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Breaking New Ground: For the First Time in History, Dancers Are Competing at the Olympics

Jennifer Heimlich

Kyle Hanagami looks curiously up at the camera as he climbs a white-painted fire escape, people and cars visible in the background far below.

Kyle Hanagami, A Viral Sensation Across Multiple Forms of Media, Has Built a Dance Empire From the Ground Up

Olivia Manno

Nine dancers in green cluster together and pose mid-snap beneath a technicolor skyline.

The Wiz Returns to Broadway Nearly 50 Years After Its Premiere With More Dance Than Ever

Lauren Wingenroth

Brinda Guha, Amanda Castro, and Arielle Rosales are lit in pink and purple light as they perform as Soles of Duende at the front of a small stage, two seated percussionists and a guitarist visible behind them. Guha raises an arm to the sky as she looks intensely out at the audience. Castro looks focused as she taps, hands separated but poised to clap. Rosales opens her arms wide in invitation, chin ducked as she looks challengingly out at the audience.

Sole Sisters: The Cross-Cultural Collaboration Soles of Duende Offers Just the Kind of Art We Need Right Now

Jennifer Heimlich

Trajal Harrell, a slender Black man, leans into one hip as he steps forward. His elbows hug to his ribs as he raises his hands and chin. He is dressed in all black, while another dancer in the background wears a pink button-down as they mime holding something overhead with one hand.

Enlivening the Imagination: Trajal Harrell’s Rich Repertoire of Transcultural, Intersectional, and Futuristic Works

Brenda Dixon-Gottschild

A colorful collage of the 2024 25 to Watch, dancers from a breadth of dance styles.

Introducing Our 2024 “25 to Watch”

Dance Magazine

Mayara Magri is captured mid-run, arms outstretched to the sides as the cloak she holds in her hands billows behind her. Her costume is a pale peach dress over pink tights, reminiscent of a nightgown. Her hair is loose around her shoulders, a look of mingled despair, fear, and hope on her face.

Mayara Magri’s Intellect, Resolve, and Versatility Have Powered Her High-Flying Career

Kyra Laubacher

A series of four images of Ephraim Sykes, an athletic Black man in his 30s. He poses against an off-white wall, variously leaning against it in counterbalance or creating dramatic shadows. He wears denim overalls over a bare chest, letting one strap fall off his shoulder, and bright sneaks.

Ephraim Sykes Is the Toast of Broadway and Beyond

Sylviane Gold

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