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Growing up in Pittsburgh, Kyle Abraham began training there at the Civic Light Opera Academy and the Creative and Performing Arts High School, studying classical cello, piano, and the visual arts as well as dance.… Read More

Growing up in Pittsburgh, Kyle Abraham began training there at the Civic Light Opera Academy and the Creative and Performing Arts High School, studying classical cello, piano, and the visual arts as well as dance.… Read More

Growing up in Pittsburgh, Kyle Abraham began training there at the Civic Light Opera Academy and the Creative and Performing Arts High School, studying classical cello, piano, and the visual arts as well as dance.… Read More

Growing up in Pittsburgh, Kyle Abraham began training there at the Civic Light Opera Academy and the Creative and Performing Arts High School, studying classical cello, piano, and the visual arts as well as dance.… Read More

Growing up in Pittsburgh, Kyle Abraham began training there at the Civic Light Opera Academy and the Creative and Performing Arts High School, studying classical cello, piano, and the visual arts as well as dance.… Read More

Based in Northern Ireland, Oona Doherty studied at The London School of Contemporary Dance, University of Ulster, and Laban London. She has been performing dance theater internationally since 2010, with companies based in the Netherlands,… Read More

Kyle Abraham’s “Inventing Pookie Jenkins” provides a lens to understand the choreographer’s career, recent commissions and future creative trajectory.

Pittsburgh-born Kyle Abraham began training in his home city, studying classical cello, piano, and the visual arts as well as dance. He later earned degrees from SUNY Purchase and NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts,… Read More

As a Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet since 2016, Taylor Stanley has worked with a variety of choreographers, achieving a breakout success (and winning a Bessie Award for Outstanding Performance) with Kyle Abraham’s The… Read More

As a Principal Dancer with New York City Ballet since 2016, Taylor Stanley has worked with a variety of choreographers, achieving a breakout success (and winning a Bessie Award for Outstanding Performance) with Kyle Abraham’s The… Read More

Now a Company-in-Residence at Connecticut College, David Dorfman Dance was founded in 1985. Dorfman is a native Chicagoan who studied with Daniel Nagrin and toured with the companies of Kei Takei and Susan Marshall. His… Read More

Kyle Marshall founded his New York City-based contemporary dance company in 2014 to highlight the dancing body as a container of history, an igniter of social reform, and a site of celebration. Expressing “a choreographic… Read More

After early and extensive training in New York City, Camille A. Brown received her B.F.A. in Dance from the North Carolina School of the Arts. She enjoyed a long-lasting professional association with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence from… Read More

After early and extensive training in New York City, Camille A. Brown received her B.F.A. in Dance from the North Carolina School of the Arts. She enjoyed a long-lasting professional association with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence… Read More

A sought-after speaker, he lectures on everything from dance history to cultural futurism, most recently at Harvard University, South by Southwest Interactive, TEDx, Dance/USA, and Oculus Research. He has consulted for Sotheby’s, The National Ballet… Read More

Hubbard Street 2 (or HS2) was founded by Julie Nakagawa and Lou Conte in 1997 with the intention of preparing young adults for careers in contemporary dance. Serving as a valuable training ground for its… Read More

Both Darrah Carr and Seán Curran have dance training and experience that encompasses the worlds of traditional Irish culture and contemporary dance. Carr has also achieved distinction as a writer and scholar, while Curran is… Read More

Now based in Melbourne, Lucy Guerin was born in Adelaide, Australia. She moved to New York City in 1989 and danced there for seven years with the companies of Tere O’Connor, Bebe Miller, and Sara… Read More

An innovator of modern dance, Alwin Nikolais (1910-1993) created the choreography, sound scores, and scenic designs for more than a hundred productions. After studying at the Bennington School of Dance and serving in the armed… Read More

Founded as a multicultural ensemble in 1982, the company was born of an eleven-year artistic collaboration between Bill T. Jones and the late Arnie Zane (1948-1988), appearing multiple times at the Pillow since its debut… Read More