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New York's Lincoln Center, as people gather for its reopening on Monday, May 10.

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  • Arts & Life

A Transformed Lincoln Center In New York City Brings Back Live Audiences

The past year, with COVID and calls for social justice, has made those running Lincoln Center and other arts organizations question their core missions, says Lincoln Center's president Henry Timms.

May 11, 2021
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
Twyla Tharp, shown above at Pacific Northwest Ballet in 2008, says the pandemic has impacted her body: "In terms of routine, discipline, just ordinary day-to-day activities — the body doesn't know itself at the moment."

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  • Dance

'Dance Can Give Community': Twyla Tharp On Choreographing Through Lockdown

Twyla Moves, a new documentary by PBS American Masters, tells the story of the legendary choreographer, who got her start performing on subway platforms and rooftops in the 1960s.

April 08, 2021
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By:
  • Terry Gross
Sasha Velour stars in <em>The Island We Made</em>, an opera composed by Angélica Negrón and filmed in a mid-century Staten Island house.

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  • Music News

'The Island We Made': Lip-Sync Opera And High Drag Sing An Ode To Mothers

Composer Angélica Negrón collaborates with 'RuPaul's Drag Race' winner Sasha Velour on a 10-minute film featuring original music, in a project for Opera Philadelphia.

March 19, 2021
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By:
  • Peter Crimmins,
  • Phil Harrell,
  • and 1 more
Edwards spent years training for traditionally male ballet roles, but it was beginning to feel too limiting, he says. What he really wanted to do was to dance en pointe, the technique where you dance on the tips of your toes using special ballet shoes.

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  • Arts & Life

With A Leap Across Gender Norms, A Rising Ballet Star Looks To Rewrite Rules Of Dance

Ballet student Ashton Edwards is the rare dancer who is expanding his repertoire and his craft by training to dance in en pointe shoes, once worn only by women.

January 16, 2021
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By:
  • Martha Ann Overland
Clockwise from upper left: Debbie Allen, Garth Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, Joan Baez and Midori Goto.

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  • Performing Arts

After Missing Last Year, 2021 Kennedy Center Honors Are Announced

COVID cancelled the Kennedy Center Lifetime Achievement Awards in 2020. Today the Center announced that the show will go on in May 2021, honoring five extraordinary performers.

January 14, 2021
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Ann Reinking, pictured holding her Tony Award for best choreography for the musical <em>Chicago</em> in 1997, died on Saturday, her family said in a statement.

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  • Obituaries

Actress, Dancer, Choreographer Ann Reinking Dies At 71

A mainstay in Broadway musicals, her standout turn as Roxie Hart in Chicago in 1977 earned her widespread praise. She reprised the role in 1996 and won a Tony.

December 15, 2020
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo and
  • Jeff Lunden
A former ballerina named Marta C. González, dancing to the music of <em>Swan Lake</em><em></em> in a video still from YouTube.

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  • Arts & Life

Struck With Memory Loss, A Dancer Remembers 'Swan Lake.' But Who Is She?

Viewers worldwide are responding to a moving video of Marta C. González, a former dancer afflicted with dementia. But critics are questioning whether González is who the clip makers claim she is.

November 10, 2020
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By:
  • Anastasia Tsioulcas
Jordan Betscher and Courtney Crain dancing to Irving Berlin's "Isn't This a Lovely Day (To Be Caught in the Rain)?"

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  • Arts & Life

Isn't This A Lovely Day For A 'Top Hat' Tribute?

Irving Berlin's classic musical turns 85 this year, and a group of artists are paying tribute with a brand-new video version of one of its songs, "Isn't This A Lovely Day (To Be Caught In The Rain)?"

October 18, 2020
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By:
  • Elizabeth Blair
Ballet Hispánico celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. It was founded in 1970 by Tina Ramirez.

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  • Dance

Ballet Hispánico Celebrates 50 Years As Ambassadors Of Latinx Dance

The dance company features work of Latinx choreographers, as well as a robust educational outreach program. It was just awarded a $4 million grant from the Ford Foundation.

October 12, 2020
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By:
  • Jeff Lunden
The performing arts remain in economic peril as Broadway extends closures until May due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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  • Performing Arts

Broadway's Reopening Is Pushed Back Again

The Broadway League has announced an extension of closures related to COVID-19 to May.

October 09, 2020
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By:
  • Andrew Limbong
V Unbeatable, the dance troup from Mumbia that won the top prize on <em>America's Got Talent: The Champions</em> this year, are pictured with (left to right) Alesha Dixon, Heidi Klum, Howie Mandel, Terry Crews and Simon Cowell.

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  • Dance

Whatever Happened To ... V Unbeatable, Mumbai Dancers Who Won 'America's Got Talent'

In February, the group of young, acrobatic dancers took the top prize. But the pandemic has put their dreams on hold — and had a disastrous impact on family life.

September 03, 2020
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By:
  • Sushmita Pathak

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  • Dance

Louisville Ballet Dancers Return To Work For A Season Like None Other

For the audience, Louisville Ballet's 2020-2021 season will be entirely virtual. But the dancers have already started rehearsing in person — with masks, and lots of new safety protocols.

September 01, 2020
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By:
  • Stephanie Wolf
Juliana Missano and Jonathan Philbert, in "Heart/Beat: Gospel, Brubeck and Rhythms of the City."

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  • Performing Arts

'Heart/Beat' Brings City Rhythms To Atlanta Ballet

"Heart/Beat: Gospel, Brubeck and Rhythms of the City" is currently running at the Atlanta Ballet until Feb. 15. The performance is in three movements....

February 20, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jake Troyer
'La Choloteca' DJ Wendy Noreña prepares a playlist for the night.  The party attracts members of the Latinx community from around the Atlanta metro area.

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  • Latin America

'La Choloteca' Celebrates The Diversity Within Atlanta's Burgeoning Latinx Community

La Choloteca is not just any dance party. What began as a simple idea between friends in late 2016 has grown into a monthly gathering spot for Georgia's...

January 24, 2020
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By:
  • Pria Mahadevan
The 2019 ELEVATE Atlanta Art and Culture Festival takes place this week in the Pittsburgh neighborhood of Atlanta.

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  • Arts & Life

Week-Long Festival 'Elevates' Atlanta Neighborhoods, Culture and Conversations

The 2019 ELEVATE Atlanta Art and Culture Festival began Monday. The annual event is hosted by the City of Atlanta Mayor's Office of Cultural Affairs,...

October 15, 2019
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By:
  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
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