much sharper on these younger bodies, the rhythms accelerated. Judith Mackrell on Pina Bausch's Kontakthof 2010-04-07T21:15:00Z

At first, the spooky and delightful weird sisters—Shakespeare’s poetry always extended beautifully to the supernatural—feel like the “new” thing here, given their arresting choreography. Getting 'Macbeth' Right 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

Balanchine choreography was the core of every season. After the Curtain Falls: Talking to Suzanne Farrell, Artist and Muse 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z

Mr. Dawson’s choreography is strongly influenced by Mr. Forsythe’s exploration of ballet’s formal limits, and it can be physically extreme. Review: ‘Cool Britannia’ Shows Off Native Land’s Talents 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Q. In terms of movement, is “Elektra” a return to choreography for you? Ann Liv Young on Elektra, a ‘More Primitive Version of Myself’ 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z

A program note tells us that the choreography contains some element of improvisation, which in this case was surely of more stimulus to the performers than to the audience. Dance Review: Illustrious Local Compatriot Contributes to a Troupe?s New York Visit 2011-08-16T21:52:58Z

The choreography by Warren Carlyle helps to preserve all that made Gower Champion’s original staging so legendary. Bette Midler and 'Hello, Dolly!': A match that makes for Broadway heaven 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

The choreography in “Ain’t Too Proud,” which features the nimble Jeremy Pope — he also starred in “Choir Boy” — is affectingly seamless. There’s Great Dance on Broadway. Hello, Tony Awards? 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

Much of the choreography ignored this new production’s best part: its soulful commissioned score by the jazz composer and pianist Jason Moran, who performed live on Wednesday. Review: Exploring Nature and Nightlife at Martha Graham 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

All 11 company members are beautiful dancers, with strong feet that grip the floor or peel off it and a flexible fluidity of movement that mirrors the fluidity of King’s choreography. Alonzo King LINES Ballet: Music in motion at Meany 2014-05-02T22:57:10Z

But Blankenbuehler’s dynamic choreography will likely edge out the competition in a year that rightfully belongs to “Hamilton.” A race for the record books: Can anything stop 'Hamilton' from making history at the Tony Awards? 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

“So you kill the center and it forces him to rethink his choreography.” ‘Oh, I’ll Show You’: Paul Taylor and Alex Katz’s Long Collaboration 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Every time the choreography resolves into a describable image, that image dissolves and becomes the basis for a new construction. Review: Ballet Arizona Performs ‘Round’ in a Dreamy Desert Ambience 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

Mr. Martins’s choreography has often been musically dull or disappointing before now. Critic?s Notebook: In City Ballet?s Fall Season, a Need for Surprises 2011-10-12T17:07:24Z

But then a march is different from a dance, even if each has its own choreography. The Critic Elizabeth Hardwick Was Very Tough on Biographies. Now Here’s One of Her. 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

“Whoever choreographed this dance is exactly who we want to do the show,” Ms. Silverman recalled thinking after seeing the strength and precision of Ms. Tayeh’s choreography. Sonya Tayeh Strides Into New York’s Dance World With ‘The Wild Party’ 2015-07-09T04:00:00Z

After the choreography was taught, and when more dancers were available, she focused on details: It seemed like she was breaking down a dance and putting it back together in order to find its essence. What Comes After a Storm? From Twyla Tharp, a Softer World 2022-10-17T04:00:00Z

There is no choreography, just a whole lot of small isometric movements that set your muscles on fire. Barre in a bar . . . no, really 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z

Dance GB is an evening of choreography presented by English National Ballet, National Dance Company Wales and Scottish Ballet, each of whom has commissioned a choreographer to create a new work on an Olympian theme. Matthew Bourne's Play Without Words; Dance GB: The Olympic Project – review 2012-07-14T23:05:34Z

The choreography includes not only bhangra, but also kathak, a classical Indian dance form, as well as Bollywood, hip-hop, jazz and ballet. Bhangra Is Big on Campus. Now It’s Inspiring a Musical. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z

Known for his daring collaborations with Cecilia Bengolea, he is now concentrating on his own choreography, especially pieces that incorporate his voice and body to create a sense of the otherworldly. He Sings. He Dances. He Creates a Sense of the Otherworldly. 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z

Several of these entrances and exits are where the choreography is at its most masterful, notably in slow processions that quietly fragment one way or another. Dance Review: Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan at BAM - Review 2011-10-13T22:30:37Z

In 2007, his choreography for the West End musical Cabaret won him an Olivier. De Frutos and Pet Shop Boys reach for the moon 2011-03-09T21:29:01Z

Lynne Page's choreography rises several cuts above the level of the upmarket musical Carmen is often reduced to, yet is so crisply and spontaneously executed that the routines work every time. Carmen 2010-06-04T21:31:00Z

He would draw on island folk traditions as thematic material for much of his choreography, painting and acting. Geoffrey Holder, painter, actor, dancer and Tony-winning director, dies at 84

I said, ‘The only thing you haven’t done is the choreography.’ Paul McCartney?s ?Ocean Kingdom? at City Ballet 2011-09-11T04:00:07Z

I will say more about their choreography and dancers in a later review. Dance Review: Wild and Tamed in Wheeldon?s ?Estancia? at City Ballet 2010-05-30T22:21:00Z

I’m sad — but glad that I found myself succumbing to her choreography as never before. Review: The Revelatory Early Works of Lucinda Childs at MoMA 2018-10-31T04:00:00Z

The choreography of the “A Christmas Story Live!” quick-changes — some of which were seen briefly over the closing credits — were astonishing. Review: ‘A Christmas Story Live!’ Wasn’t Lively Enough 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z

In this entrancing work from 2013, a high point of Robert Battle’s uneven commissioning history since taking over as the company’s artistic director, the choreography flows. Alvin Ailey Dance Performs ‘Episodes’ and ‘Four Corners' 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z

They give the dancers real glamour; so does the choreography. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Season Gala, With Robbins and Balanchine 2013-05-09T21:10:33Z

The choreography fits together tightly, if not always coherently, and it’s streaked with beauty. Dance Review: Peter Martins?s ?Romeo + Juliet? at New York City Ballet 2012-02-16T23:03:47Z

It’s one of the greatest memories of my career — I’m standing, talking to the director and the choreographer, and we’re creating a scene and the choreography and the music at the same time. How ‘The Lion King’ Got to Broadway and Ruled for 25 Years (So Far) 2022-11-16T05:00:00Z

No documentation of the choreography was known to exist, only written descriptions, the red distressed unitard and skullcap designed by Rauschenberg, and the musical score by Christian Wolff. Long-Lost Merce Cunningham Work Is Reconstructed in Boston 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

And when the business of dance returns to stages, it will be the end product of multiple career paths, not just dancing — from choreography to philanthropy to physical therapy. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Injured and dejected, a dancer still manages to leap to conclusions 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z

Richard Hudson’s sets and costumes perfectly complement the choreography, giving us a partly caricatured Dickensian world that changes unexpectedly into the silver birches of a Russian winterscape. Dance Review: A ?Nutcracker? Sprouts Alter Egos 2010-12-24T22:30:03Z

The hint of obligation there is a signal that perfecting the choreography of passion is one thing, but getting along in the studio is another. Review | He was one of the world’s greatest ballet stars. Then he crashed. 2017-11-15T05:00:00Z

Among the seven other principals featured, it was especially good to see the upper-body freedom with which, in the “ballroom” pas de quatre, Tiler Peck turned her choreography into something personal. Dance Review: Peter Martins?s ?Swan Lake? at New York City Ballet - Review 2011-09-14T22:29:22Z

The connection between the “visual adventure” of New York’s light and Balanchine’s choreography was surely no accident. Review: City Ballet’s Balanchine Dances Open Spring Season 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

So do the movement formations, as the choreography converses with the many tones — jazzy, industrial, playful — in Cage’s score. Dance Review: Molissa Fenley and Dancers at Judson Memorial Church - Review 2012-01-10T23:37:41Z

The choreography is full of mannerism, principally in how the dancers walk. Dance Review: Moving Preciously to the Music, Sometimes Stealing Away With It 2010-09-23T21:53:00Z

Character is what moves him: “The character comes first and the choreography comes out of it.” Spike Jonze Can Dance. But His Best Choreography Is Behind the Camera. 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z

More significant, it was made to order, and much of the tension between music and choreography that enlivens “Fase” is missing in “Rosas.” ‘Rosas Danst Rosas’ Revisits a Choreographer’s Early Work 2014-07-13T04:00:00Z

Scott supplies a supple visual design and terrific action choreography while Helgeland's screenplay conjures up robust characters that often lack dimension but make up for this with vigor. "Robin Hood" drops tights in new extreme makeover 2010-05-10T04:13:00Z

It coexists with the Cunningham “Doubletoss” choreography perfectly well; it does not heighten its experience. Dance Review: Cage and Cunningham at the Baryshnikov Arts Center 2012-03-23T22:31:25Z

The choreography of the fight scenes is uninspired. ‘Big George Foreman’ Review: Not the Biopic a Two-time Champ Deserves 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z

The third element alluded to in the title was a selection of projected photographs, which provided the performers with the basis to transform still images into choreography. Dance Review: Daniel Linehan in the American Realness Festival - Review 2012-01-12T23:55:14Z

The choreography looks government approved, tourist friendly, ingratiatingly orthodox. Dance Review: Jin Xing?s ?Shanghai Tango? at Joyce Theater 2012-02-01T22:22:07Z

Footage of Merce Cunningham's choreography is everywhere on YouTube, but it's much harder locating film of him dancing, and this 1964 snippet is a collector's find. MoveTube: A sublime snippet of Merce Cunningham dancing Septet 2012-05-23T13:02:50Z

For Beach Sessions — as for all the company’s “In Plain Site” programming — the dances aren’t altered; it becomes an experiment in choreographing choreography. Trisha Brown on the Beach: Catch a Wave of Dancing Bliss 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. King likes to compare his choreography with thought. Review: Alonzo King Lines Ballet at the Joyce Theater 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z

Once, when I was preparing an essay on the choreography of Paul Taylor, Bob entered my office in a sideways-hopping Taylor step. Robert Gottlieb Didn’t Just Shape Manuscripts. He Shaped Dance, Too. 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

The production, based on the 1964 film, also won best choreography, sound design, direction and musical direction. Mary Poppins dominates award show 2011-08-02T09:15:18Z

The music, of course, but also Lee’s dynamic filmmaking, which translates the stage show to the screen with swooping camera movements and precision-timed editing that perfectly serves the songs, the performances and outstanding choreography. 10 Great Movies at the New York Film Festival You Can (Mostly) See Online 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z

Still, if the coats are specific, the choreography is generic, and Before Night Fell doesn't amount to more than suggestive imagery and nifty lifts. Company Chameleon 2010-04-16T22:00:00Z

Special awards were presented to Gillian Lynne, whose choreography credits include more than 50 shows, among them Cats and The Phantom of The Opera. Mirren and Incident bag Oliviers 2013-04-29T07:27:49Z

