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BWW Blog: Kathryn Mowat Murphy - I'm an Everything Dancer

'I'm an everything dancer'. I sat on the floor of the dance studio and listened to a ballet girl tell me to my face that she, if she chose to, could go out and land herself a Broadway show, as "she i... (more...)

BWW Reviews: NYCB Art Series Takes Off with Les Ballets FAILE

New York City Ballet's Art Series is off to a great start thanks to the fun and provocative work of Faile, an art duo based in Brooklyn. NYCB is once again asserting its place as a leading Arts organi... (more...)

BWW Blog: Kathryn Mowat Murphy - Trust

TRUST (reliance on another person or entity) (more...)

BWW Blog: Kathryn Mowat Murphy - After Show Blues

I have a cat, and his name is Jazz. If I don't pay any attention to Jazz, he begins to meow. This is a simple animalistic act to show he needs my attention. We, being performers, are very similar. If ... (more...)

BWW Reviews: John Cranko's ONEGIN at American Ballet Theatre

John Cranko's Onegin was recently presented by American Ballet Theatre. As I expected, the reviews weren't great. It seems Cranko never commands much respect over here. The reviews all describe the wo... (more...)

BWW Blog: Gillian Abbott - Life as an Underclassman

In August, 2009 I was greeted by incredibly enthusiastic students on 65th Street between Broadway and Amsterdam. The Juilliard School: this was my new home and although my mom and sisters were overwhe... (more...)

BWW Blog: Kathryn Mowat Murphy - The Day of the Show

There are performers out there who say they love the rehearsal period more than they do the performances. I, on the other hand, am the complete opposite. (more...)

BWW Blog: Kathryn Mowat Murphy - Two Days to Go

So, how annoyed are you when you are on Facebook reading all the recurring, happy, sappy, posts about how great other people's lives are, and, unfortunately, you are not having the best day or week or... (more...)

Jump on the DanceWagon: Four Emerging Women Choreographers

The second annual Jump on the DanceWagon Festival features four emerging women choreographers showing their work at the Ailey Citigroup Theater this weekend, April 26, 27 and 28. (more...)

BWW Reviews: Juilliard Dances Repertory

The Juilliard School presented an interesting program on the afternoon of April 7, 2013, at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre. Before I even start my review , I want to extend my congratulations to Lawrence... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Ballet in Cinema from Emerging Pictures Presents 'La fille mal gardee'

It wasn't until Frederick Ashton undertook a new creation of the ballet that it finally became an international hit. He referred to it as his 'poor man's Pastorale,' a lovely reference to Beethoven's ... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Paul Taylor Dance Company

Paul Taylor has always been one of my favorite choreographers. For over half a century he has choreographed works that have entered the repertoires of ballet and modern dance companies around the worl... (more...)

BWW Reviews: Pacific Northwest Ballet's ROMEO ET JULIETTE

Jean-Christophe Maillot's Romeo et Juliette, presented by Peter Boal's dynamic Pacific Northwest Ballet at City Center, is a cinematic ballet that is mostly faithful to the original and yet original i... (more...)

BWW Reviews: New York City Ballet - Martins, Robbins and Balanchine

Another exciting NYC Ballet performance with standout appearances by Ashley Bouder, Georgina Pazcoguin, Tiler Peck and Brittany Pollack. (more...)

NYC Choreographer Shea Sullivan Choreographs Miss America 2013's Talent Routine

New York based Choreographer Shea Sullivan announced today that she choreographed the newly crowned Miss America's talent routine to James Brown's Get Up Off Of That Thing for competition. Mallory Hyt... (more...)