When we think of changing music scenes, we often think of clean breaks during a new year or a new decade. But that’s not exactly how it works. Genres evolve and often blend into one another, as is the ...

Sometimes you’ve just got to cut a rug. There is an energy running through you and you’ve got to get it out on the dance floor. We understand. But, as they say, it takes two to tango. Not only do you ...

An inspired mash-up of classic dance performances from the 1980s, including “Flashdance,” “Thriller” and “Footloose.” ...

As we dream of the lives we might once live again when the COVID-19 pandemic wanes, I find myself most excited about potential experiences of collective effervescence — the hopeful feelings that arise ...

Today “The Safety Dance,” the 1983 pop hit by the Canadian group Men Without Hats is a classic staple of 1980s music. Accompanied by a strange if silly video, the fun and exuberant electropop song is ...

If ballet is about getting off the ground and Graham/Cunningham-derived contemporary is about getting down to the ground, then German stage poet/choreographer Pina Bausch is about simply being on the ...

The soundtracks of the past – each generation perpetually longing, loving, reliving fulfillment and loss to different tunes – switch on the stage lights in everyone’s mind. And, through that music, ...