In this wonderfully entertaining trio of revivals, it's striking how much of Bourne's early material formed the basis of his subsequent choreography: to an eerie degree, Early Adventures shows us a choreographer almost fully formed. Matthew Bourne's Early Adventures – review 2012-05-23T17:09:58Z

Now the choreography of the streets has taken on higher stakes. How We Use Our Bodies to Navigate a Pandemic 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z

And it was just like Ashton, with his ready sense of humor, to take a chance event and plant it in his choreography. Frederick Ashton’s Masterly Pas de Trois 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

All the same, there’s an arid quality to Ms. Hansen’s choreography that isn’t helped by the way the dancers, late in the game, recite their counts as they perform. Dance Review: Stripes of Intimacy Several Layers Over 2010-11-19T06:30:00Z

The hit musical topped the nominations with 13 and also won best actor in a musical for Billy Porter, best choreography, orchestrations and sound design. Lauper and Kinky Boots sweep Tonys 2013-06-10T04:25:56Z

When I saw “Mexodus,” they were still sorting out that complicated choreography, but it never got in the way of the story, or of the feedback the artists were receiving from the audience. Where Do Theater Artists Go to Ask Questions? Poughkeepsie. 2021-08-03T04:00:00Z

It also dances George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp and much other choreography, and commissions several new ballets each season. Dance Review: Frederick Ashton Celebrated by the Sarasota Ballet 2014-05-05T21:49:58Z

When it comes to choreography, at least at most major companies, ballet remains overwhelmingly a man’s world. Breaking the Glass Slipper: Where Are the Female Choreographers? 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z

Still, no party is a total write-off when people as talented as this crew have the chance to step out and sing — and dance, too, with writhing group-grope choreography by Sonya Tayeh. Review: ‘The Wild Party,’ With Sutton Foster as a Louche Jazz Baby 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

In reimagining the piece, Ms. Lerman turned the orchestra into a group of dancers, which required them to memorize both the music and the choreography. Watch the Works of Liz Lerman, Winner of 2017 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z

To create the movement material — generally, Mr. Harris teaches long phrases and then shapes and assembles the material into choreography — he worked with a skeleton crew of dancers. A Dance Homage to Alvin Ailey as His Company Turns 60 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

What does the choreography for this song bring out of it that you couldn’t get from just standing behind a mic? How Christine and the Queens Wrote One of the Best Songs of 2015 2015-12-21T05:00:00Z

Just don’t expect this batch of Mr. Martins’s choreography to take you there. Dance Review: City Ballet’s Program of Peter Martins and Robbins at Koch Theater 2013-05-17T20:16:37Z

As a result, the folds within Mr. Wilson’s dense choreography are clear enough to burrow into, as are the dancers’ nuances. A New Iteration of Reggie Wilson’s ‘Moses(es)’ 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

But Patti Colombo's choreography is the true star of this fun, fun show! ‘Can-Can’ Revisits Montmartre at Paper Mill Playhouse 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z

I could connect both works to Cunningham: both share his use of spatial multi-directionality, and their avoidance of theatrical illusion connects, though not to works like “Beach Birds,” to other Cunningham choreography. Dance Review | Lyon Opera Ballet: Works by Cunningham, Forsythe and Marin at the Joyce Theater 2010-03-11T20:24:00Z

With this volume of choreography, almost everyone in the company has an opportunity to dance, and Birmingham Royal Ballet are on fresh and buoyant form. Birmingham Royal Ballet: Aladdin – review 2013-02-18T11:49:51Z

Simmons, who is Black, has frequently made art that explores sports as a form of choreography, but also as a cultural arena in which Black athletes faced racism and broke barriers. Two Artists, Continents Apart, and a Shared Language of Struggle 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

Like all of Ashton’s choreography this needs dancers as vivid in their torsos as in their feet and a group sense that each dancer may be continuing a neighbor’s line. Dance Review: New York Theater Ballet in ?Signatures 10? at Gould Hall 2010-04-25T22:26:00Z

Finding the right place for his choreography in his new home loomed as a challenge. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center 2012-12-12T22:56:42Z

They rehearse at night and learn choreography with breathtaking speed. These N.B.A. Dancers Bring Their High Kicks Courtside 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z

At around an hour it may be too long both for small children and skeptical adults, but the choreography and the staging are ingenious and good fun. This week's new dance 2010-12-11T00:07:00Z

This element of ballet struck me anew when I saw a recent City Ballet performance of Balanchine’s “Serenade,” in which the choreography teases out the elegant complexities of Tchaikovsky’s familiar Serenade for Strings. New York City Ballet Uses Contemporary Classical Music 2010-06-11T14:17:00Z

It’s closer to synchronized swimming or fight choreography than to its more contemplative theatrical cousins, revealing almost nothing about the human condition. “The Play That Goes Wrong” Is Quite Good 2017-04-05T04:00:00Z

But this season her choreography has aroused equally powerful negatives. Pina Bausch's World Cities – what's the verdict? 2012-07-08T17:30:01Z

There is some innovation in the way she treats choreography that unfurls on the floor. Dance Review: Works by David Parsons and Katarzyna Skarpetowska 2013-01-16T18:51:10Z

Yet Essakow's choreography is no less impressive, maximising the resources of his small cast so as to range through the choreographic possibilities of water. Flow – review 2013-02-07T17:02:20Z

The lighting, choreography and wardrobe makes Dornan look like a matinee idol. Jamie Dornan talks ‘Belfast’, TV and going behind-the-scenes 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z

In all dance, there is no better example of how great but dissimilar choreography can be made to the same music. Paul Taylor: Return of the Beloved Renegade 2010-02-19T16:07:00Z

Other ballets have greater music and greater choreography, yet this one still takes us deep into the classically Romantic heart of what ballet itself is all about. Dance Review: Two Top Giselles, Back to Back 2011-05-29T22:49:01Z

Human frailty, a theme cherished by Bournonville, is something he has to reckon with when he stakes a season on new choreography. Peter Martins, dipping into his past while bounding into the future 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

Most of this windfall, however, wasn’t intended to honor or support Mr. Elam’s choreography directly. Dance Review: Misnomer Dance Theater at Joyce SoHo 2011-12-12T23:21:34Z

Some of the simpler motifs here are actually more attractive, but this is thin and underwhelming choreography. Dance Review | 'Kings of the Dance': Men Dancing vs. Male Centrality 2010-02-22T06:00:00Z

One of them in particular leaned backward, supported by a dancer, with an untutored grace and a natural gift for through-the-body line that registered more powerfully than any of the more formal choreography. Dance Review: Where an Audience Becomes the Star 2011-05-20T23:30:06Z

His improvements included adding a fifth dancer to the lineup and getting more creative with the ensemble choreography. ‘Flamenco Men II’: A sequel that’s actually better than the original 2015-11-08T05:00:00Z

An interesting feature in Mr. Peck’s choreography is his recurrent belief in overall structure. L.A. Dance Project Brings Millepied and Peck Works to BAM 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

Here, in death, they both still adore dancing — the choreography tells you when they surrender to its delights — and this supplies several turns of the screw to this classic ballet drama. Dance Review: At 170, a Venerable Ballet Returns to Its (Quicker) Roots 2011-06-06T23:09:32Z

The choreography in “Distance” — it will be part of a longer ballet, planned for next spring — often felt like it was going around in circles. Chirping Birds, Dancers and an Audience That Tops Out at 10 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z

As with the funeral rites for Queen Elizabeth II in September, the choreography of ritual surrounding the coronation was extraordinarily powerful. Choreographed Formality, Like an Elaborate Masque 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z

However intricate or far-fetched the choreography, he stays sweet, calm and courteous, and his dancing has real juice. Dance Review: Revivals Eclipse the New for City Ballet 2010-06-01T21:08:00Z

Peck’s job was to reimagine Robbins’s famous dances, fixed in Broadway and movie history as some of the finest theatrical choreography ever. With ‘West Side Story,’ choreographer Justin Peck brought dance into the Spielberg universe 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

“Work your hips,” Ms. Hitchman said as she demonstrated the choreography. Urban Athlete: Aqua Zumba and Deepwater Running Round Out Fitness Routine 2012-08-02T19:28:37Z

Then, as the tour was midway, it was good to read the choreographer Alexei Ratmansky saying “The Tchaikovsky music is bigger than any choreography that I have seen.” ArtsBeat: 'The Nutcracker' Chronicles: Listening to the Score 2010-12-31T21:29:20Z

He even earned an Emmy in 2013 for his choreography on the show. Derek Hough Leaves 'Dancing With the Stars' for Season 20 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z

The choreography is much less sophisticated: more a succession of slickly animated scenes than a coherently imagined whole. Dance and digital projection: bring on the virtual rhinos 2013-06-23T20:00:01Z

Sometimes it's funny: she performs an exquisite scrap of Petipa choreography, he keeps falling backwards, hard. Russian dance that's out of this world: Turin's Teatro a Corte 2011-07-13T11:36:09Z

It’s a savvy move, reflecting both the explosive body of Ohad Naharin’s choreography and its social opposite, the trancelike swaying of devout Jews in deep prayer. Whirling Along The Borders Of Israeli Life 2011-01-16T03:00:04Z

And then, when we get there, we talk through the choreography again. Zoe Lister-Jones subverts sex in "Slip": "Through orgasm, she's being transported into a multiverse" 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

She was comfortable with the choreography onstage, but it was the offstage choreography — in particular, the show’s many costume changes — that had been more difficult to practice. Julie Benko Was the ‘Funny Girl’ No One Had Heard of, Until Now 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

I’d like to see the choreography without the costumes or Isamu Noguchi’s set. Review: Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham Works at Juilliard Dance 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

“Stunt choreography, coaching, auditioning — those are part of that. So that’s a full-time job.” More Than Mr. Britney Spears 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z

The setup creates more movement sequences than sustained dancing; the choreography, which emphasizes a floppy, loose-limbed approach, is like a conversation held in anxious fits and starts. Dance Review: Deganit Shemy & Company at the Chocolate Factory 2012-06-22T21:21:15Z

The cast is excellent, the choreography striking, the music buoyant and eclectic. Theater Listings for April 25-May 1 2014-04-24T21:57:50Z

While school administrators knew the outdoor show — which took place in the preschool parking lot — would engage and excite the group of toddlers, they didn’t expect any of them to imitate the choreography. Bowie State band performed at a preschool. A 4-year-old became part of the show. 2023-03-15T04:00:00Z

This audacious rock-’n’-roll concoction about mutant bedbugs that terrorize New York City never stops surprising, with its performances, its choreography, its props and special effects. ‘Bedbugs!!!’ the Musical Is at the ArcLight Theater 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z

Now, Chien-Pott is working with the dancers to refine the choreography and to make it as authentic as possible. A Dance Company Looks to the Future With a New Artistic Team 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z

Over time, they began seeking out more intricate choreography. TikTok Is Dead (Maybe). Long Live TikTok Dance. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z

But it’s a bit closer to Jason Statham’s “Transporter” movies, with plenty of over-the-top fight choreography. | 'Bodyguard': ?Bodyguard? With Salman Khan - Review 2011-08-31T21:42:33Z

