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Where do you see dance going in the next 80 years? Celebrating our anniversary isn't only about where we've come from, but where we're heading. We asked some of the creative thinkers in our field to look into their crystal ball and predict the future of dance. Here they share their visions--some realistic, some utopian, and some tongue-in-cheek.

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KAROLE ARMITAGE

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, ARMITAGE GONE! DANCE

I hope our culture will see quality of life as something more complex than attaining fame and fortune. We need a counterculture to shake things up so that our world is more dynamic, less celebrity-oriented and boringly corporate. It takes a lot of work to make a nice product that is easy to market and package. But that is not art. An artist's life is about taking chances and making discoveries. I hope there will be more vision and less imitation in the future.

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LAUREN ANDERSON

OUTREACH ASSOCIATE, HOUSTON BALLET

As much as technology can be a useful tool, I would not want to see it replace the time-honored process of passing on the art, person to person, dancer to dancer. With the packed rehearsal schedules many companies work under these days, I sometimes fear that technology is taking over. Dancers are learning roles from videos, but you can't achieve artistry from looking at a screen. Even if it takes time, there's no substitute for careful artistic coaching of the kind I enjoyed throughout my career. We must not lose that. It's not good enough to keep cranking out ballets if the quality is missing. I hope I can play a role in helping young dancers understand what it is to become a true artist.

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OHAD NAHARIN

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR, BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY

Global warming, shortage of oil, nuclear disasters, and international terrorism will make people stay at home. You'll be afraid to go out. People will have...

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