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U.S. Dance Companies

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (1958): Judith Jamison, art. dir.American Ballet Theatre (1940): Kevin McKenzie, art. dir.Atlanta Ballet Company (1929): John McFall, art. dir.Ballet…

Cats Don't Dance

Director: Mark DindalWriters: Roberts Gannaway, Cliff Ruby, Elana Lesser and Theresa PettengillArt Director:Brian McEnteeMusic:Randy Newman and Steve GoldsteinChoreographer:Gene…

Shall We Dance?

Director/Writer: Masayuki SuoDirector of Photography:Naoki KayanoEditor:Junnichi KikuchiMusic:Yoshikazu SuoProduction Designer:Kyoko HeyaProducers:Shoji Masui and Yasuyoshi TokumaMiramax; PG-…

Save the Last Dance

Director:Thomas CarterWriters:Duane Adler, Cheryl EdwardsParamount Pictures and MTV Films; PG-13; 105 minutesRelease:1/01Cast:Julia Stiles, Sean Patrick Thomas, Kerry Washington It's no…

Dancing at the Blue Iguana

Director/Writer:Michael RadfordMoonstone Entertainment; R; 123 minutesRelease:10/01Cast:Daryl Hannah, Jennifer Tilly, Sandra Oh Dancing at the Blue Iguana is a movie about strippers. Like…

Dance Hall of Fame

The National Museum of Dance and Hall of Fame was opened in 1986 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.1987Fred AstaireGeorge BalanchineAgnes de MilleIsadora DuncanKatherine DunhamMartha Graham Doris…

Death, Dance of

(Encyclopedia) Death, Dance of, or danse macabreDeath, Dance of,däns məkäˈbrə, –bər, dăns [key], originally a 14th-century morality poem. The poem was a dialogue between Death and representatives of…

Laban, Rudolf von

(Encyclopedia) Laban, Rudolf vonLaban, Rudolf vonfôn läbˈän [key], 1879–1958, Slovakian dancer, choreographer, and dance theorist. After studying in Paris and performing in N Africa, Germany, and…

Louis, Murray

(Encyclopedia) Louis, Murray, 1926–2016, American modern dancer and choreographer, b. Brooklyn, N.Y., as Murray Louis Fuchs. He served in naval intelligence in San Francisco during World War II, then…

modern dance

(Encyclopedia) modern dance, serious theatrical dance forms that are distinct from both ballet and the show dancing of the musical comedy or variety stage. By the late 20th cent., distinctions…