The Kaye Playhouse, New York, NY.April 18, 2024. Tom Gold Dance, founded in 2008 by Tom Gold, held its spring season at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College on April 17 and 18, in NYC. While the ...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/04/24/tom-gold-dance-2024-spring-season-different-shades/
From April 22 — Earth Day — through April 30, Juilliard presents three unique programs that celebrate and consider our changing environment. Ellen Reid SOUNDWALK Lincoln Center and Central ...
The Paul Taylor Dance Company and George Comfort & Sons have announced that they have finalized an agreement for the dance organization to relocate its headquarters to George Comfort & Sons’ 30...
This summer, Jacob’s Pillow will produce the 92nd season of its premier international dance festival, in a nine-week celebration of some of today’s most groundbreaking artists and dance compa...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/04/16/jacobs-pillow-dance-festival-returns-for-its-92nd-season/
New York City Center, New York, NY.April 4, 2024. Over the course of four days in April, the cool kids came to town. Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT), the bastion of contemporary dance in Europe bas...
The Woodman Family and Community Arts Center, Providence, RI.March 17, 2024. One could explore the possibilities within dance art for a lifetime and only scratch the surface. Generations of artis...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/04/12/moving-multiplicity-ballet-ri-off-the-charts/
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY.March 21, 2024. In Mark Morris’ world, The Look of Love is packaged in brightly colored, nostalgic, approachable wrapping. The work, his first since 2017...
Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA.March 16, 2024. The classic Disney canon is nostalgic for many of this reviewer’s generation. Maybe we re-experience it when we have our own children and w...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/04/11/a-nostalgic-classic-in-2024-boston-ballets-cinderella/
Tickets are now on sale for the 2024 United Dance Merchants of America (UDMA) shows. UDMA will be holding four regional shows to share its incredible, expansive experiences with dance teachers an...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/04/10/2024-udma-tickets-are-now-on-sale/
The family favorite ballet, Cinderella, done only as A&A Ballet can, returns to the Chicago stage for the first time in six years, on May 18. This unique performance and take on the fairy tale is...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/04/08/chicagos-aa-ballet-presents-family-favorite-cinderella/
Trains, planes, automobiles; hotels, subway, restaurant reservations; classes, shows, educational tours…the details involved with an NYC studio trip can go on and on and on. It’s enough to ma...
The word “second” can have negative connotations – not first, not the best, runner-up, almost there. But it can also mean being prepared and groomed and ready to step in to the “first.”...
It might be the cliché of all clichés, but it really can be about the friends we make along the way. That can be especially true in creative endeavors, where a unique kind of camaraderie grows ...
Each year, Vail, CO, known primarily for its ski and snowboard prowess, becomes a summer camp for dance stars when it hosts the Vail Dance Festival for 13 days of superior dance artistry. Under t...
Every ballet dancer wants flawless pointe work. Great pointe technique can get you noticed and make you stand out at a summer program or ballet company audition. The ability to make it look effor...
When the world shut down in March 2020, everything stopped. No more gatherings, no more group dance classes. Slowly, and thanks to the innovations of many determined minds, life before the pandem...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/04/03/keep-the-dancers-dancing-stagestep-tap-boards/
Unions are having a moment, as they say, in the United States. In the arts, that union activity includes the SAG-AFTRA and (recently resolved) WGA strikes. There are many different unions that se...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/04/02/unions-for-dancers-explained-what-dance-artists-should-know/
Professional dancers know the power of a good nutrition plan for a run of performances to boost performance while also reducing muscle soreness and mental fatigue. Dance students can take a page ...
Children’s classics are classics for a reason; they stand the test of time. Young ones can experience these stories over and over without getting tired of them. Of course, parents doing the rea...
Have you ever wanted to get a glimpse into The Royal Ballet School and experience world-class training at its finest? Well, now is your chance. For the very first time, on any device, wherever yo...
Mavis Staines, Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed Canada’s National Ballet School (NBS) since 1989, will be retiring from the role in June of this year. As only the second Artis...
Picture this: a dance studio full of children moving and creating. You may not have expected it, but some of them are using wheelchairs and other assistive devices. Led by a skilled teaching arti...
Renowned Canadian-American choreographer and artistic director Aszure Barton will partner with Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Dance Division for a two-week artist residency every spring, from...
The Tank (Meghan Finn, Artistic Director; Johnny G. Lloyd, Director of Artistic Development; Molly FitzMaurice, Managing Producer) presents, in a co-production with Amanda + James, The Lydian ...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/04/01/the-tank-presents-the-lydian-gale-parr/
Christos Tsiantoulas is the kind of dancer who’s done a little bit of everything. Versatility is built into his personality – he leads with openness and curiosity. For dancers who want their ...
