Sunday, July 2, 2017
As 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 …
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:27AMSaturday, July 1, 2017
The 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,…
SOURCE: 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. …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:43AMThursday, June 29, 2017
The 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…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:59AMTuesday, June 20, 2017
It was a pleasure to sit down with Ariel Stess, Alex Borinsky, and Heidi Schreck, the playwrights of Clubbed Thumb’s Summerworks Series, to talk about plays, passion, and politics. In o…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 07:00AMWednesday, June 14, 2017
I was born in Quezon City in the Philippines on September 30, 1991. Soon after, I was put up for adoption. My 18 year-old birth mother didn’t have the resources to take care of a baby a…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 09:33AMThursday, June 8, 2017
It’s hard to believe that Mimi Lien only just made her Broadway debut this past season with Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812. Although Mimi cultivated her craft over the ye…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 07:00AMWednesday, June 7, 2017
Every time the name Martyna Majok comes up in a conversation, it is always followed by the same knee-jerk reaction: a look of awe, a hand on the heart, a great big beaming smile. In ink a…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 07:00AMMaybe 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…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:00AMTuesday, June 6, 2017
What, 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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…
SOURCE: 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. …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:39AMThe American Dance Competition | International Ballet Competition, or “ADC|IBC” for short, held its 12th Annual Event for pre-professional dancers aged seven through 21 on Marc…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:03AM In this first few moments of speaking with Paloma Young it is clear she is as eloquent and intentional as her work is eye-catching and boundary-defying. Our conversation reminded me of a …
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 07:00AMIt’s graduation season, and amidst the celebrations, parties and congratulatory cards is the one question that sparks anxiety in every dancer: “What’s next for you?” Whether we’re …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 06:59AMBroadway legend Ann Reinking and her long-time associate, Debra McWaters, founded the renowned Broadway Theatre Project back in 1991. Over 25 years later, the Broadway Theatre Project — no…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 06:35AMHere, experts from Stagestep Flooring Solutions share advice on building your own dance floor system for your studio. Building your own dance floor system starts out with preparation, pla…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 06:25AMMonday, June 5, 2017
Many successful artists have a chameleon quality, to be able to shift and morph according to the project at hand. Yet, something in them remains rooted and deep, unchanging through the stick…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:56AMSunday, June 4, 2017
In early April, Efren Herrera, Richard Mon and Brian Wesselman were named the winners for BellaMoxi Dance Convention’s 2017 Emerging Artists Choreographic Festival in Chicago, IL for their…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:25AMFriday, June 2, 2017
New York City Ballet (NYCB) Principal Tiler Peck has curated an original program for the return of The Music Center’s BalletNow this July 28-30. Over three evenings, some of the most talen…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:28AMThursday, June 1, 2017
For over 30 years, Denise Wall has been a successful and respected dance teacher, studio owner and award-winning choreographer. Her school, Denise Wall’s Dance Energy Studio, which she fou…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:53AMWednesday, May 31, 2017
Sometimes, when an opportunity is missing, you just have to create it. That’s precisely what 27-year-old Lauren Speirs did when she moved to Dublin, Ireland, in 2014, and found the dance s…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:38PM 
