The modern dance troupe Pilobolus is known for its ability to manipulate the human form – connecting with each other to create gravity-defying feats that look fluid and nearly effortless. The company ...

For a lot of people, the thought of performing in front of others can be nerve wrecking; but at the Modern Dance Company in downtown Toledo, expect the pressure to be low and the heels to be high as ...

The founder of Texas Christian University’s modern dance program, Jerry Bywaters Cochran, was a proponent of thumbing through fine art books for inspiration — especially ones that featured abstract ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- In the 1920s, Europe was being roiled by revolutionary forms of artistic expression in literature, music, painting and dance. In America, modern dance began to make itself known ...

The experience of exile, whether literal or symbolic, is inevitably reflected in an individual’s body. Feeling cut off from one’s roots, or viewing yourself as a stranger in a foreign land, influences ...

Fort Worth's annual Modern Dance Festival is a remarkable event, featuring choreographers, dancers and musicians out of the mainstream who come together to create one-of-a-kind performances. But like ...

One hundred years ago, dancer Martha Graham reinvented her art form and became an American icon. Her modern styles created a whole new language of movement that is being celebrated this month with LA ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Linda Diamond & Company will present the program “Modern Dance Visual Art Film and Music Concert” on Dec. 17, at 2 p.m. at the Arts Society of Kingston at 97 Broadway. The modern ...

The Mojalet Dance Collective is bringing a contemporary modern dance performance to Ramona Town Hall that is reminiscent of entertainment offered there in its heyday. The Jan. 8 performance will ...

To avant-gardists of the modern dance, Martha Graham has long been the Holy Acrobat. But when the State Department began sending her off on tour as an official U.S. dancer, the old esoterica was sadly ...