Dance: Whats the Buzz from the New York Times

Review: Craig Hall’s Last Matinee on a Lincoln Center Stage
Mr. Hall, of New York City Ballet, said a poignant farewell to his New York audiences on Sunday and conjured a world beyond the stage.

American Ballet Theater and City Ballet Revive Two Great Ballet Love Stories
American Ballet Theater is dancing Frederick Ashton’s “La Fille Mal Gardée,” and New York City Ballet is performing George Balanchine’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

Critic’s Notebook: In Savion Glover’s ‘Shuffle Along,’ Tap’s Reach Has Its Limits
Mr. Glover is joining the cast of this musical, but it has no role for a star dancer, unlike “Jelly’s Last Jam” or “Bring in ’da Noise, Bring in ’da Funk.”

Review: Irene Rodríguez Compañía Offers Flamenco With Flirtation
At the Joyce Theater’s Cuba Festival, dancers wielded castanets like weapons, staging battles they’ve fought many times before.

From Ballerina to Mom, and Back Again
A look at how Maria Kowroski got back into shape after giving birth.

A Ballerina’s Return From Maternity Leave
The New York City Ballet principal Maria Kowroski loves being a new mother to her son, Dylan. But conditioning herself for a comeback posed challenges.

Dance Listings for May 20-26

Review: Beth Gill’s ‘Catacomb,’ Dreamlike and Site-Specific
A new work at the Chocolate Factory hypnotizes audiences with what they can see, like focus of position, and just as much with what they can’t.

Review: Merce Cunningham’s Work, on Film, Then in the Flesh
The program, at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, looks at the choreographer’s early works.

Italian Dance: Tradition and Immigration
A weeklong festival features 17 companies, four film presentations and four world premieres.

Review: ‘Shostakovich Trilogy,’ Where Joy and Grief Flourish
Alexei Ratmansky’s work, presented by American Ballet Theater, remains a fascinating, thrilling, bewilderingly ambiguous evocation of life in Shostakovich’s Russia.

Review: A Mark Morris Premiere Features Singular Theater Poetry
A program by the Mark Morris Dance Group includes two new works: “The,” set to one of the “Brandenburg” Concertos, and “A Forest,” set to a Haydn piano trio.

Review: Taylor Stanley Rises in City Ballet’s ‘Hallelujah Junction’
Peter Martins, the ballet master in chief of New York City Ballet, promoted Mr. Stanley to principal dancer moments before the curtain rose.

Review: In Gala, American Ballet Theater Is Open to Debate
The company’s spring gala on Monday featured exceptional performances, including the premiere of Alexei Ratmansky’s “Serenade After Plato’s Symposium.”

Review: ‘Showroom’ Shows That Show People Smile When They Are Low
DanzAbierta uses a cabaret setting to contrast happy public faces and private anguish as part of the Cuba Festival at the Joyce Theater.

Review: Waging Battle With Scarcity and Borders at La MaMa Dance Festival
Cardell Dance Theater looks at emigration in “Supper: People on the Move,” and the Tiffany Mills Company faces famine in “After the Feast.”

Review: Julia Mapp’s ‘Luxury Rentals’ Asks What Is Precious
The rising premium on real estate takes on a larger significance when space is considered as a condition essential to dance in Julia Mapp’s new work.

Review: Pennsylvania Ballet’s ‘A Program of Firsts,’ a Tricky Triple Bill
The company danced Balanchine’s “Serenade” and two premieres, Matthew Neenan’s “Archīva” and Liam Scarlett’s “Asphodel Meadows.”

Dance Listings for May 13-19

Review: A Robbins Double Bill at New York City Ballet
As a master of both ballet and Broadway, Jerome Robbins remains unsurpassed. City Ballet’s “Dances at a Gathering” and “West Side Story Suite” honor that dual legacy.

The Week Ahead: Mark Morris Dance Group Offers Intimacy in Brooklyn
The company presents “A Forest,” a new dance for nine, that is set to Haydn and includes costumes by a former company member, Maile Okamura.

