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.
A look at two shows last month that stood out in the dance world.