Mr. Hoggett said he was “terrified” by the nine-minute length of the song “Jesus of Suburbia” and spent two days roughing out the choreography with the cast and Mr. Mayer. How Green Day?s ?American Idiot? Made Broadway 2010-04-01T22:09:00Z

They joined the many dance creators then offering free classes on Instagram Live, and began filming lighthearted choreography videos that had “big Bob energy,” Lito said, as well as sleek production values. Meet Bob’s Dance Shop, ‘World-Class Vibe Curators’ 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

Mr. Craft contends first that Stravinsky’s creative influence over the epochal 1913 ballet “The Rite of Spring,” particularly its choreography, was far greater than has been assumed. Critic’s Notebook: Doubts Greet Claims About Stravinsky’s Sexuality 2013-07-17T21:38:33Z

Then, adjustments were made to the choreography, costuming and makeup. Advocacy group wants to see more Asian dancers on the stage, and more Asian choreographers on the program 2021-04-28T04:00:00Z

Lawrance is much more credible when he channels the violence into the slamming rhythms of his choreography, into volleys of steps as hard and fast as swearwords. Richard Alston Dance Company – review 2012-10-05T11:11:10Z

Even the most commercially successful recent productions of musicals — “Billy Elliot: The Musical,” “Hair” and “West Side Story” — lean to the stripped-down, partly in hopes of highlighting the choreography and plot. 2010-01-31T15:11:00Z

Best choreography went to Warren Carlyle for “After Midnight,” a revue. - The Washington Post

Not until well into her career did she create choreography for the traditional stage or with accompaniment. Trisha Brown, choreographer who revolutionized dance in the 20th century, dies at 80 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z

Andersson’s dancers move well, with a spongy, soft quality, but the choreography is not that interesting, and they are outnumbered and overshadowed by the musicians. Review | Andersson Dance takes on Bach’s ‘Goldberg Variations’ 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Great choreography is like a danced music-appreciation lesson, guiding the audience through a score, revealing its subtleties and secrets. New York City Ballet Uses Contemporary Classical Music 2010-06-11T14:17:00Z

Likewise, simultaneous multiplicity is central to Cunningham’s choreography. Dance Review: Merce Cunningham Dance Company in ?Roaratorio? - Review 2011-12-08T23:13:25Z

The creative process they describe is less like traditional storytelling than choreography. Film: Animators Amok in a Curiosity Cabinet 2010-10-15T16:57:00Z

This “On a Clear Day” is more like a brand-new musical than a revival, given that the original script, characterizations, sets and choreography have been scrapped as reference points. Theater: ?On a Clear Day? Now Centers on the Psychiatrist 2011-11-27T05:27:19Z

OK Go’s commitment to arresting visuals and feats of choreography is perhaps more responsible for their continued relevance than their songwriting. OK Go’s New Music Video for “I Won’t Let You Down” Won’t Let You Down 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

“It’s so much more than, is your fingernail there or is your eyelash there? There’s a structure within the choreography, but then there’s also freedom.” Living and Breathing Martha Graham 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

Improvisation is unusual in Irish dancing, where the choreography is more typically set and rehearsed in advance. ‘Riverdance’ Was Years Ago. Colin Dunne Makes Quiet Music Now. 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

Almost all of “Descent” — from the choreography and performance to the design of the lighting, set, sound and custom-made wheelchairs to the film editing and audio description app — is the work of disabled artists. To See and Be Seen: These Dancers Make Disability Visible 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

And there are other effects: In Vienne’s gestural choreography, both sensual and raw, emotions come into deeper focus through cinematic effects like looping, slow motion and fast forward. How Does Time Pass at This Rave? With Hypnotic Precision. 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z

I watched Friday’s performance with a friend who had never seen any Morris choreography. Dance Review: A Playfully Roasted Old Chestnut 2010-12-12T23:28:00Z

But, with the best will in the world, she doesn’t really “do” choreography. Mariah Carey and the art of maximum energy conservation 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z

That work stemmed, Boal said, from "a brief phase in Robbins' choreography when he was intrigued by minimalist composers." Pacific Northwest Ballet kicks off 2010/11 season with 'Director's Choice' program 2010-09-15T23:30:00Z

Most of the choreography is just a pretext for what follows, a move the Dazzle Dancers refer to as “the doggie pile” melt. The Gimlet Eye: For Dazzle Dancers, It?s Clothing Optional 2010-05-19T19:42:00Z

When you have a stunt scene, whether it’s with a knife or a necklace, you have to learn your choreography. 'Game of Thrones' Finale: Sibel Kekilli Takes Home an Odd Souvenir 2014-06-15T04:00:00Z

The dancers open and close the show with some pithy unison choreography but otherwise trade off improvising with one another and the band. Michela Marino Lerman and Others Tap Into Betty Carter 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

One dancer alone, Benny Olk, looks relaxed about the waist and hips, but even his quiet calm doesn’t make the choreography bloom. Review: Decades of Lucinda Childs’s Cool Minimalism in Motion 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z

The most prominent of those films, directed by Wilson Yip and starring Donnie Yen, have been solidly made but unremarkable for anything besides their fight choreography and anti-Japanese jingoism. Critic’s Notebook: New York Asian Film Festival Offers Sturdy Hollywood Themes 2013-06-28T22:13:41Z

Misha Shields’s choreography is inflected with early Bob Fosse, so it’s probably no accident that the two slinky State Department characters wear black fedoras. Review: ‘Who’s Your Baghdaddy?,’ on the Difference Between Credible and Reliable Intelligence 2015-10-13T04:00:00Z

The choreography is an accumulation of balletic clichés. S.F. Opera makes an epic effort with 'Les Troyens' 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

“In classical or Neo-Classical choreography you don’t think so much about that, it’s more about the steps. Here it is deceptively simple, but it is very precise — he knows exactly what he wants.” Christian Rizzo Is in Spotlight in New York Festival 2014-05-05T21:24:39Z

Kagan said the show is a dance-heavy musical, though the actors did not attempt any of the choreography, which is still in the works. New Musical by Weinstein Accuser Set for Screening 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

Mr. Dao’s choreography is predictable, beginning with its faintly militaristic opening. Dance Review: Ailey II, ABT II and Taylor 2 at Joyce?s 1.2.3. Festival 2010-04-18T21:55:00Z

The Mikhailovsky dancers are personable, skilled and vivid; and if you care less about choreography than about performers — many balletomanes do — this St. Petersburg troupe is for you. Mikhailovsky Ballet, Full of Stars at Lincoln Center 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

Mr. Trujillo knew that basing so much choreography on one style risked becoming boring. Sergio Trujillo Realizes His Dream of Salsa on Broadway 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z

The performers give it their all, but their animation is overacting — amateurish, with a comedy that is only sometimes intentional — and it keeps spoiling the more kinetically convincing sections of choreography. Review: ‘The Mantises Are Flipping W.3,’ a World of Its Own at Danspace Project 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z

I wanted to elevate their choreography and allow it to be seen as something other than commercial. Sign spinners as performance art: Doug Aitken's 'happening' Saturday 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z

That just leaves the choreography, which is erratic. Rosas ? review 2010-10-21T21:15:00Z

I stood on the stage and heard Tchaikovsky’s surging strings and then felt my blue chiffon skirt sweeping my feet as my body began to dance Balanchine’s impeccable choreography. Readers Recall Their First Creative Crush 2013-09-01T21:08:08Z

But her choreography, much of it indebted to Mr. Taylor, doesn’t yet match the sophistication and ferocity of her dancing. Mazzini Dance Brings Star Power to New York 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

Where Angry Children Stomp, and Pop Has a Strut Bit by bit, to marvelous effect, the choreography of the Broadway musical “Matilda” becomes central to the whole production. Critic’s Notebook: ‘Matilda’ Movement, and More Broadway Choreography 2013-06-07T22:02:24Z

Despite some harrowing invention in its choreography, the narrative is muddled and its vicious misogyny remains fatally unexamined. MacMillan triple bill | Dance review 2010-03-24T22:05:00Z

But the choreography is never less than skillful, the dancers touching and adept. Ballet Review: This Ballet Season in Britain, a Cinderella Complex 2010-12-21T13:30:03Z

Even in an age of computer-generated imagery, Mr. Li said, the priorities of Hong Kong genre cinema remain “intricate action choreography and a shot breakdown that shows each movement clearly.” Film: Enter the Teacher to the Dragon of Martial Arts Films 2011-01-23T02:30:15Z

And, paradoxically, by making the orbits of the stage integral to the action, Betrayal and Chariots of Fire increase our self-consciousness about this aspect of the choreography. A 360-degree history of the theatre revolve 2012-05-29T09:09:20Z

The closeness underscores the intimacy of battle while the distance underlines the performative aspect, allowing you to see both the choreography and the violent beauty moving forward and backward one bloody step at a time. Review: Dressed to Kill, ‘Atomic Blonde’ Also Shoots to Kill 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

Everybody can share in the bloodlust, and enjoy the kinetic choreography of flying bullets and spurting arteries. Film: Brutal Truths About Screen Bloodshed in ?Kick-Ass? 2010-04-16T18:47:00Z

Before long, they started creating their own choreography to trending songs. Choreographing a Life Together (on TikTok) 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z

To really embody the elegance and the elegant aspects of what it is he does with the choreography took a little bit of time. Country Music Singer Jennifer Nettles Joins the Cast of ‘Chicago’ 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z

The rhythmic disconnect can be startling, but the informal choreography highlights the property’s two functions: boutique hotel and contemporary-art museum. Come for the Guest Rooms. Stay for the Galleries. 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

“Everybody’s got a part. Everybody can do a number. You can go mad with the costumes and the sets and the choreography.” ‘I Love It So Much’: This ‘Cats’ Adaptation Has the Kids Singing 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

The choreography is fine – weighty, legible, and consequential. Friends – review 2013-06-29T23:05:32Z

And Tai Wei Foo is not only responsible for the choreography, but captures the dilemma of a woman bringing a child into a world where fertility is state-controlled. Blue Dragon - review 2011-02-19T00:26:01Z

The frustrating part about Broadway dance isn’t that there is no choreography of quality, but that what’s excellent — “Oklahoma!” and, in another register, “The Prom” — isn’t being recognized. There’s Great Dance on Broadway. Hello, Tony Awards? 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

David Neumann’s muscular choreography, set to the emphatic beat of a seven-member band conducted by pianist Cody Owen Stine, helps potently in maintaining the evening’s seductive vibe. Review | ‘Hadestown’ ushers Broadway back to the Kennedy Center in style 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

So far, each episode of this show has featured impressive action choreography, in scenes that stand out because they last for just a few minutes. ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,’ Season 1, Episode 6: Doom 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z

As the man behind the airborne stunts in the Spider-Man musical that has yet to open on Broadway, Ezralow is taking choreography where it has never gone before. Spider-Man the Musical: The webbed crusader comes out fighting 2011-01-26T17:31:15Z

