What an ’80s Feeling: ‘Flashdance’ Turns 40

The film helped bring breaking into the mainstream. Over the years, it also became famous for the subs and doubles of its star, Jennifer Beals.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/09/arts/dance/flashdance-40th-anniversary.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Dance

At Rennie Harris’s Hip-Hop University, Teaching the Teachers

Rennie Harris University aims to give educators a working knowledge not only of hip-hop dance technique, but also of its origins and culture.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/24/arts/dance/teaching-hip-hop-dance-rennie-harris.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage&section=dance

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/01/20/arts/dance/stair-dancing.html

Dance Like You’re Wednesday Addams

At a Brooklyn club, fans of the Netflix series “Wednesday” showed off their takes on the pigtailed heroine’s signature moves in a midnight competition.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/19/style/wednesday-addams-dance.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Style

At City Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky Can Let His Imagination Run Wild

When the choreographer joins the company as artist in residence, the winners will be the dancers. And ballet.

What Set tWitch Apart as a Dancer? His Generous Spirit.

Stephen Boss, known as tWitch, who took his own life, didn’t just move to music. He was music.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/15/arts/dance/twitch-stephen-boss-dancer.html?action=click&module=Well&pgtype=Homepage§ion=Dance

Review: Michelle Dorrance Returns to the Joyce. Where’s the Zip?

In an uneven program, the tap dancer and choreographer presents three new works in Manhattan, including a dance for former cast members of “Stomp.”

The Wednesday Dance Is an Invitation. Be Weird.

Jenna Ortega’s dance for her Addams Family character is a viral sensation, but why? It is disarming and defiant: the dance of a nonconformist.

A Sugarplum’s Swan Song

After a season of saying farewell to cherished roles, the City Ballet principal Sterling Hyltin prepares to take her final bow in “The Nutcracker.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/02/arts/dance/sterling-hyltin-new-york-city-ballet-retirement.html