Thursday, July 2, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly affected everyone – every person, every child, every parent, every dancer, every studio owner. After months of isolation at home, some studios have ma…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 05:45PMDancing en pointe might seem like the pinnacle of a ballet dancer’s training, but it has always been a doubled-edged sword. Despite their beauty, pointe shoes have a reputation for causing…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:34PMEveryone has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. People are out of jobs, others are working full-time from home, dancers are taking class in their living room, and artists are getting cr…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:37PMWednesday, July 1, 2020
“Dance came from the people and should always be delivered back to the people,” Alvin Ailey said. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, a key part (but not all of) his legacy, works by t…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:54PMTuesday, June 30, 2020
When you think of dance, what immediately comes to mind? For some, it is the artistry within the movement being performed. For others, it is an escape from the real world and trials and trib…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:27PMWhile the word “privilege” itself has been the topic of many discussions recently, the principle is not novel. I would like to share a hard lesson I learned a few weeks ago with my Dance…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:17PMMonday, June 29, 2020
Thinking of joining a pre-professional program? Not sure which ones to consider? Dance Informa sat down with Daniel Ayala, a Columbian dancer recently awarded a scholarship to St. Lucie’s …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:20PMSaturday, June 27, 2020
J. Bouey (they/them, we/our) is a dancer with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, choreographer, educator, dance writer, and co-founder of The Dance Union. Maxfield Haynes (they/them) is a…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:21PMFriday, June 26, 2020
A true treasure of a life in dance can be the communities we find along the way. We find these communities through lows and highs, through hardship and triumph. Dannys Gonzalez, Steven Vilsa…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:09AMWhile we are only in the beginning stages of Season 4, the World of Dance competition is starting to heat up as more and more hopefuls from all over the country have displayed their talents …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:11AMThursday, June 25, 2020
Concert dance means many people gathered together in a confined space — audiences, crew members, performers and front-of-house staff. That’s the simple fact of it. In a world where it’…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:33PMWednesday, June 24, 2020
What’s the difference between a second company member, an apprentice and a trainee? It depends on who you ask. Without an established industry standard for each term, be sure to read your …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:09AMSunday, June 21, 2020
June 19, 2020. Online, on YouTube. On June 19, for the first time since 1937, the Martha Graham Dance Company performed a reimagining of a lost Graham work called Immediate Tragedy. The pe…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:47PMMarch, April and May 2020.Online (YouTube and Facebook, through www.nycballet.com) It’s sort of striking to think how years of planning can change in a moment, with one hard and offici…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:26PMMay 2020.Online at newdancealliance.org. Pandemic times mean that in-person dance festivals are absolutely out of the question. Rather than fully give into these limitations and the resultin…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:06PMTuesday, June 16, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Break the Floor has sadly had to cancel its annual summer event, DancerPalooza. However, Summer Jam is on! Summer Jam will consist of smaller events taken to se…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:02PMThe José Limón Dance Foundation recently announced the appointment of Dante Puleio as its new artistic director. A widely respected former member of the Limón Dance Company for more than…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:00PMPietro Pinto, award-winning Italian director, has created a short film, Icarus, starring Angelo Greco, acclaimed Italian dancer and San Francisco Ballet principal. The film portrays the accl…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:15PMMonday, June 15, 2020
New Jersey’s Axelrod Performing Arts Center (APAC) announces the launch of the Axelrod Performing Arts Academy (APAA) beginning Monday, June 29. Curated by Juilliard alumnus Gabriel Chajni…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:20PMDancers want to dance. Dancers really want to dance in a studio, and on a stage. Right now, most of us can’t do that. Confined at home, the weeks turn into months, and when we’ll be ab…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:30AMWednesday, June 3, 2020
Since its first event in 2012, Groove Dance Competition and Convention has been renowned on the competition circuit for its high-energy, high-production-value events. CEO Daniel DeFranco is…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 05:55AMMonday, June 1, 2020
Back by popular demand, World of Dance is returning for its fourth season to showcase phenomenal dancers from around the world. This season, 34 acts are vying for the $1 million dollar pri…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:22PMDance Informa sat down with Iran-born and U.S.-based dancer Bita Bell (PhD). A teacher at Gibney in NYC and sought-after artist both in the U.S. and Europe, Bell used her time in quarantine …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:17PMA busy dancer’s day can consist of moving studio to studio — to take class, rehearse, cross-train and audition. In a world of mandated social distancing, however, dancers are moving from…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:50PMMarch 2020 — COVID-19 begins to spread across the U.S.. States begin shutting down businesses and imposing restrictions on gatherings of people over a very small number. The country effect…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:20PMDuring these times of uncertainty, anxiety and stress, it is important to be projecting positivity and care, especially toward yourself and others around you. For example, many teachers are …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:55AMMaster ballet teachers Ernesta (Ernie) and Andra Corvino grew up in a very special home full of dance. They began training as children and performed on the same stage with some of the greate…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:19AMI will be honest with you. I hate Top 10 lists. I hate them because they often end up being a cheap way of avoiding the need for writing skills. If one publishes a list of things that are i…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:42AMSan Jose Dance Theatre (SJDT), its Board of Directors and Artistic Director, Linda Hurkmans, are excited to announce the establishment of a new ballet company for San Jose and the San Franci…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:31AMSunday, May 31, 2020
World-renowned choreographers, teachers, directors and dancers Johannes Wieland and Evangelos Poulinas co-founded the Berlin-based contemporary dance festival, b12, now an international even…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:00PMSaturday, May 30, 2020
The time has come for many of us to start thinking about life after lockdown. Most of us have been in lockdown for several months now. As states begin to re-open, there is an eagerness to g…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:33PM 