David Neumann’s choreography tends to supply Ms. Whelan with impressive moments rather than compelling sequences. Review: ‘Hagoromo’ Offers More Than Dance at BAM Harvey Theater 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

“The Suicide Squad” dutifully serves up the same evergreen fantasy with amusing flourishes, disappointing stunt choreography and much cartoonish slicing and dicing. ‘The Suicide Squad’ Review: Train Them! Excite Them! Arm Them! 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

“Very impressive, it is interesting to see the songs we all know in this style. The choreography is original, so it was very cool, I think,” said spectator and dancer Nicolas Mackay. Russian ballet moves like Jagger in Stones-inspired show 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

His choreography — individual, original and freshly contemporary in feel — says something, even as it resists paraphrase. At Ailey’s Spring Gala, Different Kinds of Hope 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z

Wedding reception choreography is not supposed to be cool. A "House of the Dragon" wedding celebration turns into a crime scene, mainly due to the dancing 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

Much of Ghost is not so much musical theatre as blaring pop concert, with hi-tech graphics and some odd choreography. Raising spirits? 2011-07-20T10:33:32Z

It’s just the choreography and the dancing that are disappointingly thin. Review: For This Spin on ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ Someday Her Princess Will Come 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

Dean was with the company over three days, watching Cunningham organise his choreography around the enormous space. This week's new dance 2010-05-28T23:07:00Z

But they found moments of quiet power as Balanchine’s shifting structural geometry progressed and, as is often the case with his choreography, grew stranger. Dance Review: New York City Ballet at David H. Koch Theater - Review 2012-01-18T22:51:15Z

Likewise, Mr. Carlyle’s often thrilling choreography offers a bountiful assortment of takes on male-female physicality. Review: A Fair Fight Makes ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ Lovable Again 2019-03-15T04:00:00Z

“SUGAR HILL: THE ELLINGTON/STRAYHORN NUTCRACKER” Like Tchaikovsky’s original, Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s jazzy, swinging arrangement of the “Nutcracker Suite,” cries out for choreography. 54 Dance Programs, Festivals and More Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

The young actors working the puppets have so mastered their choreography that they and their puppets meld into one. Balagan’s ‘Avenue Q’: puppets behaving badly | Theater review 2012-11-23T21:31:07Z

And it’s worth glancing over the fanciful program: direction and choreography of “SoLe Sanctuary” are credited to “Spirits Known.” Dance Review: A Few Friendly Ghosts Help Out a Master of Tap 2011-06-23T21:43:56Z

Casey Nicholaw won a best choreography nomination for the show and shared honors with Parker for best direction of a musical. 2 very daring musicals lead the Tony Awards race 2011-05-04T01:01:04Z

The 11 dancers, after a prelude of quietly patterned calm, plunge into choreography of similar ferocity. Stephen Petronio Company ? review 2010-10-07T21:45:00Z

I admire his choreography and think he could be a good, even a great, director. Brigitte Lefèvre, Ballet’s Disciplined Rebel, Takes Her Next Steps 2021-12-23T05:00:00Z

This fondness for empty stunts indicates a profound lack of faith in the detailed choreography of this masterpiece of ballet classicism. Dance Review: ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ Returns to Lincoln Center 2013-07-02T21:29:12Z

What has made all of her Zoom works possible is her archive, a repository of movement phrases and choreography that she compares to a composer’s bench. Twyla Tharp and Her Body of Perpetual Motion 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z

For all the magic of the Sugar Plum Fairy on the page, Mr. Litton said, her dance is made even better by George Balanchine’s choreography for City Ballet. The Genius of ‘The Nutcracker’? It’s the Sugar Plum Fairy 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z

To accompany what looked like time-tested choreography, they followed their own instructions—in primary-colored neon flapper dresses. The Best of Essence Music Fest: Aretha Franklin, Mary J. Blige and D’Angelo Rock New Orleans 2012-07-09T12:00:57Z

Peck is also a dancer, with a treasury of other artists’ choreography stored inside his body. Review | New York City Ballet: After the fall 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z

The 15 dancers were wonderful and individual in a sort of generic contemporary choreography that interspersed graceful, athletic leaps and lifts with moments of vernacular folk movement. “Firebird” at Wolf Trap proves long on statement, short on puppets 2016-07-24T04:00:00Z

Josh Rhodes' choreography looked clumsy, and the actors seemed as though they were trying to figure out the dimensions of the house. Enchanting 'Cinderella' brings happily-ever-after to Ahmanson 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

“I’m bringing in some new choreography, some new choreographers, and keeping the Balanchine tradition,” he said. This Man Is Trying to Reinvent the Pennsylvania Ballet 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Heffington’s choreography is either new or based on what he has made for her videos. For Sia, Dance Is Where the Human and the Weird Intersect 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

Every year she changes the show — new choreography, new costumes. At Fort Lauderdale’s Mai-Kai, It’s Always Tiki Time 2017-02-28T05:00:00Z

However, the best choreography is reserved for the children, especially in the battle scene. The least shall be first: In Washington Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker,’ kids are the stars 2016-12-03T05:00:00Z

Fortunately, the first act finale, the riotous jamboree to the song “I Wanna Be Like You,” fulfills expectations and then some, thanks to the delicious showboating of Mr. De Shields and more exuberant choreography. Theater Review: ‘The Jungle Book’ Opens at the Goodman Theater 2013-08-06T20:35:47Z

Their “Locale” deliberately created the illusion that there was more dancing going on out of sight; the “Fractions” film drove you wild as you tried to see all the choreography at once. Critic?s Notebook: Charles Atlas Captures Merce Cunningham?s ?Ocean? on Film 2012-04-09T21:28:39Z

The robberies serve to put the spider-women into high heels for a frenzied bit of choreography. A Broadway Superlative for All the Wrong Reasons 2011-03-13T23:28:26Z

While not traditional characters, they are individuals who, Ms. Shick seems to hint, share a past as they perform choreography that repeats like an assemblage of fragmented memories. Review: Vicky Shick at Danspace, Tough and Tender 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z

And yet sarcasm and precision choreography thrive unabated. Crib Sheet: The 10 Things To Talk About This Weekend 2010-08-04T19:49:00Z

The whole of this “Four Temperaments” was danced with a bracing clarity that deepens the choreography. Dance Review: Ballet Across America at Kennedy Center 2013-06-09T21:01:30Z

Mark Stanley’s lighting is too tepid, and several aspects of the choreography are misaccentuated. Bringing It All Back Home: City Ballet Begins Again With Balanchine 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z

T he second, “Something to Dance About,” compiled and rearranged numbers from Robbins’s choreography for Broadway musicals, with direction and musical staging by Warren Carlyle. Review: City Ballet Salutes Jerome Robbins, a Master of 2 Realms 2018-05-04T04:00:00Z

“They didn’t look great doing the choreography that I brought to the audition,” he said. ‘In the Heights,’ Where the Streets Explode With Dance 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z

In 1861, on the charge of “infringement of copyright in choreography,” he took to court none other than Petipa, then in the early stage of his long career. Is Beyonc? a Choreography Thief in ?Countdown?? 2011-11-21T17:25:51Z

The choreography Ratmansky has made in response to this music is fleet, full-bodied and muscular, with a special emphasis on male bravura. Alexei Ratmansky’s Epic Ballet Arrives in a Changed World 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z

The non sequiturs and changes of tone in Cunningham choreography remain beautifully riveting: they show how full of variety and contradiction humanity can be. Merce Cunningham Lives On in Philadelphia Museum Show 2013-01-23T23:19:41Z

The vague choreography made the live music, with its precious tapping of hanging objects, seem more affected. Dance Review: ‘Capture/Release’ Uses Lar Lubovitch Dancers 2013-06-26T21:49:30Z

There are pillows onstage, and the choreography resembles what Irish dancers might do in private. Dance Review: At the Irish Rep, Popular Music, Traditional Dance - Review 2011-09-13T21:39:58Z

“From the beginning, I was struck by the sheer intelligence of the choreography,” Ella Baff, artistic director of Jacob’s Pillow, said recently in Manhattan. Companhia Urbana de Dança Reflects Brazil’s Complexities 2014-08-09T04:00:00Z

“When I watch choreography done on people who aren’t classically trained,” Heginbotham said, “I like that you can really see how they naturally move, in unconscious ways. I’m more aware of their humanity.” Dancing to Robert Walser 2019-10-09T04:00:00Z

A screechy reality-television affect vies with lines from Shakespeare, knowing asides and, most effectively, sketches of choreography reminiscent of Martha Graham, who had a quite different approach to ancient history. Critic?s Notebook: Performa 11?s ?Me, Michelle? and ?Antigone Jr.? - Review 2011-11-16T23:59:21Z

Like, everyone’s doing this choreography, and then you get the freedom and the explosion. Ryan Heffington Wants the Whole World to Dance 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

If you look at his piano sonatas, in that first one in F Minor, the hands are very close together and the physical choreographies of the left and right hands are not that dissimilar. I Think Beethoven Encoded His Deafness in His Music 2020-12-27T05:00:00Z

But Mr. Anderson’s choreography is largely orthodox, symmetrical, coordinated, safe. Critic’s Notebook: Dominic Walsh and Others at the Joyce Theater 2013-08-11T22:38:15Z

“The choreography and the intention is all mine,” he said. Germaine Acogny on Choosing to Be the Chosen One 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

In November, for the second year in a row, Wevers and Whim W'Him won the annual Dance Under the Stars choreography competition in Palm Desert, Calif., with "Monster." Seattle's Whim W'Him is troupe of the moment 2012-01-11T22:03:04Z

Most of the Royal’s previous directors have placed their stamp on the 19th-century repertories by giving them new stagings or supplementary choreography or both. Royal Ballet?s New Chief Must Find His Own Role 2011-06-24T14:19:55Z

Fosse’s direction and choreography won Tony Awards and became so sacred that after “Pippin” closed in 1977, no one tempted fate to remount the show on Broadway — until now. In ‘Pippin,’ How They Make Its ‘Magic’ 2013-04-19T14:16:21Z

How do you use it in your choreography here? Note to Dancers: ‘Drop Your Self-Consciousness’ and Get Into It 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z

It stated that dancers would not be able to post images or video depicting choreography in performance or in onstage dress rehearsals including sets, costumes and lighting. Ballet Life, Unfiltered and Uploaded to Instagram 2015-08-19T04:00:00Z

She began exploring the use of technology in choreography back with Bell Labs computer experts in the late ’60s and developed large-scale works with untrained dancers who executed simple, everyday gestures. Baryshnikov, Diavolo, BodyTraffic and more: L.A.'s dance scene gears up for a breakout season 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

We spent a lot of time lighting them to ensure they would look beautiful; after, the innate choreography of the loving bodies took care of the rest, very naturally.” Julie Maroh, Author of ‘Blue’ Novel, Criticizes Film 2013-06-05T22:38:32Z

Shall I bother to mention Josh Rhodes’ choreography, which turns the leaping chorus of town folk into a cloud of tadpoles hatched in some Agnes de Mille fishery? 'Bright Star' at the Ahmanson: Bluegrass, tears and a big, vacuous smile 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

