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For many years, I have grappled with a sense that dance, my life’s work and utmost passion, exists within a sphere of privilege that is detached from the…

The impact on the heart and soul of a particular performance or program can, at rare times, be inspirational. So it was with Monday night’s twice-delayed 10th…

Alison Cook Beatty Dance, a relatively young, small company that I have reviewed several times previously, was supposed to celebrate its 10th Anniversary with…

“Hope Ashore,” from New York-based contemporary company, Alison Cook Beatty Dance, explores the idea of connection, telling the story of two people on either…

Alison Cook Beatty Dance is thrilled to announce its 10th New York City Season, Artists In Motion Mini, this March 12th, 2022 at the KnJ Theater at Peridance…

NEW YORK, NY – The Westhampton Beach Project is the 3rd annual free to the public event that brings a combination of music, ballet and modern dance. The…

HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- In June of 2020, we told you about a dance company that turned a Central Park ball field into a studio in the middle of the…

As a collective, we are like a rainbow of colorful crayons, which is way more interesting than a box full of the same color. I ran with this idea and started…

A New York-based modern company gathers New York spirits in Central Park.

We are so excited to be able to offer FREE half-hour virtual classes open to dancers and non-dancers alike. Classes will be offered on our Instagram account…

Lauren Glassberg from abc7ny reports on Alison Cook-Beatty, who came up with the idea of teaching ballet on baseball fields in Central Park.

We are moving forward with our fall programming at this time, including opening up the application for our own Artists in Motion 2020 season at the Salvatore…

In this collaborative work we aspire to reveal some of the inner stories we hear in the Preludes of Shostakovich and Auerbach. The dancers embody people very…

I returned to Riverside Church Theatre last Friday for a combined program by Infinity Dance Theater and Alison Cook Beatty Dance, and found that despite the…

The biggest challenge for every nonprofit is ongoing fundraising and support and Cook-Beatty’s dance company is no different. As a company grows, each…

I recently had the pleasure of revisiting an excerpt of Alison Cook Beatty’s newest work, Magnetic Temptations at the APAP Showcase at the Salvatore Capezio…

I’m used to raucous, rumbling trains – especially in New York City. And when I attended RAW: An Evening With Alison Cook Beatty Dance at Milford Arts Council…

READart’s Heather Zises sat down with Alison Cook Beatty to discuss her recent showcase, Moving Stories: An Evening with Alison Cook Beatty Dance at Peridance…

If any critic is a proponent for the relevance of American Modern Dance in 2017, it would certainly be me. Modern Dance is undeniably communicative of human…

For the fifth year in a row, Alison Cook Beatty Dance brought the sheer joy of movement and music to more than 50 residents at the Mary Manning Walsh Home, a…

From Concept to Production: An evening with Alison Cook Beatty Dance will begin at 7PM with a reception of free drinks and hors d’oeuvre. Art work and…

Alison Cook Beatty Dance will perform a WORLD PREMIERE (Untitled) and MURMURATION featuring the music of Ottorino Respighi in an hour-long program. The…

The 2016 premiere Murmuration by choreographer Alison Cook-Beatty, performed by her company Alison Cook Beatty Dance, imaginatively offers vignettes of daily…