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Dancers of All Sizes Hope Change Follows a Discrimination Ban

A law in New York City, a major dance capital, that protects artists against weight and height discrimination aims to give everyone a fairer shot.

Looking Beyond a Dancer’s Confident Grace in ‘States of Hope’

Hope Boykin radiated generosity and joy as a performer. As a choreographer and director, she is showing the struggle the audience couldn’t see.

Dancers and Video Game Characters Merge in the Uncanny Valley

Some dancers have found a niche on TikTok and other platforms imitating video game characters — moving like a machine’s idea of a human.

Dance Performances, Festivals and More Coming This Fall

A new season brings exciting works by the likes of (La)Horde collective and Ligia Lewis, as well as classics from New York City Ballet and...

Meet Bob’s Dance Shop, ‘World-Class Vibe Curators’

The group brings the inclusive spirit of viral dance challenges out into the fresh air with its joyfully queer “flash Bobs.”

TikTok Is Dead (Maybe). Long Live TikTok Dance.

Dance on the app has become more niche and more professionalized, but in the larger world TikTok-style dance has gained a toehold.

‘M3GAN’ Makes Us Ask (Again): Who’s Afraid of Dancing Robots?

In the movie “M3GAN,” a robot doll’s sinister virtuosity plays on the mixture of amusement and deep unease that dancing robots often provoke.

A Walk in Their Heels: Meet the Hustle Evangelist

Abdiel Jacobsen, a former Martha Graham dancer, found freedom in hustle, which offers a progressive, gender-neutral vision of partnered social dance.

On NBC’s ‘Dancing With Myself,’ TikTok-Like Dances Meet Network TV

“Dancing With Myself,” on NBC, shows the deep influence of the dance challenge on popular culture, even as its hold on TikTok has loosened.

‘Baseball Players Don’t Dance’? The Savannah Bananas Beg to Differ.

TikTok choreography, dancing umpires, a ballet-trained first-base coach: This collegiate summer league team has amassed a following by leaning into entertainment.
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