“It was rich with history, potently political and visually grand. By turns uproarious, rowdy, and lush. A gobsmacking marvel of choreography and musical direction.” Beyoncé’s ‘Homecoming’ Documentary on Netflix Showcases Coachella Performance 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z

But choreography is a view of human energy and human potential. Dance Review: An American and a Dutchman, Both With Worldly Cool 2010-07-22T22:22:00Z

Modern dance can be beautiful and athletic but Odile's choreography was graceless and flat-footed. Reader reviews: your take on Schaufuss's Swan Lake and Rylance's Richard III 2012-07-27T15:06:00Z

The dance included ballet basics, as well as choreography of their own design, like back bridges and diva poses. The Youngest (and Liveliest) ‘Nutcracker’ Audience of the Season 2019-12-24T05:00:00Z

The rigor of the choreography was all the more evident, but a certain theatrical charge was missing. Martha Graham Dance Company Recovers 2014-03-07T17:35:44Z

And he would like to collaborate with the Bavarian State Ballet, possibly to commission new choreography for Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake,” “The Sleeping Beauty” and “The Nutcracker.” A New Era Takes Shape at the World’s Opera Capital 2021-10-28T04:00:00Z

I operate at 50 or 60 percent mastery of the choreography, which is about average. Zoom In, Zumba Away 2012-01-11T23:45:24Z

It looks creaky now, making its points all too obviously and clearly influenced by Martha Graham and Antony Tudor, the two masters of psychological choreography and social consciousness. ‘Carousel’ Dances Are a New Feather in the Enigmatic Justin Peck’s Cap 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z

Sometimes I will parallel the music with the choreography … But music can be an energy-driving source, like gasoline in a car. Step-by-step guide to dance: Twyla Tharp 2011-02-01T10:43:36Z

So Parson polished the choreography, much of which is done by the musicians while they’re playing. Bicycle Diaries: Cruising With the ‘American Utopia’ Family 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z

After all, Mr. Avian helped shape the choreography, and, following the show’s first run-through, Ms. Lee recalled, Bennett told her, “Baayork, it’s all yours.” How ‘A Chorus Line’ Veterans Pass It on to a New Generation 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

The music, in other words, is more nuanced than the choreography fully acknowledges. Dance Review: Maud Le Pladec’s Percussive ‘Democracy’ 2014-05-09T21:36:43Z

Sarah Skaggs' "9/11 Dance - A Roving Memorial" will bring meditative choreography to several locations around the city. NY arts world commemorates Sept. 11 in music, film 2011-09-09T20:52:12Z

The experience of Balanchine choreography in performance is as intensely multilayered as anything in the arts. Dance Review: Balanchine Evening Ignites City Ballet Winter Season 2014-01-22T22:40:35Z

And meanwhile the twinning device makes it marvelously clear that we’re seeing choreography, that this vision is planned. Dance Review: Mark Morris Dance Group at Mostly Mozart 2010-08-06T22:07:00Z

I felt appreciated and valued by her, and that made me feel really good 'cause that was right at the beginning of my choreography career. Taraji P. Henson in "What Men Want": Don't call it a remake of a Mel Gibson movie 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z

Before she could even tackle the choreography she had to prepare her body, starting more than a year in advance with Mary Helen Bowers, a former City Ballet dancer from North Carolina. Natalie Portman: Becoming a ballerina for 'Black Swan' not easy 2010-12-02T21:56:00Z

“If it looks artless, that’s down to artfulness,” he says, accurately, in defense of his choreography, but it’s much less true of this book. Mark Morris: Loves Dance, Hates Brussels 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

Taylor reacted ingeniously: working inside and outside the cube, presenting the same choreography twice with different music each time. ‘Oh, I’ll Show You’: Paul Taylor and Alex Katz’s Long Collaboration 2022-10-28T04:00:00Z

Performed barefoot or on fiberglass soles, the choreography is Irish dance of little distinction, with boilerplate borrowings from modern dance. Dance Review: At the Irish Rep, Popular Music, Traditional Dance - Review 2011-09-13T21:39:58Z

The choreography strives to extend arms and legs horizontally, expanding the body’s silhouette and emphasizing length over elevation. Dancing With High-Tech Shadows at the Guggenheim 2017-08-28T04:00:00Z

Much of the choreography has a monumental quality that recalls the mythic works of Martha Graham. Dance Review: Sean Curran Company at the Joyce Theater 2013-02-01T22:53:53Z

His model was Martha Graham, and both his choreography and his teaching were founded on her dance technique: weighted, expressive, driven by the spine and pelvis. Step-by-step guide to dance: Robert Cohan 2010-05-18T10:57:00Z

The choreography’s striking changes of mood kept giving them depth, energy, surprise. City Ballet Features Works by Christopher Wheeldon and Troy Schumacher 2014-09-24T04:00:00Z

That is still true today — it’s in the choreography. Finding Freedom and Feminism in Ballet. (It’s Possible.) 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

His own choreography, especially in the early years, was born of the impulse to get away from the seriousness that characterized this first generation of modernists. What Is the Future for Modern-Dance Companies? 2015-02-14T05:00:00Z

A lot of rehearsal time is devoted to choreography. The secret of barbershop: harmonise, project ? and smile! 2010-07-27T21:29:00Z

When the choreography Tony is presented on June 8 at Radio City Music Hall, and even when the nominees are announced next week, there will be several admirable losers. Critic’s Notebook: A Look at This Year’s Broadway Choreography 2014-04-25T22:05:13Z

If one of the Seven gods is known for being responsible for music and choreography, he or she neglected to bless this reception hall or the couple, who kick off the bash with ritualistic flailing. A "House of the Dragon" wedding celebration turns into a crime scene, mainly due to the dancing 2022-09-19T04:00:00Z

In the three programs of his choreography I’ve seen, he has expressed a different artistic personality each time; the diversity is admirable, not always the result. Dance Review: Jonah Bokaer at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2012-08-02T21:53:05Z

I think choreography and maybe any kind of art form, why you continue is because you want to do one great ballet. Desert Sun No Shortage Of Inspiration 2012-02-19T05:00:15Z

The result is befuddling, though the singing is energetic and the fight choreography splendid — these are pretty aggressive Buddhists. A Review Roundup of Fringe Festival Shows 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z

Neither the timing nor the dynamics of his choreography are made interesting here. Dance Review: The Limón Dance Company at the Joyce 2012-06-20T21:44:19Z

Ms. Li and her team devised a program to solve this: If a robot topples, it rights itself and catches up with the choreography. In ‘ROBOT,’ Blanca Li Uses Machines to Celebrate the Body 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

But this dance confirms the sense that he is now an important individual voice in ballet choreography. Dance Review: Piece?s Twists and Turns Are Literal and Figurative 2010-10-04T21:35:00Z

“I’ve set the bar high enough for myself that if someone knows that you’re working with me for choreography, I’m not going to play.” Signature Moves With Sean Bankhead 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

The ensemble contributes lots of wit and intensity to the choreography, but it is the gymnastic moves by the leads that bring down the house. Review: A ‘Cinderella’ of Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Peek-a-Boo 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z

“It was so hard for me,” Ms. Albarelli said of her class at Physique 57, a barre studio known for its fast-paced choreography. Skin Deep: Lining Up to the Barre 2011-05-11T22:16:36Z

In between, “Despedida” is both overpowered by its music and underpowered by its choreography, which at times resembles an accelerated stretch class. Review: Malpaso Dance Company Presents Two New York Premieres at the Joyce 2015-03-04T05:00:00Z

In all five ballets, the choreography again proved rich fare. Review: Five by Balanchine, Stark and Dramatic, at City Ballet 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

The rough-and-tumble of New York politics in the early 20th century is captured with flair in the choreography by Michael Callahan, and the set designer, Carl Sprague, manages to do a lot with a little. Review: ‘Fiorello!,’ the Mayor Who Fought for the Little Guy 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z

"Fela!" won Tonys for Bill T. Jones' choreography, best costume design of a musical and best sound design of a musical. Broadway's 'Fela!' cast performs for Nigerian fans 2011-04-15T01:38:08Z

G. G. wants to spice up the performances with funky guitars and choreography. | 'Joyful Noise': ?Joyful Noise,? With Latifah and Parton - Review 2012-01-12T22:27:16Z

But he is so dazzling in this piece that he almost convinces you the choreography is interesting. | Columbia Ballet Collaborative: Six New Works From Columbia Ballet Collaborative 2010-04-11T21:31:00Z

Occasionally, a dancer slides into shot, or a ship glides past, but it gradually becomes apparent that these are Cunningham's preoccupations, too, precisely what inspire the wonderful abstractions of his choreography. Tacita Dean: Craneway Event 2010-05-08T23:07:00Z

For the production, Ms. Waltz incorporates choreography from two previous works for museums in Berlin and Rome. Review: Sasha Waltz’s ‘Continu,’ Dances of Contrasting Moods 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

Repertory is this amazing collection of ideas — not just of choreography but also of lighting design. A Master of Dance Lighting Steps Out of the Shadows 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

The techniques of printmaking and sculptural casting, with their complex choreographies of replication and mirror reversal, presence and absence, are everywhere in play. Review | Seeing Jasper Johns: A seminal artist’s career is celebrated and illuminated in two cities 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z

That is, they are executed according to plans, instructions, numerical systems, or, as the show’s subtitle indicates, rules, codes and choreographies. Nam June Paik at the Whitney: A Work of Dizzying Complexity 2019-04-04T04:00:00Z

This isn’t the first staging of Brown choreography by an American ballet company: Pacific Northwest Ballet danced three works by her in its 2007 Celebrate Seattle Festival. Review: ‘Balanchine and Beyond,’ and Going Beyond Isn’t Easy 2016-06-10T04:00:00Z

The choreography was simple and repetitive, like the spare, rhythmic loop of the traditional percussion instruments accompanying it. Dance Review: Nora Chipaumire and Okwui Okpokwasili at Danspace Project 2012-03-20T22:12:25Z

It has been an education in patience — for me and for them, because it took me so much longer to memorize the choreography, to have the stamina and ability. When a Spice Girl Met a Contemporary Dancer 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z

This is opportunistic choreography, full of 10-second dance bites, with no overall expressive coherence. Dance Review: Ballet Across America Unites at Kennedy Center 2010-06-17T22:12:00Z

"Hopefully my `Gangnam Style,' my `Gentleman,' my music videos and my choreography ... they might enjoy them too," he said. PSY says he hopes NKoreans enjoy his new single 2013-04-13T12:22:09Z

The cast of eight perform with repurposed household objects and urban detritus, creating rhythm out of garbage cans, suitcases, radiator hoses and precision choreography, all while threading in humor through one-upping showdowns and zany mishaps. Farewell to ‘Stomp,’ a Show at the Beating Heart of New York 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

Some choreography seems to shrink on an outdoor stage, dwarfed by open space. Paul Taylor Dance Company at Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

