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Floating Gracefully Into Madness

By GIA KOURLAS

Julieta Cervantes for The New York Times

Natalia Osipova, of the Mikhailovsky Ballet, as Giselle at the Koch Theater.

Natalia Osipova was the shining lead in the Mikhailovsky Ballet’s United States debut, “Giselle, ou les Willis,” at Lincoln Center.

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Keeping Broadway’s Steps Alive

By BRIAN SEIBERT

American Dance Machine for the 21st Century, a repertory company for musical-theater dance, made its debut at the Joyce Theater on Tuesday.

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Grim Horrors of Modernity, via Auden

By ROSLYN SULCAS

The Royal Ballet presented the premiere of Liam Scarlett’s “The Age of Anxiety,” based on the Auden poem, and works by Kim Brandstrup and Christopher Wheeldon.

November 13, 2014

New York Live Arts Names New Director

Thomas O. Kriegsmann is to be its director of programs, a new position that will include artist development projects.

November 4, 2014

Elisa Monte to Retire From Dance Company

Ms. Monte founded Elisa Monte Dance in 1981, and will be replaced as artistic director by Tiffany Rea-Fisher.

October 30, 2014

Peter Sellars to Direct Dance Event at Park Avenue Armory

“FLEXN” at the Park Avenue Armory, featuring 18 dancers from Brooklyn, will be directed by Peter Sellars.

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Syncopated Ladies Maud Arnold with this tap-dancing group, performing at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater on Friday evening. Beauteez’n the Beat, another tap troupe, also performed this weekend, at the club Nublu.

Hear Those Tapping Shoes? That’s the Sound of Empowerment

By BRIAN SEIBERT

Two tap-dancing troupes, Syncopated Ladies and Beauteez’n the Beat, performed in separate shows in New York.

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Hannes Langolf as the title character in

Men in Towels on the Prowl and Other Steamy Scenes From the Sauna

By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

“John,” by the choreographer Lloyd Newson and based on multiple interviews, is about a gay sauna as a transformative experience.

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Globe-Trotter Dashes Into a Challenge

By ROSLYN SULCAS

The Semperoper Ballett was part of a Richard Strauss evening commemorating the 150th anniversary of his birth.

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Jessica Lee Goldyn performing “Turkey Lurkey Time” from “Promises, Promises.”

Reliving the Shock of a Pas de Nude

By JACK ANDERSON

A dance troupe is dedicated to preserving and performing musical-theater choreography.

Mikhail Messerer, the ballet master in chief at the Mikhailovsky Ballet of St. Petersburg.

Russian Troupe Poised for a Global Stage

By MARINA HARSS

The Mikhailovsky Ballet of St. Petersburg, which has lately seen its fortunes rise, will begin a two-week run on Tuesday at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center.

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Ronald K. Brown’s dance company, Evidence, is presenting “One Shot: Rhapsody in Black and White,” which draws on Charles Harris’s images of black life in mid-20th-century Pittsburgh, at BRIC House in Brooklyn. Pictured: Coral Dolphin.

With Eloquent Arms, Movement Gives Voice to Visceral Images

By BRIAN SEIBERT

On Thursday, Ronald K. Brown and his company, Evidence, began a run at BRIC House in Brooklyn.

Israel Galván, left, and Akram Khan performing ‘‘Torobaka.’’

A Duel and a Duet as Flamenco and Kathak Face Off

By ROSLYN SULCAS

In “Torobaka” at Sadler’s Wells, the dancers Israel Galván and Akram Khan demonstrate the connections between flamenco and kathak through their powerful and rhythmic footwork.

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The choreographer Audrey Hailes in “Death Made Love to My Feet,” as part of DoublePlus, a performance series at Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center.

A Study of Opposites

By GIA KOURLAS

Gibney Dance’s DoublePlus series opened with a program featuring Audrey Hailes and the Royal Osiris Karaoke Ensemble, curated by Annie-B Parson.

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