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(MONTCLAIR, NJ) -- PEAK Performances at Montclair State University continues to introduce audiences to new work from today’s most exciting dance artists with the world premiere of Movement, in which celebrated choreographer Netta Yerushalmy intricately quilts together quotations from a vast array of sources: folk dances, traditional dances and ceremonies, modern and contemporary concert dance, commercial dance, sports, and contemporary life. The work draws from over 100 existing dance...

His work encompassed all that he touched along the way: his relationships, his prolific correspondences, a million scraps of paper, his homes, his graphic designs, the way he spent his days, even, and ultimately, his own death in 1995 at the age of 67.

The vessel takes centre stage in a new show opening in Los Angeles, during Frieze LA, which also highlights the art of ikebana (frieze, art fair, vessel, handcrafted)

Pam Tanowitz’s “Four Quartets,” a rich mix of poetry, painting, music and dance, had its New York debut at the Brooklyn Academy.

After dancing with the Metropolitan Opera Ballet and other companies, he became its director. He was also well known for his staging of works by Antony Tudor.

Some dancers recoiled at the prospect of volunteering their services at this year’s Super Bowl halftime show: “You can’t make a living off of exposure.”

Justin Peck’s “Partita,” set to Caroline Shaw’s Pulitzer-Prize winning composition, opened New York City Ballet’s winter season at Lincoln Center.

When Credibility Matters

This dazzling show recreates the choreographer’s work through the pure geometry of balls, hoops and clubs

Combining juggling and contemporary dance, this is a complex and accomplished homage to the late choreographer