Oluwadamilare “Dare” Ayorinde, called Dare (pronounced Da-ray), is this year’s Emerging Commissioned New Jersey Choreographer award from Dance on the Lawn.

Elaine Molinaro writes that Faye Driscoll "electrified her audience with a visceral embodiment of grief" at Peak Performances earlier this month.

Peak Performances presents choreographer and performance artist Ann Carlson and Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company’s “Elizabeth, the dance,” from Thursday, March 28, through  Sunday, March 31.

Montclair High School Dance Company students perform in “Becoming,” a presentation involving 50 dancers., on the weekend of March 10.

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At Buzz Aldrin Middle School, everyone who wants to dance can take dance and perform in the dance concert. One hundred seventy students perform Jan. 31.

“Smashed” by Gandini Juggling made its American debut at Peak Performances, astonishing cynical critics and delighting the audience.

Gandini Juggling inspires a math class to look at the patterns in toys. "Smashed" performs at Peak Performances Thursday, Dec. 13 through Sunday, Dec. 16.

“Smashed,” an homage to choreographer Pina Bausch and the mathematics of dance, from Gandini Juggling, will perform at Peak Performancesm Thursday, Dec. 13- Sunday, Dec. 16.

"field," the final installment in a trilogy commissioned from Liz Gerring Dance Company, will have its world premiere at Peak Performances Oct. 18-21.