I got to do multiple performances of all of the different parts and to grow in them and find nuances in the choreography. Retiring From Ballet at 26? Dancing Can Get You Only So Far 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

He worked on the love story about an ocean dwelling princess called Honorata as well as the set, costumes by his daughter, and elements of the choreography. Paul McCartney's foray into ballet opens in NY 2011-09-23T17:18:58Z

In fact, sensuality is lacking from much of the current choreography. For Broadway Dance, High Kicks and Low Comedy in a Season of Change 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z

The lack of more sustained and textured choreography remains a limitation of this troupe; everything at a New Chamber Ballet show pleases, despite the antiseptic setting, but too little sticks in the mind. Dance Review: Miro Magloire and His New Chamber Ballet at City Center 2012-02-13T22:39:23Z

There is a real link between directing and choreography, controlling camera positioning and movement, and those of the actors themselves. Stanley Donen: a Hollywood blueblood treasured for Singin' in the Rain 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

The choreography picks up on the theme with images of insect life and daisy-chain connectedness. Review: Sarasota Ballet’s Dusty Baubles and an Ode to Spring 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z

The show “provides me the space to really dive into what I do which is choreography, but also storytelling of the body,” Brown said in a telephone interview. ‘Told It Like It Was’: Ntozake Shange’s Tales of Black Womanhood 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

Above all, the shortness of phrase through most of Mr. Schumacher’s choreography becomes irksome, the breaks between phrases maddening. Review: A Group of Young Dancers, Conversing With their Feet 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

It also has contemporary choreography by Mia Michaels, who is best known for her work on the television series “So You Think You Can Dance.” 'Finding Neverland' to Come to Broadway in March 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

Even the best half-hours lack the impeccably choreographed banter, staging and, well, choreography of Amazon’s Emmy-winning hit. Smart Watch: Emmy winner “Mrs. Maisel” is still marvelous in a dazzling season 2 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z

But I prefer the looser side where the culinary choreography is much the same but what you eat is up to you. MistralKitchen: Mistral returns with many kitchens under one roof 2010-03-25T21:42:00Z

Not much in the high-pressure kitchen choreography on display outdoes what you might see on TV food shows. Review: ‘King Georges’ Chronicles a Famed Restaurant’s Downfall 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

The more-of-the-same: choreography that doesn’t always do justice to the dancers’ talents. Review: Exploring Plato and Online Dating, Gibney Dancers Give Their All 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z

THR: Coming from a background in choreography, did that help you mount the action pieces? Cannes Q&A: "Pirates" director Rob Marshall 2011-05-13T19:58:10Z

Nonetheless, his offstage manners were largely exemplary and inspiring; and his choreography remains the richest domain in world ballet. At New York City Ballet, Balancing the Art of Transition 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z

"In the Heights," now in its third year on Broadway, won four Tony Awards in 2008, including best musical, choreography and orchestrations. 'In the Heights' to close on Broadway on Jan. 9 2010-10-27T21:32:00Z

A government official describes Alex as “young, bold, vicious,” which clearly inspires the choreography. Review: In ‘Clockwork Orange,’ the Future is Dark and Very Fit 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z

As usual, intricate steps are bountiful in her choreography for “New Work.” Who’s Afraid of ‘Goldberg Variations’? Not This Choreographer. 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

She weaves through the ensemble, a radiant presence in constant motion — joining in group choreography, breaking into leaps and twirls. Brazil’s Outspoken Daniela Mercury Is a Swirl of Ideas and Songs 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z

"With intimacy directors, it's choreography – you move there, I move there, and permission and consent is given before you start. It is a step in the right direction." Filming sex scenes on "Game of Thrones" could be a “frenzied mess” 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z

In all these items the sheer authority of the choreography by both Robbins and Balanchine was thrilling, with each master not just responding to American music but also revealing it. Dance Review: New York City Ballet Season Gala, With Robbins and Balanchine 2013-05-09T21:10:33Z

That is, students learned the “Set and Reset” choreography but also learned how it was made by remaking it themselves — they “reset” it with movement they created alongside Brown’s. A Trisha Brown Masterpiece, ‘Reset’ on an Inclusive Troupe 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

In the school’s annual Spring Dances concert, which continues through Saturday, second-, third- and fourth-year students showcase their artistic scope through an appealing assortment of choreography. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

Erin was mostly impressed with “what didn’t jiggle” on Alexa, which truthfully was impressive, but not as impressive as the choreography. 'Dancing With the Stars' Recap: The First Elimination 2015-09-21T04:00:00Z

Jaime Coronado’s choreography is both graceful and occasionally jagged, compressed into a space so small that the dancers occasionally bumped into one another or pieces of the set. Review | The In Series aims to make ‘Atlantis’ great again 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z

Lebovitz tells stories that are integral to his moves in the kitchen — a choreography that is compelling for Francophiles, inspired cooks and armchair sociologists. An engaging taste of French cooking

And it was some show: Two hours of hits from a remarkable career, with high-budget sets and intricate choreography. Madonna 'kills' at KeyArena 2012-10-03T18:22:33Z

The script left the choreography entirely in the hands of the director and cast. Sex and the theater: An actress bares all about onstage nudity

The movement for “Afternoon of a Faun” alludes to the two-dimensional choreography of Nijinsky’s dance to that Debussy piece, a nod to a predecessor of Naharin’s stylized animality. Review: Ohad Naharin Is More Than the Sum of His Imitators 2023-03-02T05:00:00Z

Though there is perhaps a bit too much choreography involved, with all that changing of rooms, the service at Kinloch was excellent and friendly. Choice Tables: Seafood Fresh From Scotland?s Island Waters 2010-08-12T04:30:00Z

Practitioners shy away from the word “choreography,” which implies a predetermined sequence and set timing. Queer Butoh: Finding Belonging in the Dance of Darkness 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z

The coiling fullness of Mr. Brooks’s choreography, brimming with detail, frequently mesmerizes; you wonder how the dancers keep up. Review: Brian Brooks Moving Company Keeps Things Off-Center at the Joyce Theater 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

The choreography is more of a mix, novel and effective if not artistically groundbreaking. ‘Under Siege’ Review: A Heady Mix of Dance and Martial Arts 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

Kelly is a bewildering omission: His intricate choreography is a sparkling, distinct part of what defines Usher, the main character, in the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical by Michael R. Jackson. ‘MJ’: Dancing the Pain, and Dancing the Pain Away 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

The Royal, in turn, has influenced Mr. McGregor’s choreography, introducing a softening human touch to work that, according to longtime observers like Ms. Craine, has sometimes been dry, even didactic. 2010-02-06T04:38:00Z

Above all, the season firmly placed this troupe at the forefront of all those dancing choreography by George Balanchine today. Miami City Ballet, Dancing Balanchine, Raises the Bar in New York 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

The installations include a digital lair created by the group Hackers of Resistance, and video of a hypnotic choreography staged on the steps of City Hall by director Diana Wyenn. Datebook: Marisa Merz at the Hammer, artists at Mt. Wilson, the color of art, a sanctuary installation 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

This is especially true of the sinuous synchronicity of Mr. Trujillo’s choreography, in which everyone is often doing the same moves, but with a subtle, stylish edge that sets each member apart. Review: An All-Star Team in the Temptations Musical ‘Ain’t Too Proud’ 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

Of course, they know the choreography, but their emotional response isn’t premeditated. The Brilliance and the Blahs of City Ballet. (And Then There’s Solange.) 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

I changed the choreography quite a few times. 'Donald Glover likes to learn, which made my job easier': the choreographer behind This Is America 2018-12-25T05:00:00Z

At 51, Mr. Mitchell said he was adjusting the show’s choreography slightly to suit his age, as well as working with a trainer to add muscle and weight. John Cameron Mitchell to Return as Star of 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z

But it's a joyous show that owes much to the brilliant, infinitely varied choreography of Stephen Mear. Kiss Me Kate – review 2012-06-28T17:25:37Z

Last June, Farley quit dancing with the New York City Ballet at 26 to pursue choreography and teaching. Washington Ballet concludes its virtual season with a breath of fresh air, captured on film 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

Aboard Siren, every Chapman child participates in the careful choreography of delegated family duties. Maybe the Best Home School Is … on a Boat? 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z

This is a student show, but the artists demonstrated that their choreography is individual enough to leave behind an imprint. Dance Review: The Barnard Project at New York Live Arts 2012-11-17T01:06:31Z

The production, with choreography by August Bournonville — who created his version for the Royal Danish Ballet in 1836 — was the first ballet Mr. Martins ever watched. Review: ‘La Sylphide’ Is City Ballet’s Bittersweet Valentine 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

When Cunningham and Mr. Atlas deviated from the Astaire rules — and they certainly did — it was always to make revealing points about the choreography and about perception. Critic?s Notebook: Charles Atlas Captures Merce Cunningham?s ?Ocean? on Film 2012-04-09T21:28:39Z

The choreography, anchored by lifts that spirit dancers from here to there — or situates dancers on the floor in more twisted contortions and flexed feet — runs out of fresh ideas. Review: In ‘Like Water for Chocolate,’ Plot Overtakes Ballet 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z

As in Washington, the Broadway production will be directed by Eric Schaeffer, with choreography by Warren Carlyle and music direction by James Moore. ArtsBeat: 'Follies' Is Coming to Broadway This Summer 2011-06-15T20:00:41Z

Yet this choreography asks bigger questions: What side of yourself do you present to the world? There’s Great Dance on Broadway. Hello, Tony Awards? 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

Moving from dance to choreography is solely based on the fact that there's not enough hours in the day. Why we're watching… Liam Scarlett 2012-11-11T00:05:45Z

The choreography rarely absorbed emotional power from its visual or sonic accompaniments, and what you felt about "The Watershed" ultimately depended on what you brought to it. 'Watershed' misses its moment to commemorate civil rights 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

“Chasing Squirrel,” a burlesque caricature with feisty women and hapless men, served as a pleasant reminder that not all ballet choreography looks the same. Dance Review: Cincinnati Ballet at the Joyce Theater 2014-05-08T20:58:00Z

The show subsequently received 12 Tony nominations and won four awards, with Christopher Wheeldon, who also directed, taking the best choreography award. With Broadway Stars, 'An American in Paris' Will Play London Next Year 1466-03-07T05:00:00Z

What makes so reverberant is the counterpoint between the alien strangeness of the choreography, with its twitchy dislocations and jolting kinetic currents, and the Royal dancers' narrative instinct. Chroma/Tryst/Symphony in C; RainForest/The Art of Touch/A Linha Curva 2010-05-29T23:05:00Z

But the choreography and the dancers are never less than beautiful. Fall for Dance Review: Splats, Blue Moods and Go-Go Grooves 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z

PNB will combine Balanchine’s choreography, now performed by the New York City Ballet and several other companies around the country, with new sets and costumes designed by Ian Falconer, author of the “Olivia” children’s books. PNB’s Stowell/Sendak ‘Nutcracker’ takes a final bow 2014-12-19T05:00:00Z

