Russian contemporary dance doesn't have it easy. Ever since its birth it's lived in the shadow of grand Russian ballet and has been forced to constantly prove its right to exist. Many people still ...

Expressive dance remains the only modern art form that is not denounced as degenerate under Nazism. 1967: Along with Rudolf von Laban, the most influential dancer and choreographer of the expressive ...

Jefferson James, founder of Contemporary Dance Theater. Photo courtesy Jan Van Dike. W hen Contemporary Dance Theater founder ...