Ballroom dance is a stunning form – it requires grace, agility, partnering skills, incredible connection, finesse and precise technique. And when it’s done well, it is absolutely mesmeri…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:26PM13th Annual Latin American Cultural Week(s), November 13 through 21, 2018 with Theater, Music, Dance, Film, Literature, & Visual Arts Events throughout New York City, Emphasizing Latina…
SOURCE: www.theaterscene.net at 10:51PMIsabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, Massachusetts. October 11, 2018. In our frenetic 2018 western-culture lives, how often do we stop to appreciate true beauty? Urban life in particul…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:31PMWilliam Jackson Harper’s impressive debut play Travisville, though set in the 1960s, feels like a contemporary piece tackling issues of race, gentrification, and political revolution. W…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 02:00AMFew events are more incomprehensible and profoundly disorienting than the loss of a child. In Hamilton: An American Musical, we bear witness to Alexander and Eliza Hamilton dealing with th…
SOURCE: www.drdrama.com at 06:17AMThe Dance Complex, Cambridge, Massachusetts. September 28, 2018. How do you react when you’re faced with something unexpected? How do you react when you are challenged to confront somethin…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:59PMMulticultural Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts. September 21, 2018. Some of the best art leaves open room for interpretation – not enough so to lack direction, but enough to offer…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:09PMNew York Hilton Midtown, New York, New York. August 4, 2018. With 21 varied dance works from a long list of up-and-coming, as well as professional choreographers, the 2018 Capezio ACE Awar…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:35PMNo one ever said that dancing, and a life in dance, is easy. Challenges of this life include competition from other dancers and choreographers, physical fatigue, and a relatively short span …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:27AMMoney, or the lack thereof – it can be a main obstacle to art-making. Traditional methods for raising funds for projects in the arts include seeking wealthy donors and applying for gra…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 06:10AMNo matter the age you being to dance, there is no way of knowing just how much of an impact it will have on your life or career. It is a stair-stepping process of sorts when it comes to divi…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 05:16AMWe’ve heard it before, but what does it mean to “dance like no one’s watching”? William Purkey, an author and public school teacher-turned Professor Emeritus of Counselor Education a…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:37AMPlanning and staying organized is one of my favorite things about life. I know that sounds corny, or crazy, but I thoroughly enjoy having everything in order. As a studio owner, you may be f…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 05:18AMClose your eyes for a moment, and visualize a ballerina and a danseur dancing a pas de deux. Are they black? Chances are, they’re white. While there are larger cultural and psychological f…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:36AMThis past August, news broke that three principal dancers at New York City Ballet (NYCB) were fired for sending highly inappropriate text messages. A few weeks later, the dance world at larg…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:32AMIn the fifth installment of our Dance Informa Video Interview Series, I had the extreme honor of interviewing an intelligent and genuine emerging dance instructor and choreographer in the mi…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:11AMThe moment that everyone was waiting had finally arrived. Many talented groups had graced the World of Dance stage from the Qualifiers to The Duels and moving in to the Divisional Final. The…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:14PMConnect. Educate. Empower. These three words should inspire so much of your marketing, and today, I want to show you how to do just that as together we explore three non-scary ways to do you…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:53PMHere’s how and why to say “no”, because learning this is powerful and could change your life! You might think it odd that when beginning to consider the power of saying “no”, Dance…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 01:19AMSo many young dancers dream about it – that day they’ll be promoted to the corps of a major ballet company. It can only go up from there, right? Yet not all corps members become …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 01:14AMTap innovator and New Jersey native, Mike Minery, has been a staple in the dance community since his teenage years. Not only did he create the “shiggy bop”, which became frequently seen …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:14AMCobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, Georgia. September 14, 2018. On Friday night, September 14, the Atlanta Ballet presented Return to Fall, a mixed repertory program and the compan…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:43PMSummer is over, and the days are already starting to get shorter. In some places, there’s a slight chill in the air. Fall is upon us. But in this beautiful season of color and as we start …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:13AMLife can take us on many twists and turns, guided by a sure compass of a powerful passion. For many dancers, that passion is particularly strong. Where the compass may lead can be rough terr…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:23PMDeath is among the most challenging of realities that we as humans are ever challenged to process. When someone in our sphere passes away, we are forced to grapple with our own mortality and…
SOURCE: www.drdrama.com at 08:56PMThe time had come for 12 of the world’s best acts to battle it out on the World of Dance stage to see who would get once step closer to the 1 million dollar prize. Everything was on the li…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:50PMTwo women and lifelong friends are stranded together in a faraway land. That deceptively simple premise is the impetus for Argentinian playwright Arístides Vargas’ poetic, funny, and p…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 08:00AMThe anticipation of who would make it to the Divisional Finals continued to build as the Upper Team and Junior Divisions took the World of Dance stage to prove why they made it so far in the…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:55PMIt’s Dr. Drama’s one year anniversary! We launched on September 6, 2017 and it’s been a year filled with insightful conversations, engaging with audiences, and exploration …
SOURCE: www.drdrama.com at 08:34AM(Photo: Emilio Madrid-Kuser) Jelani Alladin made his Broadway debut this year in the eagerly anticipated musical, Frozen. He plays Kristoff, the ice-selling, reindeer-talking, argument-engag…
SOURCE: www.drdrama.com at 05:54AMInstagram can be an epic timewaster! But if you’re going to get scrolling, why not follow dancers who can inspire and motivate you? There are several wonderful influences and influence…
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