Walking into the studio where producer Lyndsay Magid and director Josh Aviner are rehearsing is like walking into EDM slumber party fever dream. As they tell the story, the performers…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 09:00AMJean-Pierre Bonnefoux will step down as the artistic director and president of Charlotte Ballet, formerly North Carolina Dance Theatre, at the culmination of the company’s 2016/2017 season…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:34AMDavid Bayles’ Art and Fear (a great book a great teacher once recommended) has a line that reads: “Fears about yourself prevent you from doing your best work, while fears about your rece…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:31AMSarah Chun already has an impressively decorated resume. After her initial training at Northwest Ballet Academy and the Faubourg School of Ballet in Illinois, she received a scholarship to t…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:26AMActor-turned-photographer Jordan Matter became recognized in the dance community with his 2012 New York Times bestselling book, Dancers Among Us: A Celebration of Joy in the Everyday. The p…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:22AMWe’ve all heard that having a strong core is especially beneficial for dancers. But having a “strong” core means more than just six-pack abs. Rather, core strength comes from the abili…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:18AMDance Informa is always asked — whether it be by email, text or in person — about ways to improve a dancer’s score at dance competition. As a teacher, choreographer and ju…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:51PMWere you inspired by dance documentary Like Air? Then you may be interested to know about Lift Me Up, a feature film made by the same creative team. Lift Me Up is a coming of age story …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:35PMFall is upon us, and before long we’ll be spending more time indoors. It might also be a great time to give our body some rest. But we can keep building our dance artistry through crea…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:20AMOn October 7-9, Broadway Dance Center (BDC) will host its second Dance Educator Development session. The program series is designed for dance teachers and is led by BDC’s esteemed faculty …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:17AMOver 1,000 dancers applied for this year’s Model Search, in partnership with Australian dancewear brand Energetiks and Dance Informa. The winner, 19-year-old Rachelle di Stasio, is not…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:13AMIf you’ve been living under a rock, you might not know the name Tate McRae. But if, like the rest of us, you’re up to date on all things dance, the name Tate McRae has made an impression…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:55AMI’m a nutritionist, but I admit that Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. What’s not to love about carving pumpkins, roasting pumpkin seeds, dressing up, trick or treating and choco…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:50AMToday, I’m going to share with you what you need to know if you want to sell your studio, maybe not now, but sometime in the future. When we’re talking about selling your studio, what we…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:41AMParents! Do you ever feel like all of the costs of having a child who dances are starting to pile up, and you feel like you’re sometimes in over your head? Studio owners! Do you have troub…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:31AMWith much excitement, Visceral Dance Chicago has begun its fourth season of performances, and offered a fall engagement at the Harris Theater in Chicago’s Millennium Park on October 1.…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:24AMThis past August, the National Park Service celebrated a milestone birthday. For the past 100 years, the agency has preserved the country’s national parks and monuments and has allowed the…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:09AMAs a busy mom of two dancers myself, I recognize that the lunch struggle is real. As a dietitian who works with some of the best in the business, I know that packing a good lunch and quick s…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:24AMThis past September, a new partnership was launched between Steps on Broadway, one of the country’s premiere dance centers, and American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (ADM21), an …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:18PMBattery Dance, a New York-based organization focused on dance diplomacy, has announced the launch of the Adel Euro Campaign for Dancers Seeking Refuge, which focuses on relocating, hosting a…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 04:09PMAyodele Casel is one of those people you can point to and say, that is one of the most exceptional humans I know. Fierce and funny, disciplined and brave, Ayodele is quick-footed and …
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 09:00AMWe asked Brian Quijada to tell us about the technology he uses during his one man show, Where Did We Sit On The Bus?, now playing at Ensemble Studio Theatre. Read our conversation wit…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 09:00AMWhat do you get when you put dance’s finest instructors and choreographers, leading competition directors and dance stars like Dave Scott, Maddie Ziegler, Liz Imperio and Mandy Moore on th…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:23AMThe story of Nat Turner is going viral these days as the United States continues to confront slavery’s legacy when we witness and respond to police brutality, mass incarceration…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 09:00AMThe Chicago born, New York based writer and performer Brian Quijada is young, witty, energetic, talented and oozing charisma. His technologically ingenious hip-hop, dance and poetry i…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 09:00AM“What year is this?” Bri Sudia, in-character as Ruth, asks in a promotional video for Wonderful Town. In the video, Lauren Molina and Bri Sudia run all around Chicago, trying to f…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 09:00AMDiscussions are had by those who show up. HowlRound has been showing up to facilitate conversation about theater since its inception at Arena Stage. Now at Emerson College under the l…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 09:00AMDo you have apples? In America, over 50 million people do and Rachel Griffin’s new musical is giving voice, and music, to their suffering. The fruit in question in We Have Apples re…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 09:00AMWhere will you learn and compete this season? Check out Dance Informa’s popular dance Competition and Convention Guide for the hottest dance opportunities cross America. There are so …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:49AMByhalia, Mississippi closed at Steppenwolf’s on August 21st, but don’t expect that to be your last opportunity to see this American classic in the making. The play tells the story…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 09:00AMA Brilliant Production, If It Only Had… The scene is memory and is therefore nonrealistic. Memory takes a lot of poetic license. It omits some details; others are exaggerated, accordin…
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