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Caitlin Corbett continues

"I'm Mrs. Abstract, but Elvis has it!" says Boston dance maker Caitlin Corbett.

By: DEBRA CASH | March 19, 2013

Light waves: Boston Ballet's ''All Kylián''

A dead tree hanging upside down overhead, with a spotlight slowly circling it. A piano on stilts on one side of the stage, an ice sculpture's worth of bubble wrap on the other.

By: JEFFREY GANTZ | March 13, 2013

SLIDESHOW: Boston Ballet's ''All Kylián''

Boston Ballet performs their ''All Kylián'' program at the Boston Opera House through March 17, 2013.

By: ERIC ANTONIOU | March 11, 2013

Ten Spring dance performances

From the age of five, when he and his little brother Gregory took their first lesson from Henry LeTang, Maurice Hines Jr. has been a showbiz hoofer.

By: DEBRA CASH | February 28, 2013

Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía

Few companies capture flamenco's essence better than Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía.

By: VALERIE GLADSTONE | February 26, 2013

Remembering the Past: Zoe Dance In Past Is Prelude

How do we remember the past?

By: DEBRA CASH | February 26, 2013

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Love is a many splendored thing: Mesma Belsare's upcoming solo recital

Mesma Belsare is a border-crosser.

By: DEBRA CASH | January 30, 2013

Dance maker Nicole Pierce was working the glue gun, constructing mossy objects, papier-mâché thingamabobs and items that she could hang from a net hoisted across the Art Deco balconies of the South End's Villa Victoria Center for the Arts.

By: DEBRA CASH | January 16, 2013

Trajal Harrell's postmodern harlem drag

A half-naked dancer gallops wildly around the stage, squealing and grimacing while another dressed in drag suggests to audience members that they have sex with "the uglies."

By: VALERIE GLADSTONE | January 08, 2013

Boston’s winter dance scene: Tapping and walking, stomping and flying

Boston's winter dance scene dips into the past, climbs onto the cutting-edge, and hosts guests from Spain, Brazil, Montreal and Copenhagen.

By: DEBRA CASH | December 26, 2012

Outer moves, inner beauty: Looking back on the year in Boston dance

Here, in no particular order, are some of the highlights of the year in Boston dance.

By: DEBRA CASH | December 14, 2012

Photos: Boston Ballet's Nutcracker at the Opera House

Boston Ballet stages The Nutcracker at the Opera House through December 30, 2012.

By: ERIC ANTONIOU | December 06, 2012

Boston Ballet's Nutcracker: Visions of Sugarplums

Boston Ballet's stunning re-visioned Nutcracker is the best $2 million–plus investment this company has ever made.

By: DEBRA CASH | December 07, 2012

Photos: The Nutcracker on the town

Out and about with the star of the Boston Ballet holiday show
Out and about with the star of the Boston Ballet holiday show

By: DANNY KIM | November 21, 2012

The Nutcracker: Building a better mousetrap?

Boston Ballet takes a chance by remaking its most successful production
"Without The Nutcracker , there'd be no ballet in America as we know it."

By: JEFFREY GANTZ | November 19, 2012

The five worst Nutcracker roles

My star-studded turns in a low-budget, small-town production of Tchaikovsky’s masterpiece
From the ages of eight to 16, I played just about every supporting role The Nutcracke r had to offer. Here are a few lowlights.

By: CASSANDRA LANDRY | November 21, 2012

Boston Ballet’s Nutcracker gets a makeunder

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From November 23 through December 30, an expected 90,000 audience members will slide into seats at the Boston Opera House to take in The Nutcracker , a 42-year tradition for Boston Ballet and the result of countless hours of preparation — and not just for the dancers perfecting their moves in rehearsal rooms.

By: RENATA CERTO-WARE | November 19, 2012