For the "Nutcracker"-averse, the primordial ooze of Eiko & Koma, Ralph Lemon's fusion experiments, and scary daredeviltry from Elizabeth Streb.

The Royal Danish Ballet can't handle its own sweet history.

From Stuttgart, dance that looks like advertising.

New works from the City Ballet's Diamond Project suggest that its money might be better spent; Trisha Brown succeeds despite a tin ear.

A Nikolais retrospective recalls his emphasis of technology over, you know, human beings; William Forsythe gives ABT its fall winner.

Baryshnikov in his latest incarnation, as a brilliant solo act.

From a history of contemporary dance to Twyla Tharp’s ruminations on “creative DNA,” there’s a bonanza of new books for dance lovers.