Arnott Mader (1928-2022) was a beloved dancer and teacher who gave everything to his students.
The upcoming dance season offers artful forms of exchange as well as the inaugural RVA Dance Awards at the Hof.
Building new dances takes people, time, real estate, money, faith. Richmond Ballet’s New Works Festival offers all of these to both emerging and established choreographers, to the benefit of audience […]
At the end of their performance at the Modlin Center on Friday night, the Dorrance Dance performers could have torn up the floor and thrown it at us and we’d […]
After seeing a local performance last year, Dennis Lieberman asked a question on a Richmond theater discussion Facebook page about how choreography works. He never imagined it would lead to […]
When I close my eyes to remember Richmond Ballet’s 2017 Trio program, I see Eri Nishihara’s sprightly and expansive performance in Dennis Spaight’s “Gloria,” set to the exuberant Antonio Vivaldi […]
Ten years ago, Richmond-born Thomas Ragland landed what many dancers only dream about — a full-time job with a professional ballet company. At the Richmond Ballet, Ragland performed major roles […]
“Am I wearing pointe shoes or pumps?” asks Valerie Tellmann-Henning a few days before the opening of the Richmond Ballet’s New York Joyce Preview, in which she’ll be taking her […]
Storytelling at its best transcends time. Tales about the past can illuminate our lives and change how people understand themselves and each other. With “NuYoRiCan,” the Latin Ballet tells the […]
What do you want from art? I want it to rattle my heart in its cage, to shine light into the dark, to tackle the big questions. Starr Foster’s “Levitate” […]
Richmond’s dance offerings this fall run the gamut from the classic ballet “La Bayadère” at Richmond CenterStage to aerial circus at Dogtown Dance Theatre. You’ll have to leap to keep […]
A critic's round-up from a weekend full of dance.
