The best Dance newsletters

Detailed reviews and criticism of ballet and contemporary dance performances, focused on New York companies such as New York City Ballet. Readers get informed, opinionated assessments of choreography, individual dancers and repertory history.

Howard Gray's Groove Theory newsletter explores the unscripted, behind-the-scenes craft of how creative work and people get good at it, using historical case studies such as Pina Bausch's Bochum production and a Channel 4 Serie A broadcast. Issues also include personal football club writing about Clapton CFC.

A Dance Mag – Online is a magazine profiling independent dance artists worldwide, with essays and interviews on intercultural work, choreography and migration. Readers get critical reviews of works in progress, artist interviews, and reflections on how dance is evolving across disciplines.

A personal serial written by a transgender woman documenting her experiences with dance, vogue ballroom culture, and facial feminization surgery recovery. Readers get candid, vividly written first-person accounts of body, identity, and the emotional and physical realities of gender-affirming surgery.

A weekly-style guide to Toronto's visual and performing arts scene, pairing features and interviews with a curated list of upcoming shows, events, and opportunities. Readers get coverage of local arts news, city cultural policy, and music and dance performances across Southern Ontario.

POST Aberdeen covers the city's cultural scene with local news, interviews and live music reviews. Issues include community arts organisations, festival histories and gig write-ups from Aberdeen venues.

Video posts documenting choreographic miniatures from the series Six Propositions, with credits and notes on how each piece was improvised. Readers get a view into one choreographer's process of structured improvisation and recombination of movement material.

Event announcements and teaching schedule from a movement artist and capoeira teacher, mostly listing workshops, camps and bodywork sessions with registration links. Occasional short reflections on body awareness and play give a glimpse of her teaching philosophy.

Announcements for dance and somatics classes, workshops and festival teaching by Carmen Serber in Seattle. Issues give dates, prices, locations and a description of the movement approach, which draws on the Axis Syllabus and the idea of joints as body centers.

A weekly newsletter that shares a curated set of Argentine tango tandas, short runs of related songs from a particular orchestra or era, each numbered in sequence. It suits dancers and listeners who want ready-made playlists for milongas and practice.

This newsletter promotes classes and programs in music, dance, art and coding for children, families, adults, schools and clinicians. Its issues are mainly calls to action and menus of options, with little original writing or practical substance.