Tuesday, November 5, 2019
From stage to screen, Dance Informa talks to Brittany Riddle, LA’s dancer and choreographer for Sherman’s Showcase as seen on IFC Network – a comedy television series created by Dial…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:12PMSunday, November 3, 2019
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY. October 15, 2019. Kyle Abraham’s Abraham.In.Motion (A.I.M.) seeks to “create an evocative interdisciplinary body of work” and to be “a representatio…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:00PMSaturday, November 2, 2019
Nora Schell (Spamilton, Company at Barrington Stage Company) is a rare breed, a person on the public eye who is wholly open about her life, triumphs and struggles. On social media, Schell ha…
SOURCE: www.drdrama.com at 11:00PMFriday, November 1, 2019
In the heart of New York City, not far from the bright lights of Broadway, in the bustle of downtown Manhattan, Peridance Capezio Center has created its own community. Dancers from all over …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:17PMThursday, October 31, 2019
What do you think of when you hear the word “fall”? Around this time of year, it may conjure up thoughts of pumpkin spice, apple cider, butternut squash, cooler temperatures or the impe…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:43PMAs Beyoncé’s Dance Captain, Kimmie Gee knows what it takes to make it in the ultra competitive dance world. “I wish all dancers knew that even though you may be in the same class, learn…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:33PMDance Informa caught up with Denna Thomsen and Zak Ryan Schlegel of CONGRESS, an exceptional salon-style collective that serves as a platform for cross-genre dance artists. Read on to hear a…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:19PMObie and Bessie Award-winning company, Big Dance Theater, is presenting a trilogy of works at New York City’s NYU Skirball in November. The works have never been seen in America, and are …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:16PMIf you have ever considered providing written evaluations to your dance students but felt overwhelmed with the complexity of the task, you are not alone. As educators, the case for formal fe…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:28AMWednesday, October 30, 2019
With the encroaching cold weather comes a seasonal staple for dancers: The Nutcracker. But while some of us are relearning the same old Snow choreography, the students at the Debbie Allen D…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:33PMWhen Costa Rican dancer Lorena Pérez started From Artist to Artist, she didn’t expect the dancewear company to grow so fast. With a simple vision of connecting art and artists by printin…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:31PMDance Informa offers you the next installment in our series on alternative dance gigs! This month, we’re talking about stunt work, and the various ways you, as a dancer, are perfect for …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:29PMMonday, October 28, 2019
New York Dance Project (NYDP), a new dance company in its third year of existence, is a small but mighty enterprise. Its unique model is based on the simple idea that concert dance can benef…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:25PM“My professional life has been in a cubicle. I know that space, and I’m comfortable there,” says David Orr, IT professional for a pharmaceutical company in Cambridge, MA (just across t…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:06PMSunday, October 27, 2019
September 27, 2019. Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY. An astute dance artist I once interviewed discussed creating “empathetic access points” for all types of audience memb…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:00PMFriday, October 25, 2019
Só Dança has released a new line of vegan dance shoes for styles ranging from ballet and contemporary to jazz and tap. You might be familiar with the term “vegan” as it relates to one�…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:55PMWednesday, October 23, 2019
The Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, NY.September 23, 2019. To me, dance art is different than dance in an inclusion of other art forms — music or other sounds, costume design, lighting,…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:49PMTuesday, October 22, 2019
Knud Adams directs this one-set show which at times has moments of humor, but overall is a slow moving and usually depressing narrative. Ari Fliakos, who plays the son, gives a reserved perf…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 11:03AMSaturday, October 19, 2019
Dance Informa sat down with Jeff Friedman, founder and director of the MFA Dance Program at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts, and got to know just what makes the program…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:29PMFriday, October 18, 2019
14th Street Y, New York, NY. September 22, 2019. Time. It’s quite a loaded concept. The word can trigger stress, anxiety, hope, nostalgia and a million other emotions. Dance takes place i…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:16PMThursday, October 17, 2019
Pictured above from L to R: Jewelle Blackman, Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer, Reeve Carney, and Kay Trinidad (Photo: Charles Sykes) A man is walking alone, wondering out loud if he is worthy of the …
SOURCE: www.drdrama.com at 02:06PMWednesday, October 16, 2019
Postmodern dance pioneer Karole Armitage has tried something new, but not entirely so. Her work, You Took a Part of Me, encoring at New York Live Arts on October 23-26, will call upon Japane…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:49AMThe play captures emotions that many of us have felt, from unrequited love, to loss. Seldom are we allowed access to such a raw story and candidness. In a time where we shield each other fro…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:24AMMonday, October 14, 2019
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. Oct…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:22PMSunday, October 13, 2019
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY. October 1, 2019. I love to attend live dance art because there’s a magic that happens when it all comes together — when movement meets lighting meets mu…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:53PMMonday, October 7, 2019
Studio owners, dance teachers, parents, dancers…The 2019/20 Competition and Convention Guide is here! Where will you dance this season? Where will you challenge yourself, perform your best…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:15AMFriday, October 4, 2019
Once upon a time (circa 1929) the world was young and so was Cole Porter. He’d spent his formative years at Yale, where he began to dash off tunes attached to his own lyrics, some of which…
SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 03:44PMBefore you decide that this article doesn’t pertain to you, that you are nowhere near ready to have children or have decided not to have children, I encourage you to read anyway. You may …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:54AMDeborah Ory and Ken Browar of NYC Dance Project created their first book, The Art of Movement, in 2016. The photography book featured some of the industry’s biggest names, including Misty…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:01AMChristine Chen has been appointed the new Executive Director of STREB. The company, founded by Elizabeth Streb in 1985, around her organizing principle “Extreme Action”, refers to its co…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:44AMFreddie Falls in Love, Happy We’ll Be and his countless hits on So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) brought boundless joy, classic technique, endearing charm and light-hearted humor to the…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:42AM 
