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Are Dancers Secretly Physicists in Disguise?

Back in 2011, Yale University’s dean of science was thinking about refreshing the program’s offerings for non-majors when he happened upon a Pilobolus performance. A light bulb went off: Dance is full of physics. That realization led to what has become an eight-year collaboration between particle physicist Sarah Demers and former New York City Ballet […]

And the Cast of the New "West Side Story" Movie Is…

Something’s coming, I don’t know whenBut it’s soon…maybe tonight? Those iconic lyrics have basically been our #mood ever since we first heard a remake of the West Side Story film, directed by Steven Spielberg and choreographed by Justin Peck, was in the works. THE CASTING. THE CASTING WAS COMING. Well, last night—after an extensive search […]

NYCB's Georgina Pazcoguin on Her New Initiative to Eliminate Asian Stereotypes in Ballet

As conversations in the ballet world about race and representation have opened up in the past few years, its most beloved holiday tradition, The Nutcracker, has come under scrutiny as well. Last year New York City Ballet made changes to its second act Chinese Tea variation, removing elements of racial caricature from both the costume […]