The New Jersey Ballet, celebrating its 65th anniversary, explores new directions with the premiere of Lauren Lovette’s Jewel Box at ...
Mark Morris Dance Group
Mae Kellert2024-02-22T09:43:06-05:00In this 2024 State of the Arts feature, we meet the internationally-renowned choreographer Mark Morris at the Mark Morris Dance ...
Yass Hakoshima, Mime
Mae Kellert2022-08-24T15:02:41-04:00Yass Hakoshima (1928-2022), known for his artistry as a mime and the founder and artistic director of Yass Hakoshima Movement ...
Ethan Stiefel & Gillian Murphy at American Repertory Ballet
Mae Kellert2021-11-21T11:07:09-05:00Ethan Stiefel is one of the most celebrated dancers and choreographers in the world. His wife Gillian Murphy is a ...
Climate Art in Four Acts
Mae Kellert2021-11-01T19:28:32-04:00Art projects at four different places on the New Jersey coastline were commissioned by NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric ...
Seven Choreographers
Mae Kellert2021-05-19T14:12:15-04:00Seven NJ State Council on the Arts fellowship-winning choreographers reveal new work. We hear from Erin Carlisle Norton, Pallavi Degwekar ...
Carolyn Dorfman Dance: Prima
Mae Kellert2022-08-30T10:54:36-04:00Over the past 40 years choreographer Carolyn Dorfman and her dance company have created an impressive list of narrative works. ...
Echad with Carolyn Dorfman Dance
Mae Kellert2021-04-26T17:47:52-04:00State of the Arts producer Eric Schultz profiled choreographer Carolyn Dorfman and the debut of her work, Echad, in 2002. ...
Dream Journey
Steven Wolock2020-07-29T12:47:59-04:00"Dream Journey" was conceived, performed, and edited by the choreographer and performer Yass Hakoshima, best known for his original approach ...
Giselle
Eric Schultz2020-09-22T13:51:42-04:00The American Repertory Ballet stages the romantic masterwork Giselle, a ballet beloved by dancers for its emphasis on both ...
Nimbus Dance
Eric Schultz2023-09-14T16:06:19-04:00Nimbus Dance premiered new work at NJPAC. "Falling Sky" was choreographed by Samuel Pott to music by experimental composer ...
Martha Graham Dance
Eric Schultz2020-09-22T14:05:59-04:00The Martha Graham Dance Company performed the iconic American classic Appalachian Spring at PEAK Performances at Montclair State University. ...
MOMIX
Steven Wolock2020-09-22T14:51:33-04:00MOMIX brings together acrobatics, gymnastics, mime, props, and film to create a dance company like no other. MOMIX was ...
Dance for Architecture
Steven Wolock2024-11-03T10:46:06-05:00Steven Holl Architects designed the new Lewis Arts complex at Princeton University, and also co-created “Tesseracts of Time: A ...
Nelson Baez
Steven Wolock2020-07-16T16:40:20-04:00The Puerto Rican drum music known as Bomba has its roots in the island’s African heritage, surviving for over ...
Paul Taylor
Steven Wolock2020-07-16T16:06:32-04:00In January 1996, the culture wars were in full swing. The National Endowment for the Arts had received funding cuts, ...
Boys Dance
Steven Wolock2020-07-17T11:32:51-04:00Basketball, contemporary dance, and social justice are all on the curriculum at Franklin Middle School in Somerset, NJ. We visit the ...
Pride & Prejudice
Steven Wolock2020-07-17T14:44:08-04:00Go behind-the-scenes as choreographer Douglas Martin and the American Repertory Ballet (ARB), based in Princeton, NJ, create the first-ever full-length ...
Jersey (New) Moves!
Steven Wolock2020-07-17T16:14:05-04:00State of the Arts goes on location with up-and-coming young choreographer, and Newark native, Nijawwon Matthews as he works with ...
Alvin Ailey
Steven Wolock2020-07-21T16:42:12-04:00See why NJPAC, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, is Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's home across the "river." Every ...