New York Times - Dance

A farmer, poet and musician, he revitalized contra dancing in the 1960s and ’70s, bringing the tradition to a new generation.

Copeland, the retired ballerina was the first Black female principal of American Ballet Theater, curates a two-week festival at the Joyce.

His dreamlike, expressionistic style influenced the vividly theatrical works of the German choreographer Pina Bausch, an early collaborator.Paul Sanasardo in 1969. He acknowledged that he was interested in intensity: “It is at extremes that we reveal ourselves,” he said.

At the Joyce Theater, Philadanco! premiered a new dance of civic pride by Rennie Harris that’s oddly muffled.

Savion Glover, Honey Balenciaga and other artists from the world of performance share their favorites, from era-defining musicals to art-house dramas.