For as long as she can remember, Jennifer Homans has been interested in the why of ballet: Instead of merely just doing, the process of understanding the history of dance has always appealed to her.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We have proof that humans have been dancing as far back as prehistoric times. They danced for their god or gods, to celebrate ...

Dance to Belong: A History of Dance at 92NY testifies to 92NY as a key site in dance and belonging. Photographs, performance programs, artwork, digital media, rare film footage, and other unseen ...

The late Bay Area choreographer Anna Halprin, who helped redefine dance in post-war America, liked to say that moving one’s body for whatever purpose – art, exercise, human connection – is fundamental ...

Local journalist and history buff Katie Thornton looked into the history of these uncomfortably-long dances and found a rather grim backstory. [MUSIC PLAYING] CATHY WURZER: Here's a question for you.

The first electronic music was classical music. Its practitioners—composers like John Cage, Edgard Varèse, Pierre Boulez—were entrenched in the Western classical tradition, and they mostly used ...

SAN FRANCISCO --- The sights and sounds of Bollywood filled San Francisco's Asian Art Museum over the weekend at the opening party for its newest exhibit: Beyond Bollywood: 2000 Years of Dance in Art.

Continues the introduction of the history and techniques of contemporary dance and the modern dance tradition through deepened study of basic dance principles and aesthetics including the continued ...

We have proof that humans have been dancing as far back as prehistoric times. They danced for their god or gods, to celebrate major events, and just for fun or exercise. Proof of early dancing has ...