Courtney Escoyne
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Past articles by Courtney:
TBT: When Chita Rivera Became a Star
November 1957 marked Chita Rivera’s first appearance on the cover of Dance Magazine. → Read More
7 Performance Events on Our Must-See Lists This Month
Last dances, first-time collaborations, gatherings of disparate dancemakers—October's dance card is full of intriguing events. Here are seven of the most enticing performances. → Read More
TBT: Suzanne Farrell Becomes a Balanchine Muse
Suzanne Farrell rose to ballet stardom with uncommon swiftness. She auditioned for SAB in August 1960 and joined New York City Ballet’s corps the next fall. → Read More
TBT: Lucia Chase, Who Was "Happy Simply to Be Able to Dance" But Became One of ABT's Longest-Serving Directors
As part of Dance Magazine’s 60th-anniversary issue in June 1987, then–editor in chief William Como wrote a retrospective on American Ballet Theatre to accompany a series of photographs (including the one above) of the oft-covered company’s early years. It had been just over a year since one of its earliest and longest-serving directors, Lucia Chase, had died at age 88. → Read More
News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in April 2022
Here are the latest promotions, appointments and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from April 2022. Also of note: new or newly available funding opportunities for dance artists. → Read More
7 Shows Marked on Our Calendars This May
There's much to celebrate in May's packed performance calendar, from previously postponed premieres to big anniversaries to collaborations pulling artists out of their usual haunts. → Read More
7 April Performance Picks Ushering in Spring With Style
April's performance calendar is filled with happy returns, from Broadway once again welcoming Camille A. Brown to a fresh cohort of contemporary artists at Danspace Project for its Platform 2022. Here's what's piqued our interest.Brown Is Back on BroadwayCamille A. Brown. Photo by Josefina Santos, Courtesy Polk & Co.NEW YORK CITY The inimitable Camille A. → Read More
This Month’s Performance Picks Are Chock-Full of New Choreography
All of our performance picks this month—an evening-length ballet and an off-Broadway musical, mixed bills and multi-choreographer projects—feature intriguing premieres from an impressive array of dancemakers. Here's what we're most looking forward to.Ballet Her WayLia Cirio rehearsing her Boston Ballet colleagues in 2019. → Read More
4 Shows Kicking Off the New Year in Style
New year, new works—here are four programs hitting stages we're very much looking forward to this month. → Read More
The 2021 Dance Magazine Awards Illuminated Possibility and Community
Missed the livestream? Get access to the 2021 Dance Magazine Awards on demand here. → Read More
The 2021 Dance Magazine Awards Illuminated Possibility and Community
Missed the livestream? Get access to the 2021 Dance Magazine Awards on demand here. One of my favorite things about the Dance Magazine Awards has always been → Read More
3 Shows We're Excited to See Onstage (or Online) This Month
Through a combination of socially distanced and online approaches, the dance performance landscape is cautiously rebuilding momentum. Here are three shows planned for the next month that have particularly piqued our interest. → Read More
3 Shows We're Excited to See Onstage (or Online) This Month
Through a combination of socially distanced and online approaches, the dance performance landscape is cautiously rebuilding momentum. Here are three shows planned for the next month that have particularly piqued our interest. → Read More
Celebrating Choreographer Bebe Miller on Her 70th Birthday
September 20 marks Bebe Miller's 70th birthday. → Read More
News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in July 2020
Here are the latest promotions, appointments and departures from the last month. → Read More
News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in July 2020
Here are the latest promotions and appointments, plus notable awards and accomplishments from the last month. → Read More
Happy 100th Birthday, Anna Halprin!
July 13, 2020, marks the 100th birthday of Anna Halprin. In 1955, disillusioned with New York City's modern dance scene, Halprin returned to her home just north of San Francisco and began experimenting. On the outdoor deck designed for her by Lawrence Halprin (her husband) and Arch Lauterer, she pio → Read More
Happy 100th Birthday, Anna Halprin!
July 13, 2020, marks the 100th birthday of Anna Halprin. In 1955, disillusioned with New York City's modern dance scene, Halprin returned to her home just north of San Francisco and began experimenting. On the outdoor deck designed for her by Lawrence Halprin (her husband) and Arch Lauterer, she pio → Read More
News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in May and June 2020
Here are the latest promotions and appointments, plus notable awards and accomplishments from the last two months. → Read More
#TBT: How Katherine Dunham's Marriage of Anthropology and Artistry Shaped Modern Dance
To call Katherine Dunham a trailblazer is something of an understatement. She was the first American to present indigenous dance on the concert stage, the force behind the first self-supporting Black dance company in the U.S., an unflinching proponent of racial equality and the creator of one of mod → Read More