The Foundry, Cambridge, MA.March 10, 2024. One might wonder why a dance academy and a dance collaborative would team up to present a program. Kristin Wagner of The Click Boston and Meredith Wells...
Boston Opera House, Boston, MA.February 25, 2024. World-building is commonly discussed in the art forms of literature, film and television – yet are there worlds of their own in concert dance a...
When you travel to Illinoise, you don’t know what you’re going to get – but you can rest assured you’ll leave with a goodie bag of feelings. The production, choreographed and directed by ...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/03/12/justin-pecks-illinoise-a-goodie-bag-of-feelings/
In ballet training, it’s not just about the pliés and grand jetés. Yes, proper and age-appropriate technique is important for a ballet education, but how can teachers train the whole artist, ...
Ariel Rivka Dance, known for its emotive and vulnerable choreography, announces its Annual Spring Season at New York Live Arts, March 7-9. A dynamic showcase of five repertory pieces, includi...
Watching dancers turn and leap in a darkened theater, removed at a distance – that’s one thing. Being fully immersed, performers working all around you and all of your senses absorbed – tha...
Boston University, Boston, MA.December 1, 2023 (viewed via livestream and recorded video). Nozama Dance Collective has always been bold and taken risks. That’s right in the name; “Nozama” i...
Broadway Theatre Project (BTP) is an institution in American musical theater education. The summer training program, which was started by Broadway legend Ann Reinking and associate Debra McWaters...
The Foundry, Cambridge, MA.January 21, 2024. Childhood birthday parties, red Solo cup parties of an older age, preteen girls learning to use menstrual products, the first colonoscopy: these are j...
It all started with a bag of Hello Kitty candy. When Saskia Gregson-Williams moved to Los Angeles from the UK, and was searching for a ballet school to attend, her dad’s friend suggested Yuri G...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/02/01/ballet-and-fitness-and-friends-merge-in-grace-form-studio/
In Parentheses and Lailou Productions present IPHIGENIA POINT BLANK, a thought-provoking and timely production that weaves together the age-old myth of Iphigenia with the modern-day refugee cri...
Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has launched a new fundraising campaign to provide financial support for young dancers taking RAD exams across the world. Named ‘Steps to Success’ the campaign, w...
Dance on Camera and Film at Lincoln Center (FLC) presents the 52nd edition of the Dance on Camera Festival from February 9-12. The four-day festival features 11 programs with a total of 36 films ...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/01/31/52nd-dance-on-camera-festival-highlights-dance-innovators/
February is Black History Month, a time to honor the contributions of and pay tribute to the generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity and have helped shape our nation. During...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/01/31/celebrate-black-history-month-with-dance/
San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) Principal Dancer Yuan Yuan Tan will give her final performance with the Company on February 14, dancing the role of Marguerite in Sir Frederick Ashton’s Margue...
There’s something spring to how a dance work comes to life. Buds pop as something gels and a choreographer exclaims “yes, that’s just it!”. Sweet flowers fully bloom as sections materiali...
Founded in 2004, by Sarah Slipper, NW Dance Project is a contemporary dance company in Portland, Oregon, dedicated to the creation and performance of innovative new works from established and eme...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/01/30/nw-dance-project-a-chance-to-experiment/
Ballet has long influenced fashion outside of the dance world. The classic “ballet flat” has been a staple footwear style for decades, and the dreamy elegance of tulle has inspired many a b...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/01/29/ballet-fashion-of-2024/
It’s fairly common for dance artists to serve in multiple roles: performer, choreographer, teaching artist, administrator, et cetera. Tiffany Rea-Fisher epitomizes such a multifaceted dance art...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/01/28/new-role-same-values-a-talk-with-tiffany-rea-fisher/
Margaret Mullin retired from her dance career at Pacific Northwest Ballet (PNB) in 2020. While she had been planning on freelancing after her leave of PNB, the pandemic halted those plans altoget...
Happy 2024, studio owners – have you solidified your studio’s schedule for the year yet? Fitting in all the performance opportunities, educational workshops and industry events can feel overw...
Dance Informa continues the three-part series, How to navigate your European audition tour, where we hear from three American dancers who are working and living abroad in Europe. For them, it was...
Running a successful dance studio takes focus, energy and the right team in place. And sometimes, we need just a little extra help to make our business run smoothly and the best it can. Luckily, ...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/01/25/dance-teacher-web-offers-monthly-hot-topics-and-tips/
Congregation Kehillath Israel (viewed virtually).November 9, 2023. In Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (certainly a 2023 mega blockbuster), America Ferrera’s character proposes “Regular Barbie”: jus...
The Strand Theatre (viewed via YouTube).November 3, 2023. “Books are a uniquely portable magic.” – Stephen King One could argue that, at its core, dance art is about bringing forward the ...
https://www.danceinforma.com/2024/01/23/the-stories-in-us-abilities-dance-bostons-the-banned-ballet/