Melania Swatting Away Trump's Hand & the 8 Other Best Moves of 2017
The movements, gestures and choreography that mattered this year.
December 15 2017 9:02 AM
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The movements, gestures and choreography that mattered this year.
The HIV+ Black performer confronted terminal illness through dance.
A gay musical dispenses with the closet.
Though rarely admitted in public, dance is closely and inevitably linked to sex and sexuality. It’s the art form of the body—it can’t escape it.
"Our goal is for the world to know that ballroom has something to say, and that the world can really learn from this culture, this community that we created for ourselves."
Gestures, choreography, and physical statements that made an impact this year.
"I enjoyed True Blood a lot, Twilight somewhat."
Daniel Friedman and Rae Tutera’s Brooklyn company is fashionably suiting up trans clients.
"As in every Pride, there were towering drag queens and plenty of inebriated joy. But the air also carried a whiff of paranoia."
The musician and her gay dad made their coming-out stories an art form.
Dance, choreography & gestures that made an impact in 2015
The new Starz miniseries Flesh and Bone draws a parallel between dancers and prostitutes. Is it misogyny? Metaphor? Or a cheeky nod to ballet’s carnal past?
In the new Starz show Flesh and Bone, out actor Ben Daniels plays an authoritarian, bipolar, sex obsessed ballet director. 'He’s such a fuck up,' Daniels says. 'I love him.'
Choreographers may address contemporary issues in their work — but it's time to create ballet that tackles big social issues once again.
Ballet Memphis arrives in New York this week representing hometown pride and an ecosystem of modest ballet companies across the heartland.
A dance critic considers the runway during the 2(x)ist show
Spencer Liff helped Neil Patrick Harris find his groove as Hedwig and turned sign language into dance for Deaf West’s Spring Awakening revival. Now he’s having the Best Time Ever.
Opera singer Breanna Sinclairé becomes the first transgender woman to sing the national anthem at a professional sporting event.
In a new three-part video series, VICE weighs the pros and cons of the little blue pill, but it sometimes feels more like a commercial than a critical investigation, leaving many questions unanswered.
Wendy Whelan’s post-retirement performance in Restless Creature celebrates maturity in an art form dominated by, and obsessed with, youth.