Full of detail and surprises, her already sophisticated choreography evokes the impermanence of its title image in the floating relationships among five dancers. Dance Review: ‘Working Women,’ by Female Choreographers, at Joyce Theater 2013-02-04T21:27:21Z

At the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, he gained top marks in choreography. A life in dance: Akram Khan 2010-09-27T07:00:00Z

The choreography we execute demands that I lead them around the stage: Turn, push, pull, move them in a way that isn’t violent, but at times necessitates force and even discomfort. ‘How Do You Do?’ On Being a Gentleman in 21st-Century Ballet 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z

Its craft and choreography are only further evidence of a mantra uttered in the film: “A sword by itself rules nothing. It only comes alive in skilled hands.” Ang Lee on ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ 20 years later 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z

In addition to the pledge, yellowface.org includes resources like suggestions for alternative choreography and makeup. Toning Down Asian Stereotypes to Make ‘The Nutcracker’ Fit the Times 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

From the set to the choreography — three awkward bodies moving as one — “macromen” lacks precision. Dance Review: At New York Live Arts, Works by Tess Dworman and Niv Acosta 2014-01-31T19:38:38Z

Four people danced the choreography of “Smooth Criminal” in perfect sync. Where Is Michael Jackson’s Legacy 10 Years After His Death? 2019-06-25T04:00:00Z

Ms. Brown’s choreography here consists of different threads of movement. Review: From Trisha Brown, Three Last Dances (Maybe) in Brooklyn 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z

The second reimagines that work for a museum setting, guided by the question “Can a choreography be performed in the form of an exhibition?” Dance This Season: Tap, Ballet and the Inexplicable 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

It should feel like a bunch of musical libertines are inviting you to their dance party; instead, it feels like choreography enacted by people who don’t understand sex or rock and roll. A “Rocky Horror” for the “High School Musical” Generation 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z

Asked who might hire “Some Proximity” and why, Mr. Linder said that art institutions “might be interested in questions of real-time embodiment of the economic labor of choreography today.” New Live Performances Redefine Frieze London’s Limits 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

“The combinations, the complexities of the choreography, are just genius.” William Forsythe: ‘Isn’t Ballet Delightful?’ 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

Benjamin Millepied, a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, has retired and plans to focus on his choreography, the company announced on Wednesday. ArtsBeat Blog: Millepied Retires From City Ballet 2011-10-26T16:32:33Z

You can sense how closely they worked together, but the effect is contrived, as is the busy choreography for the group known as the Workers Chorus. There’s Great Dance on Broadway. Hello, Tony Awards? 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

There was a certain wildness in her choreography, too — a slippery chaos bubbling beneath the highly refined surface — that fits with the natural world. Trisha Brown on the Beach: Catch a Wave of Dancing Bliss 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

Some, but by no means all, of the choreography, was the same as in “Nine Sinatra Songs.” Dance: Sinatra, Focused on Sex and Sizzle 2010-03-26T23:19:00Z

Accordingly choreography had a heavy presence in this Julius Caesar, variously floppy and folksy, intrusive or inconsequential. Julius Caesar; Siegfried – review 2012-10-06T23:08:03Z

To preserve the improvisational nature of flex, the choreography, supplied by the dancers, is not set. Street Dancers Tackle a Ballet Project and the Armory Stage 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z

If one were to assign a color to Mr. Bonachela’s choreography, it would be beige. Dance Review: Sydney Dance Company Visits the Joyce - Review 2011-11-09T23:16:01Z

There is a part of the lyric that says, “The body is stuffed with someone,” and that was the starting point of the choreography. Local favorite Grupo Corpo dancers back at UW 2014-01-16T21:37:23Z

Mr. Wheeldon’s choreography is skillful as always, but we learn little about the characters through their movement. Review: Premiere of Wheeldon’s ‘Strapless’ at the Royal Ballet 2016-02-16T05:00:00Z

Here, Mr. Goecke, the resident choreographer of the Stuttgart Ballet, uses his fast-paced choreography — full of its usual twitches — to tell Nijinsky’s story, from his ballet beginnings to his descent into mental illness. Dance in NYC This Week 2017-03-09T05:00:00Z

But even though this compositional virtuosity answers aspects of the music, Ms. Tharp’s choreography never fits Beethoven satisfyingly. Review: ‘Twyla Tharp and Three Dances’ Lends a Look of Sensuous Improvisation 2016-07-12T04:00:00Z

Why does a piece of Kelly’s choreography look more alive than much of what is available today, even on 3-D? Gene Kelly as Choreographer, in Lincoln Center Series 2012-07-13T16:19:26Z

How do you execute this incredibly intricate choreography?’” For ‘KPOP,’ a Broadway Transfer Is More Like a Reinvention 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

But then, Ms. De Keersmaeker’s choreography follows the tradition of many postmodern choreographers in being concerned not with original movements but with recontextualizing ordinary ones. Is Beyonc? a Choreography Thief in ?Countdown?? 2011-11-21T17:25:51Z

Both choreographers seem to want to provide comfort food but struggle to make the choreography its own defense. Review: Dreamy Cowboys and a Ballet Bath 2021-04-02T04:00:00Z

The more you listened, the less you saw reflected in the choreography. Review: Thomas Adès Calls for Complexity at City Center 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z

It needs the paintings to truly sing; Sokolow’s choreography, which gathers the eight dancers into circles or sends them running from one corner to another, is deliberately simplified to throw attention on the artworks. Review | At Dance Place, art and politics entwine in rarely seen Anna Sokolow work 2017-07-30T04:00:00Z

In the interim, she will be teaching choreography at George Mason University. Chamber Dance Project sweeps in like a cool breeze

The choreography by Jerome Robbins, familiar to many from the 1961 movie version of the musical, is supplemented by Sean Cheesman’s new choreography, which draws a bridge to contemporary urban culture. Reimagining ‘West Side Story’ With Voices From Across New York 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z

He took that fall and put it right into his choreography, in the first movement. School of American Ballet’s New Graduates Onstage 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z

The choreography of seven new Broadway musicals I’ve recently seen falls into the category of “good generic.” Critic’s Notebook: A Look at This Year’s Broadway Choreography 2014-04-25T22:05:13Z

Of course the Balmain-designed costumes, choreography and even the interlude skits in “Homecoming” convey multiple messages: the black and yellow are a nod to the Beyhive, of course. Beyoncé's "Homecoming" transforms the concert film into an artistic, historic moment 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z

It’s also a means to an end that extends beyond conventional choreography: How can dance bring Ema closer to freedom? Whether Dancing or Still, the Body in ‘Ema’ Tells the Story 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z

The class simplifies every few lines of the song into manageable bits of choreography. In this Beyoncé-inspired fitness class, it doesn’t matter if your moves aren’t flawless 2016-05-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Glover’s choreography for “Shuffle Along” is less ambitious and more derivative. In Savion Glover’s ‘Shuffle Along,’ Tap’s Reach Has Its Limits 2016-05-23T04:00:00Z

The Belgian choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker proposes a question: Can choreography be performed in the form of an exhibition? Dance in NYC This Week 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z

The phrase “pure dance” is widely used when speaking of plotless choreography, yet dance is seldom so pure as Frederick Ashton’s “Monotones I and II.” Frederick Ashton’s Masterly Pas de Trois 2015-10-14T04:00:00Z

Mr. Chaya taught the choreography in sections, fitting in rehearsals whenever possible while the company toured the country. Alvin Ailey Restages ?Mary Lou?s Mass? 2010-06-03T20:55:00Z

It’s characteristic of her attitude and daring that after putting her choreography on a rotating platform, as it were, she takes a sledgehammer to it, smashing that opening sequence into fragments at the end. Review: Sit Still and Watch the Dance Revolve 2018-09-28T04:00:00Z

Improvisatory in feel but not in fact, Mr. Roberts’s choreography merges his own distinct rhythmic sensibility with the energy signature of each dancer, emulsifying contemporary physicality and period cool. The Ailey Company Meets the Challenge of This Lost Season 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

Los Angeles is only the second city where the work has been seen, and one hopes that the choreography will evolve and strengthen to become an equal component in the experience. A 'Performance' that sometimes captivates, often disappoints 2014-12-06T05:00:00Z

“Some of these stances you see are in the choreography,” he said. ‘Seraphic Track Stars’ Dancing About Freedom at the Met 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

In the scene, fighting staffs jab, kicks lunge and fabrics billow as the ensemble throws itself into martial-arts-flavored choreography by Jennifer J. Hopkins. Review | Constellation Theatre conjures up a sensory-rich ‘White Snake’ 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

In “Dougla,” sweeping skirts for both women and men, designed by Holder, matter as much as the choreography. Bringing Back ‘Dougla’ Is a Family Affair 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z

Certainly, there are moments of beauty and energy in Peck’s contributions, yet often the impetus behind the dances seem to be more about camerawork than choreography. What Is ‘West Side Story’ Without Jerome Robbins? Chatty. 2021-12-24T05:00:00Z

Is the delivery truck blocking your way on a narrow downtown street part of the choreography? Theater Review: ‘Take Me Home’ Is for 3 in a Taxi, in Real Time 2014-02-02T19:27:20Z

Similarly, in October, the Boston Ballet announced that its artistic director, Mikko Nissinen, would “refresh” the choreography for his “Nutcracker,” which opens Nov. 29. Toning Down Asian Stereotypes to Make ‘The Nutcracker’ Fit the Times 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

What everyone soon notices in Paul Taylor’s choreography is the striking simplicity of his dance language. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at David H. Koch Theater 2012-03-22T21:52:10Z

While the dancers are always on the music’s beat, Ms. Tharp’s choreography keeps pushing against the music’s structure and tone. Review: A Triple Bill at the Royal Ballet Comes Up Two-Thirds Short 2017-11-07T05:00:00Z

The recent hit "Beauty and a Beat" featured rigorous choreography. Justin Bieber fans greet star in Tacoma with shattering screams 2012-10-10T17:28:03Z

Everything was showily chic, nothing more so than the choreography. Dance Review: At Royal Ballet, Debuts by Liam Scarlett and Wayne McGregor 2012-04-06T22:17:43Z

“We want to treat intimacy just like choreography of any other style. It’s not something to be ashamed of, just because it’s about intimacy,” she says. Meet the theater specialists who show actors the right way to make out onstage 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

The text and choreography and stage direction have been shuffled and tightened without major additions or deletions; the show builds to a real dramatic climax and poignant denouement. Dance: ?Angel Reapers,? About Shakers, Returns to New York 2011-11-27T05:00:12Z

Undoubtedly inspired by marbling, the artist intimates nature’s immense power, delicate yet unmistakable, above the controlled choreography of two princes on impeccably coifed steeds. Review: ‘Sultans of Deccan India,’ Unearthly Treasures of a Golden Age, at the Met 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

The behind-the-scenes of restaurant work — from the cool choreography of dinner service to the chaos of a visit from the health department — is meticulously rendered. What it feels like to be a bestseller: Stephanie Danler and 'Sweetbitter' 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