Review: Malpaso, Like the Familiar Comfort of an Old Sweater
The Cuban troupe returns to the Joyce Theater and presents older works by Osnel Delgado and Ronald K. Brown.

Alexei Ratmansky Has Russian Poetry and an American Pulse
The choreographer mingles the spirits of two countries at American Ballet Theater.

Critic’s Notebook: For City Ballet, a Balanchine Season of Renewal
This company has been dancing “Ballo della Regina” and other works of its founder, George Balanchine, during its spring season.

City Center’s Season to Include a New Vail Dance Festival
Vail Dance Festival: ReMix NYC is to run from Nov. 3-Nov. 6; the season includes Fall for Dance and performances by the ballerina Natalia Osipova.

Christie’s Finds Relief in Stable Prices, and a Basquiat Sale
The auction house’s postwar and contemporary art sale surpassed its low estimate, helped by a $57.3 million canvas by Jean-Michel Basquiat.

A Performance Project That Brings Some Mystery to the Glass House
Gerard & Kelly’s “Modern Living,” done by nine dancers at the iconic Modernist home in Conn., addresses issues of queerness in domestic space.

Review: American Ballet Theater’s ‘Sylvia’ Is a Rich Harmony
This Frederick Ashton work at the Metropolitan Opera House features a heroine who is multifaceted and modern, even though the plot is set in antiquity.

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival Announces Summer Lineup
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings will kick off the event in Prospect Park on June 8.

Dance Review: Review: ‘Frankenstein,’ at Royal Ballet, Complete With Dissection
Liam Scarlett’s new production, which superimposes grotesquerie on conventional story ballet tropes, had its premiere at the Royal Opera House.

Review: In Travelogues, Dance Postcards, Exactingly Handwritten
Colin Gee and Angie Smalis presented two works at Abrons Arts Center as part of Travelogues, a series organized by Laurie Uprichard.

Cuban Dance, Modern Again
A look at contemporary dance companies in Havana.

The Key to Cuban Ballet’s Future
A look at the National Ballet School in Havana.

Review: An Indivisible Quartet at the LaMaMa Moves! Festival
There was nothing overly religious about “toPRAY,” performed by InNprogressCollective. But the group’s focus brought a spiritual element to the work.

Cuban Ballet: Proud Past, Promising Future
The long-closed dance system may flourish even more with new relationships.

What Comes Next for Cuban Modern Dance?
As Cuban-American barriers tumble, companies like Malpaso are performing in New York, working with American choreographers and anticipating change.

Louise Erdrich on Her New Novel, ‘LaRose,’ and the Psychic Territory of Native Americans
Interviewed in Minneapolis, where she runs her own bookstore, the author spoke about her conception of family, ancestors and storytelling.

Critic’s Notebook: The Composer Frederic Rzewski: In His Notes, Protest and Politics
This pianist-composer, a subtle but avowed leftist, is being celebrated at Bargemusic and elsewhere this week.

Cuban Ballet School in Motion
Students in class at the National Ballet School in Havana.

New York City Ballet Opens a Spring Gala, and Some Umbrellas
The troupe featured world premieres from Nicolas Blanc and Christopher Wheeldon.

Dancers Confront Spatial Change in ‘Luxury Rentals’
Juliette Mapp’s latest, which explores how dancers’ lives evolve with the cityscape, has its premiere at Danspace Project.

Dance Listings for May 6-12

Victory Dance Series to Include Limón and Camille A. Brown Troupes
New Victory Theater’s series of free shows for students, from July 13 through July 29, will also have Lar Lubovitch and David Neumann’s dancers.

Polina Semionova Withdraws From American Ballet Theater’s 2016 Spring Season
For the second year in a row, this principal dancer has removed herself from performances for medical reasons.

Review: São Paulo Dance Company Makes a Tepid U.S. Debut
The company presented premieres by three Brazilian choreographers. As minor as the works turned out to be, at least they were new.