A performing art dedicated to the newest and boldest, like modern dance, rarely dwells in its past. There's something a bit odd about maintaining dance's certifiable classics in the active repertoire.

Each time a 20th-century dance giant dies, fear runs through the dance world’s collective veins. With another genius gone, where will the new crop of movement masters come from, and can dance survive ...

Jose Limon's "The Moor's Pavane," now more than a half-century old, is one of the greatest works of 20th-century modern dance: a concentration, in its purest form, of Shakespeare's "Othello." Its ...

Pavane is not the family name but an old European dance. Eventually, when her mother's prophecy came true, Pavane dropped the Taylor as she shot through the ranks of the Australian Ballet, becoming a ...

8687 0775; 12pm til late Lisa Pavane was destined for a life in dance from the moment she made her precarious entry into the world in 1961. Her mother seemed to know this when she named her tiny ...

Lisa Pavane arrived at the Australian Ballet School as a starry-eyed teenager. Forty-six years later, she’s leaving after nine years as its director. The school celebrates its 60th anniversary in 2024 ...

Miami City Ballet’s second program of the season brings together new and venerable creative voices, showcasing the back and forth between ballet and modern dance. Two here-and-now works are in good ...