Dance Index

The journal Dance Index was founded by Lincoln Kirstein in 1942. Over the following seven years, 56 issues were published, presenting original scholarship on a wide range of dance subjects. In the spirit of its predecessor, the new Dance Index examines the multi-dimensional richness and diversity of the world of dance. Its intention is to surprise and excite a general audience with a new level of understanding and appreciation of the real and critical importance of dance in contemporary culture.

New Issue

Dance at 92NY

by Joan Finkelstein

DANCE INDEX, Volume 15

No.1 Spring 2024

978-0-87130-098-0

36 pages, 27 illustrations

$10

What is the power of a place?

When artists and audiences continuously come together under one roof and are sympathetic to original ideas about art, a single institution can change the very nature of how we understand ourselves in society. Thanks to the contributions of its many effective leaders, numerous artists of diverse philosophical and stylistic dispositions, and multiple generations of students and audiences, the 92nd Street Y (92NY) is one such place.

- Peter Kayafas