Something interesting is happening in the ballet (and ballet adjacent) world. There are small, female-led companies popping up in NYC and other parts of the country. In many cases, these companies are led by dancer/artistic directors or co-artistic directors, meaning that the ladies who started these groups dance themselves. Many are also in other companies in addition to run...

This May, Aszure Barton is participating in the 92nd Street Y (92NY)’s Women Move the World Harkness Mainstage Series. “It is an honor,” she says, to be able to share a mix of both new and previously performed works that will conclude the season at 92NY. When Alison Manning, co-director of the Harkness Dance Center, asked Barton to present a piece in this production, it was a...

When you think of the high-stakes, high-stress, often cutthroat world of dance competitions, you probably don’t picture it as the setting for family reconciliation and healing. Yet, in the new film She Dances, that intense backdrop becomes the stage for exactly that.

Peace Center, Greenville, SC.
March 31, 2026.

The Great Gatsby has roared onto Greenville’s Peace Center stage in a dazzling new musical adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic novel. Complete with bootleg liquor, vintage automobiles, and the mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby at its center, the production immerses audiences in the extravagant Roaring...

She Dances, a heartfelt indie drama starring Steve Zahn and his daughter Audrey Zahn, was released nationwide in theaters on March 27. The film premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Festival, and is directed by Rick Gomez in his directorial debut, with a screenplay by Gomez and Steve Zahn. It also stars Ethan Hawke, Sonequa Martin-Green, Mackenzie Ziegler and Rosemarie DeWit...