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

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 ...

In doing so, these trailblazers created the bracing new phenomenon of “modern dance” (itself ... the entire movement’s progenitor, Isadora Duncan – one that pandered to a synthetic ...

A scholar on the work of Isadora Duncan and the founding director of South Street ... bringing the joy and expressivity of modern dance to thousands of children.

Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES. Ronald K. Brown’s dance, “Grace,” has become an enduring classic for the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. He and his collaborators reflect on its ...

a beautiful routine by celebrated Latvian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and a glimpse of pioneer of modern dance Isadora Duncan.