Arms outstretched, head thrown back, flounced skirt rippling over a raised leg. The 1942 photograph of Sophie Maslow dancing ...

By Zuzanna Lachendro Modern dance has always been political – both an artful form of revolt and a rejection of the status quo. By straying from the principles of classicism that favoured symmetry and ...

From 1900 to 1930, American and German modern dance were essentially indistinguishable. Soloists like Isadora Duncan and Ruth St. Denis toured both Europe and the United States, appealing to ...

Highlights so far of the 2025 contemporary dance festival, spread across New ... she plays a pair of female clones buried up to their necks in an artful arrangement of brown paper bags.