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Jennie Somogyi
Rennie Harris
Irina Dvorovenko
Jack Ferver
Sara Mearns

Jennie Somogyi

Principal dancer Jennie Somogyi talks about returning to New York City Ballet after tearing her Achilles tendon.
Rennie Harris

Rennie Harris talks about hip-hop and RHAW—Rennie Harris Awe-inspiring Works—which performs at the New Victory Theater.
Irina Dvorovenko

Ballerina Irina Dvorovenko talks about starring in the Encores! presentation of On Your Toes and her career at American Ballet Theatre.
Jack Ferver

The witty Jack Ferver talks about his new work, All of a Sudden.
Sara Mearns

The New York City Ballet principal talks about her new outlook on dancing.

Critics’ picks: Dance

New York City Ballet Spring 2013

Critics choice

This season promises more Balanchine and Robbins, along with premieres by Christopher Wheeldon and Justin Peck.

David H. Koch Theater (at Lincoln Center) 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, at 63rd St
Thu May 23 - Sun Jun 9

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DanceAfrica 2013

Price band: 2/4

Chuck Davis returns to BAM with the 36th season of DanceAfrica.

BAM Howard Gilman Opera House 30 Lafayette Ave, between Ashland Pl and St. Felix St
Fri May 24 - Mon May 27

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American Ballet Theatre, Alexei Ratmansky

American Ballet Theatre 2013 Spring Season

Price band: 3/4
Critics choice

ABT returns to the Metropolitan Opera House with the premiere of Alexei Ratmansky's Shostakovich trilogy, as well as the company debut of Frederick Ashton's A Month in the Country and a new

Metropolitan Opera House (at Lincoln Center) Lincoln Center Plaza, at 65th St
Thu May 23 - Sat Jul 6

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RHAW

Price band: 2/4
Critics choice

Rennie Harris Awe-inspiring Works (RHAW) offers a street-dance program.

New Victory Theater 209 W 42nd St, between Seventh and Eighth Aves
Fri May 24 - Sun May 26

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Merce Cunningham

Interviews document his company's last year

Dance in pictures

Pam Tanowitz [slide show]

Pam Tanowitz unveils her newest dance, The Spectators, which features dancers Andrew Champlin, Maggie Cloud, Dylan Crossman, Pierre Guilbault, Sarah Haarmann and Melissa Toogood.

Royal Ballet of Cambodia [slide show]

As part of the Royal Ballet of Cambodia's recent performances at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the company presented an intimate master class.

Vicky Shick [slide show]

Choreographer Vicky Shick collaborates with Barbara Kilpatrick in Everything You See at Danspace Project April 18–20.

Dance Theatre of Harlem [slide show]

The Dance Theatre of Harlem made its historic return to the New York stage in April, performing works by George Balanchine, Robert Garland and more at the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center.

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Dance in video

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New York's best: Dance

Joyce Theater

Price band: 1/4

The intimate space, once a cinema, is a fine setting for dance. Of the 472 seats at the Joyce, there’s not a single bad one. Companies and choreographers who present work here, including Ballet

175 Eighth Ave, (at 19th St)

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Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery

Price band: 1/4
Critics choice

This gorgeous, high-ceilinged sanctuary for downtown dance is at its most sublime when the music is live. The work of choreographers who take on the four-sided performance space ranges from pure

131 E 10th St, (at Second Ave)

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The Kitchen

Price band: 1/4
Critics choice
Free

Best known as an avant-garde theater space, the Kitchen also offers experimental dance by inventive, often provocative artists.

512 W 19th St, (between Tenth and Eleventh Aves)

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New York City Center

Price band: 2/4

Before Lincoln Center changed the cultural geography of New York, this was the home of the New York City Ballet (originally known as the Ballet Society). City Center’s lavish decor is golden, as are