A Few Friendly Ghosts Help Out a Master of Tap

Dance Review

Symmetry and Geometry, in Mirror Image

By ROSLYN SULCAS

There is an exactitude and fullness about “Electric Midwife,” Beth Gill’s new work at the Chocolate Factory in Long Island City.

Dance Review

A Vision Glimpsed Through the Window, and Its Consequences

By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

From Friday to Sunday the Royal Danish Ballet gave four performances of “La Sylphide” at the David H. Koch Theater.

Beer. Nachos. Arena. Ballet?

By SARAH LYALL

The Royal Ballet in East London shed pretenses and decamped to the O2 arena to perform “Romeo and Juliet,” enjoyed by the masses along with beer, nachos and hot dogs.

Dance Review

A Wild Man-Child by Way of the Bolshoi Tears Up the Met Stage

By ALASTAIR MACAULAY

The young Bolshoi Ballet star Ivan Vasiliev charmed his way across the Metropolitan Opera House stage as Franz in an American Ballet Theater production of “Coppélia.”

Bob or Bun? A Ballerina’s Tough Choice

By GIA KOURLAS

Going from long hair to short marks a drastic change in any woman’s life, but for ballet dancers it’s almost a political act.

Dance in Review

By ROSLYN SULCAS and GIA KOURLAS

Ben Munisteri at Dance Theater Workshop; Sally Gross and Company is at Joyce SoHo; Pascal Rioult is playing a season at the Joyce Theater; and Jody Oberfelder at Pace University.

Dance Review

Moving On Simply by Moving Out

By GIA KOURLAS

Susan Rethorst presents two new works from her “208 East Broadway” series, named after the address of the apartment that she will soon be vacating.

Art in Review

TYSON REEDER

By KAREN ROSENBERG

For his first New York solo show in five years, Tyson Reeder focuses on paintings of heads and landscapes at Daniel Reich.