In summer 2013, brother and sister duo Jeffrey and Lia Cirio, principal dancers with American Ballet Theatre and Boston Ballet, respectively, started a summer gig for choreographers and danc…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 10:45PMIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts. July 7, 2017. Part of artistic modernism is a chipping away at – even, sometimes, a knocking down of – the walls betweens …
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 09:33AMThe Joyce Theater, New York, NY. June 30, 2017. It’s 2017, and in order for audiences to be wowed nowadays, performances often incorporate high-tech special effects, complex mechanical set…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 10:40AMIf you are a dancer, you’ve heard the term “Marley Floors” at some point. When you think about them, you probably imagine the flooring of your home dance studio, or that performance su…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 09:36AMChase Johnsey is not afraid to be different. And from mimicking the line dancing in a Billy Ray Cyrus music video, to winning national titles in clogging, and now to performing male and fema…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 09:19AMJacob’s Pillow, celebrating its 85th Festival in 2017, is a National Historic Landmark, recipient of the National Medal of Arts and home to America’s longest-running international d…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 09:15AMWhat do Sylvie Guillem, Natalie Portman, Serena Williams, Alec Baldwin and Joaquin Phoenix have in common? They are all very public about their vegan diet. While the term “vegan” might s…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 09:07AMThey say that costuming can make or break a performance. If your dancers are stellar, it won’t matter, bad costumes are merely a dent in a solid structure. But also, if your dancers are st…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 08:41AMWithout question, water is an incredibly important ingredient for life. We can live far longer without food than we can without water. H2O is at the center of innumerable chemical reactions …
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 08:38AMDenis Jones is one of today’s most exciting choreographers on the musical theater scene. Whether designing dances for an original work or a revival production, his aesthetic draws upon cla…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 08:20AMNothing can replace taking class for developing technique and artistry, of course. But learning about dance history, contemporary choreographers and companies, technique and performance tips…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 08:14AMMost dancers are familiar with the Rockettes, Radio City Music Hall’s dance troupe of tall, talented and beautiful precision dancers. While the Rockettes are best known for their annual Ch…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 08:05AMIn May, Kentucky native Mac Allen was named the winner for BellaMoxi Dance Convention’s 2017 Emerging Artists Choreographic Festival in Phoenix, AZ, for her routine A State of Being. Curre…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 08:02AMEmily Molnar, artistic director of Ballet BC, has had a vision for the Canadian company since she took over its leadership in 2009: to be a hub of creativity where choreographers can instant…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 08:00AMAs dancers, we buy and wear a lot of makeup — red lipstick, false eyelashes, peachy pink blush and so much more. But have you ever wondered about the history of the makeup industry in our …
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 09:23PMRome wasn’t built in a day, they say. It’s the same for artists; growth takes years of practice, learning from mistakes and meaningful experiences. Just like a city, artists also have ma…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 09:18PMFrom the founders and owners of Boys Dance Too: The Dance Store for Men comes the inaugural Male Dancer Conference, set for August 18-21, at the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance in…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 09:15PMSince its initial class of just 30 students back in 2013, AbunDance Academy of the Arts has blossomed into a multi-faceted arts initiative serving the greater Brooklyn community. Broadway v…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 10:27AMThe United Dance Merchants of America (UDMA) Dance Resource and Costume Show will bring master teachers, leading costume designers and innovative dance professionals together under one roof,…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 07:58PMIn the spring of 2015, I was contacted by Don Mirault about teaching for a new program that he was launching in Las Vegas. Mirault has distinguished himself in every medium of our business. …
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 08:43AMThe time is quickly approaching for the dance event that dance teachers and students alike look forward to each year: DancerPalooza and the Dance Teacher Summit. Characterized as a “one-of…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 12:59AMMaybe the biggest struggle for choreographers is keeping choreography fresh, new, innovative and exciting. Dance is ever evolving and changing, and keeping up with new trends (or creating ne…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 12:00AMWhat, per-se, can we say an organization is? It has no physical location, apart from its offices and accompanying spaces, or other tangible presence. Many people balked when Mitt Romney clai…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 11:52PMWhen dancers hear the word “robot”, they’ll probably break out the well-known dance move! With “the robot”, motions start and end with a physical dimestop (an abrupt stop). Michael…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 11:40PMFormer dance competition kid and current Broadway Connection Teaching Artist Sarah Bishop grew up in small town America, but now she has spread her wings and is touring the country on the Ca…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 11:10PMMetropolitan Opera House, New York, New York. May 30, 2017. The house roared with a prolonged standing ovation. Over 170 years after its premiere, the iconic romantic ballet Giselle, perform…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 10:49PMI have fond memories of going to Boston Ballet School every summer, but I’ll never forget how sore and exhausted I was. We used to joke that we wished there was a magic pill to make it all…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 10:47PMAmerican Ballet Theatre (ABT) Principal James Whiteside is not your stereotypical premier male danseur. He’s got an edge. Whiteside started as a competition kid, training at the D̵…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 10:35PMThe Davenport Theatre, New York, New York. May 30, 2017. It might be a grand claim, but nothing can unify quite like art can. 1940s Hollywood musicals, for example, offered light-hearted a…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 09:25AMNo, Al Blackstone is not choreographing a piece on some extra-limbed tarantula but on the all-male modern dance company called 10 Hairy Legs. 10 Hairy Legs was founded in 2012 as a reperto…
Linked From www.danceinforma.com at 07:44AMThis summer, on Friday evenings from June 16-July 14, Bryant Park will showcase a series of performances highlighting fresh, original and innovative artists in the contemporary dance realm. …
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