But the best choreography is for the jugglers alone: A simple knee bend added into a juggling pattern adjusts its visual harmony like a change in bass note or a fresh color on those rings. Review: Gandini Juggling’s Drab ‘Spring’ Mixes It Up With Dancers 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

I strongly suspect that this is one of the several pieces whose choreography Graham coarsened in later years. Review: Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham Works at Juilliard Dance 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

We learned this choreography to do together and then a bunch of freestyle moves. Olivia Munn Has a Fallback Plan: Neurosurgery 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

Sometimes, she joined her dozen-plus dancers in crisp choreography, like on “ … Ready for It?” Taylor Swift, Pop’s Maestro of Memory, Returns to the Stage 2023-03-18T04:00:00Z

Ashton’s choreography, takes what he once called the brittle quality of Shearer’s dancing and encapsulates it in movement of coloratura intricacy and musical wit. ‘The Tales of Hoffmann,’ Newly Restored, Opens at Film Forum 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

At Mr. Tarantino’s request, the dancers gesture, as in Motown choreography: pointing a single finger, or raising it to the lips, like “hush!” Quentin Tarantino’s Goddess of Go-Go 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z

Farhadi’s choreography of the shift from rowdy celebration to frantic desperation is the most effective part of the movie, and he keeps the suspense going on several fronts. ‘Everybody Knows’ Review: Penélope Cruz’s Homecoming Turns Frantic 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

The productions are expected to combine wall-to-wall Jackson music and choreography with elaborate special effects. Cirque Du Soleil Plans 2 Jackson Shows 2010-04-20T22:17:00Z

For instance, Jerome Robbins visited Puerto Rican youth dances and social gatherings, and tried to incorporate some of the popular dance movements he saw in his choreography. The Great ‘West Side Story’ Debate 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z

Whether you buy into the sheer emotionalism of his choreography is a matter of taste; his skill as a dancer is a fact. Review: Kyle Abraham, Walking on Air 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

Spring Loaded, London The Place's season of contemporary choreography pushes, as always, some interesting boundaries. Dance picks of the week 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z

Here, the spare formality of Adès's music expands to romantic fullness and the choreography mimics it with a melting folding anguish. Royal Ballet mixed bill - review 2010-10-17T20:31:00Z

Dances With Gadgets The artist Michelle Ellsworth churns out surprises, from coin-operated choreography to implausible science experiments. The Best Dance of 2015 2015-12-09T05:00:00Z

A further problem is that the company uses Graham’s own revised version of the choreography, adjusted, from the 1950s on, to accommodate her own decline. Dance Review: Martha Graham Company in Old and New Works 2014-03-23T22:39:40Z

“Suffs,” described as an epic show about some of the unsung heroines of the movement, will be directed by Leigh Silverman and feature the choreography of Raja Feather Kelly. New Work by Suzan-Lori Parks to Be Part of Public Theater Season 2021-08-12T04:00:00Z

“The gesture is the vocabulary and the choreography is the grammar,” Heitmann explained, adding that her choreography is meant to convey “a feeling of melancholy.” Turning the Gestures of Everyday Life Into Art 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z

The civilized pleasures of Ms. Johnson’s choreography should not be discounted, but she might yield more if she pushed harder. Review: ‘What Counts,’ a Lydia Johnson Dance Work, Attends to the Music 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

Jack Ferver, whose recent piece “Everything Is Imaginable” revolved around its dancers’ childhood idols, is handling the choreography — and playing Tinker Bell. Wait, Leonard Bernstein Wrote a ‘Peter Pan’ Musical? 2018-06-26T04:00:00Z

This aspect of the journey makes "The Adam Project" worth watching, more than the polished visual effects, the crisp action choreography or the clever repartee. "The Adam Project" digs into the essential sadness of Ryan Reynolds' heroes 2022-03-12T05:00:00Z

There was intricate choreography that Egerton sometimes had to perform in platform boots and towering feathered headdresses. Taron Egerton Tries to Keep ‘Rocketman’ Performance in Orbit 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

The choreography tests and displays the dancers’ prolonged extensions and balance. Review | Washington Ballet dancers are tested by contemporary works 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z

Its algorithms favor videos featuring challenges, simple choreography and straightforward messages. TikTok’s use of music poses a threat to artistic diversity — an expert explains why 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z

But there is one insurmountable problem: the choreography. Dance Review: He?s a Bit Old-Fashioned 2011-04-24T21:32:39Z

Her dancing and choreography experience in the 1980s for stars like Cyndi Lauper put her body under a microscope and in competition with many thin peers. Review: Om is where the heart is 2013-01-24T19:09:08Z

Still, every so often she can’t help but join in the show’s choreography. Seeing ‘Oklahoma!’ One More Time? She Cain’t Say No 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

Mr. Kudelka’s fussy, complicated choreography features hideously difficult and uncomfortable-looking partnering and responds neither to the Prokofiev score’s darker elements nor to its lyricism. Dance Review: Note to Self: A Good Pair of Shoes Always Ends Up Paying for Itself 2011-06-22T22:10:02Z

Ms. Tanowitz’s dances brim with inventive footwork and rigorous, often stringent choreography, in which the influence of Merce Cunningham is often apparent, yet the Bach has unleashed a more humane lushness in her approach. Who’s Afraid of ‘Goldberg Variations’? Not This Choreographer. 2017-10-13T04:00:00Z

The five-piece band was amazing, the 11 dancers talented and the choreography so melodramatic and faux-erotic that it seemed at times more appropriate for a seedier establishment. ‘Tango Lovers’ at Lincoln Theatre features sultry dancing and outstanding music

Her 2017 video “We hold where study,” which was acquired by the Museum of Modern Art, features four dancers using their sense of touch to improvise choreography over a looping saxophone soundtrack. An Artist’s Queer Take on ‘Moby-Dick’ 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

Mr. Brown’s choreography blends modern dance with African traditions, like West African and Afro-Cuban dance, to create a mix both earthy and spiritual. Ditching Ballet Class to Find a Mentor and a New Way to Move 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

They coped with the difficulties of the choreography with admirable finesse and offered a radiant final pas de deux, but neither are as interesting to watch as they might be. A Proudly Unsentimental ‘Nutcracker’ at Paris Opera Ballet 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

Over and over again, the buildings are demolished, and the patterned elegance of the choreography decays into dysfunctional, disruptive ugliness. Puz/zle – review 2013-04-25T17:02:05Z

She was smoldering, he was tightly coiled, and what could've been a horrific pillaging of a classic piece of Jerome Robbins choreography was a rather loving homage. The final performances of season 7 on "SYTYCD" 2010-08-12T12:01:00Z

That work uses subwoofers, aircraft cables, vocalists, instruments and abstract set design and choreography to dramatize the vast scale of climate change. Composers Find Transcendence, and Inspiration, at the Club 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z

Dormeshia’s choreography is much like her improvisations: perfectly measured and modulated, complex without clutter, always clear and never without the buoyant rhythmic sense called swing. Review: Dormeshia Coasts on Her Tap Mastery in ‘Rhythm Is Life’ 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z

But where the fountains play on the intricacies of baroque choreography, the motif in Angoulême is more geometric. The Treasures of Saint Pierre 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z

There’s a way that such repetition gives the choreography the aura of playtime, which doesn’t always coalesce with its grown-up score. Review: At City Ballet, Giving Voice to the Body, With Sneakers 2022-01-28T05:00:00Z

Yet Roma is a wonderful film, a thrilling journey into the past, all but defying gravity in its staggering set pieces and crowd-scene choreography with profoundly mysterious and moving moments. Oscars 2019 verdict: lovely surprises can't compensate for shock horrors 2019-02-25T05:00:00Z

And because members of a group trade vocal lines at a quick pace, careful integration is needed to make the choreography work. For ‘KPOP,’ a Broadway Transfer Is More Like a Reinvention 2022-11-04T04:00:00Z

There are exceptions, as when David Thomson is carried and lowered onto a fluffy pillow — the others snuggle around him — but much of the choreography has the feel of wallpaper. Review: Yvonne Rainer’s ‘The Concept of Dust’ Keeps Viewers on Their Toes 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

Ms. Masilo’s choreography to that music is novel in its continual switch-hitting between bits of ballet and African dance, but apart from the comedy of seeming incongruity, the jumbling isn’t particularly expressive. Review: Dada Masilo’s ‘Swan Lake’ Offers Ill-Fated Love With a Twist 2016-02-03T05:00:00Z

From a doggedly inventive artist who’s as meticulous about her visuals as her music, this stage show features sharp choreography, a seamless backdrop and even the singer giving herself an onstage haircut. 75 Pop and Jazz Albums, Shows and Festivals Coming This Fall 2022-09-08T04:00:00Z

It’s hard to feel the mystery in all this now, but facets of the choreography are also foreign. Review: At City Ballet, Taylor Stanley Is a God for Our Time 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z

Even in the fast movements, the choreography keeps showing us images of female isolation, vulnerability, and need. Dance Review: Paul Taylor Dance Company at the Koch Theater 2012-03-30T20:37:16Z

A large-scale dance score is also a return of sorts to Bangalter’s youth in Paris, where he was surrounded by choreography, both classical and modern. Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter Reveals Himself: As a Composer 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z

These are some of the many — so very many — ideas swirling around “Curriculum II,” directed and conceived by Bill T. Jones, with choreography by Jones and Janet Wong. Review: To the Moon! A Vivid Bill T. Jones Dance Leaves Earth’s Orbit 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

The project’s world premiere, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, at the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, will feature choreography by Mr. Heginbotham and sets, props and projections by Ms. Kalman. Maira Kalman and ‘The Principles of Uncertainty’ Head to Jacob’s Pillow 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z

Ms. Sims, eloquently — even voluptuously — revealed the choreography’s beauties of shape and current. Dance Review: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at City Center - Review 2011-12-07T22:26:02Z

The newly opened Broadway revival of “Cabaret,” meanwhile, will also be eligible for best musical revival – even though the show features the same direction, choreography, and design elements as the 1998 Broadway revival of “Cabaret.” ArtsBeat: In Tonys Derby, ‘Inishmaan,’ ‘Cabaret,’ ‘Hedwig’ and ‘Violet’ Eligible as Revivals 2014-04-25T19:27:58Z

But such controversies always surround alternative versions of classic choreography. Review: Looking for Martha Graham in Her Company’s Dance Steps 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z

Yet it’s onstage where Morris’s talents truly soar, in the effortless way his choreography slips along with the music. Mark Morris Dance Group delivers an early spring​ 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

The rote soundtrack delivers one pop song after the next; for all its angst, the choreography matches the music too politely. Radioballet Wrestles With ‘The Nature of Love’ 2014-12-07T05:00:00Z

At many crucial points, they’re given showy, superficial Soviet revisions of the original choreography, depriving the opposite heroines of ambiguity and depth. Opposites Who Reveal Ballet’s Expressive Range 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z

“The chance to work on Broadway choreography as opposed to having to deliver Broadway choreography can be two distinct things,” Mr. Woetzel said. Make It Relevant, but Make It 2011-01-09T02:34:14Z