THIRTEEN PBS
Dance

Celebrate 75 years of modern dance at the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center in this documentary featuring Doug Varone and Dancers and other acclaimed artists. With interviews and stunning footage, the film chronicles the rich history of this pioneering cultural institution and offers a behind-the-scenes look at its contemporary life.

This young dancer had a commanding presence, instinctive talent, and a unique way of moving. Taylor was invited to join the Martha Graham Dance Company, where he began his professional career.

San Francisco Ballet makes the beloved ballet its own, resetting it during the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exhibition.

Dancer, choreographer, and painter, Shen Wei, grew up during the Cultural Revolution in China and recently staged opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

He started the National Dance Institute, an organization that teaches dance to public school kids of all abilities.

Premiering in 1967, “Jewels” is the co-founder of New York City Ballet’s, George Balanchine’s, only plotless work in three acts.

Since 2004, Alexei Ratmansky, born in St. Petersburg, has held the position as the director of the Bolshoi Ballet.

Wolf Trap’s Face of America commissions dance makers, musicians and performing artists from across the nation to explore the relationship between the natural stage and the creative process; and celebrate fellow National Parks and their cultural heritage using the language of the performing arts.

DANCE IN AMERICA follows the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
(AAADT) during a pivotal period in its history, when the company ventured
abroad and established new roots at home.

Judith Jamison is artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York.

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