A member of Merce Cunningham’s final company, Toogood brings to the job years of experience as a dancer and educator.
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John Jasperse Starts La MaMa Moves! Honoring a Female Lineage
Jasperse’s engrossing “Tides” was a thrilling opener to a festival that often feels like a home for first drafts.
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New York City’s Creative Churn: The View From the Dance Floor
Ever wanted to do the Lindy Hop as it was swung at the Savoy Ballroom in the 1930s? To rock your hips through the mambo like dancers at the Palladium Ballroom in the ’50s? To pose as if in a vogue battle of the ’80s? All in a museum? Now’s your …
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Penn Station’s Not-So-Secret Other Life: The People’s Dance Studio
As the train to Ronkonkoma pulled into Penn Station, Jason Lockhorn threw his arms up, bending his elbows like goal posts. But he wasn’t a frustrated commuter. He was dancing. And he wasn’t the only one. Nearby, a man and woman twirled in the sinuous …
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