modern dance

Simone Elliot holds a childhood photo of she and her sister with their mother.

Sisters make peace with dark memories through art, science and each other

7:00am April 13, 2024

by Gabriel Spitzer

Two sisters found they had different recollections of a traumatic childhood experience and learned that human memory is a lot less reliable than we tend to think.

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Alicia Graf Mack, dean and director of The Juilliard School's Dance Division (center), speaks with fourth-year dance students Kailei Sin (left) and Nyoka Wotorson (right) in between classes.

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West African dance and hip-hop play a key role in a revamped Juilliard track

12:36pm March 26, 2024

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Alicia Graf Mack about how she's reshaping Juilliard's prestigious Dance Division to make it more relevant than ever.

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<a href="https://youtu.be/3Is4CTrj4dc?si=r2RHzZhE4oRBtIpr" data-key="80"><em>Ode</em></a> is choreographer Jamar Roberts' tribute to Black victims of police brutality.

A dance about gun violence is touring nationally with Alvin Ailey's company

4:42am February 14, 2024

by Brandon Gates

Choreographer Jamar Roberts created a piece about gun violence and police brutality when he found himself sleepless over the issue. It's touring now with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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An undated photo of choreographer Anna Halprin teaching at her Marin County, Calif. studio.

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Choreographer Anna Halprin, Who Redefined Dance As A Tool For Healing, Dies At 100

7:11pm May 25, 2021

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

The groundbreaking California-based dancer and choreographer made high art, but also created works that were solidly for the community. She died at age 100.