Friday, July 26, 2019
DancerPalooza’s Beat Street expo opens today and So Danca has some exciting news! As presenting sponsors for this year’s festival, So Danca has many surprises instore, including special …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:33PMWednesday, July 24, 2019
OnStage Dance Company, Malden, Massachusetts.July 12, 2019. Good writers write about what they know, goes an old aphorism. Does that also hold true with choreographers? Does the most effecti…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:08PMThursday, July 18, 2019
Princesses Ballet, a non-profit organization run by the City Gospel Mission in Cincinnati, is changing lives. The program offers free ballet lessons to underprivileged girls from ages three …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:58AMTuesday, July 9, 2019
This month, commercial choreographer Al Blackstone is taking another foray into the concert dance world, presenting a full-length work at New York’s famed Joyce Theater. The work, titled …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 06:19AMWhether you’re a dance teacher or studio owner looking for the perfect studio floor, or a parent or dancer seeking an at-home practice space, safety should always come first. Dancing on a …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 04:16AMMonday, July 8, 2019
Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY. June 15, 2019. In dancemaking, there’s the meaning of the work at hand (the beauty of the human body’s movement being a totally v…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:29PMOn the heels of an illustrious performance career that included dancing in 14 different Broadway shows, Lorin Latarro is now shining bright as a highly sought-after choreographer. Her next p…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:11AMWelcome to the first installment in our series on alternative dance gigs! This month, we’re talking about tourism and the various ways you, as a dancer, are perfect for the job. Tourist at…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:54AMSummer is the best season for fresh food, especially fruit. All fruits have compounds that reduce inflammation and oxidative stress. Don’t worry about the sugar content; they also have f…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:18AMThere’s just something about dancing in the glow of stage lights, of giving your all to an audience with something on which you’ve worked hard (for weeks, months or even years). The proc…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:08AMMoBBallet (standing for “Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet”) is an organization that strives to preserve, present and promote the contributions and stories of black artists in the field of bal…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 01:35AMNorwegian Creative Studios, the in-house entertainment division of Norwegian Cruise Line, recently opened its brand new production of Footloose the Musical on board the Norwegian Joy. Chore…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:49AMIt’s summer break, and amongst the pool time, cocktails and summer parties, there’s the niggling call of the new dance year fast approaching. What will your focus be in the 2019/20 schoo…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:37AMWednesday, July 3, 2019
Dance and music are inextricably linked. Even during pieces set to silence, everyone’s listening to the sound of the footsteps on stage, or the audience shifting in their seats. Sound and …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:02PMLanding a dance agent can help skyrocket your career. Think of it as having your own personal posse cheering you on and fighting for you to succeed. You definitely don’t need an agent to …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:06AMTuesday, July 2, 2019
Broadway stars Jacob and David Guzman have been lighting up the stage together for almost 20 years. Growing up, they did everything together — from soccer to tennis to, of course, dancing.…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:43PMIn 2015, Mira Cook, like anyone facing a problem, could either live with it or take charge with a solution. Since moving to New York City in 2010, she was having trouble maintaining daily wa…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:39PMIce skating. We think rosy cheeks and hot cocoa, or fancy judges and sequined dresses. But something like concert dance? Maine-based Ice Dance International (IDI) says yes! In fact, Artistic…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 05:25AMSunday, June 30, 2019
Sometimes experience can be the best teacher, agrees Maure Aronson, executive director of Global Arts Live. For the second time, the institution he leads is changing its name — but this ti…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:20PMDaniel Ulbricht is a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, an artistic advisor for Manhattan Youth Ballet, and the co-founding director and producer of Dance Against Cancer. Só Dança…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:12PMSaturday, June 29, 2019
Have you ever seen a child’s face light up, and know that they’re inspired? It’s quite a feeling. Socioeconomic challenges and cultural attitudes impede many youth from accessing the a…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:18PMTuesday, June 25, 2019
Throwing glitter and authentic self-expression are two specialties of Donald C. Shorter Jr. and his drag persona, Francesca. Whether as a dancer, choreographer, singer, actor, director, vide…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:29PMMagic is in the air as the weather is warm and school is out. For dancers and dance teachers planning their July summer schedule, and seeking a new wind of artistic inspiration, look no furt…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:56AMMonday, June 24, 2019
American Dance Movement (ADM), formerly the Dizzy Feet Foundation, has announced a new date for National Dance Day, to be celebrated annually on the third Saturday of September. The move wil…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:39AMSaturday, June 22, 2019
David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY. June 10, 2019. Narrative dance art holds a central challenge — how do you tell a complex story, with a multifaceted plot and nuanced characters, withou…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:54AMWednesday, June 19, 2019
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY. May 29, 2019. There’s just something about the ephemeral magic of dance art — the way nuances of movement align with nuances of music, the way lighting b…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:01PMTuesday, June 18, 2019
What is jazz dance? As dancers, we’ve likely either taken a jazz class or been in the audience of a jazz performance. But the roots of this art form are deeper and more complex than, perha…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:01PMMonday, June 17, 2019
March 22, 2019. Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Ellice Patterson started Abilities Dance Boston with a clear mission: to offer a space for dancers of varying physical an…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 01:05PMThursday, June 13, 2019
Fountain Street Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts. April 27, 2019. A key aspect of dance art is that it takes place in a space, which is part of a context, often becoming part of meaning. Purpo…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:25PMTuesday, June 11, 2019
June 1, 2019. The David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY. In his time, William Shakespeare was a maverick innovator; he literally created hundreds of words that we now regularly use in the Engl…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 01:03PMFriday, June 7, 2019
Jez Butterworth’s hit play is so robust and chock full of incident that I could not assimilate all of it in my one visit. I reviewed it in October, 2018, when several of its principal�…
SOURCE: onandoffbroadwaytheaterreviews.com at 09:23PM 
