Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Dance Informa asked 10 of the world’s most active dance medicine and science experts to name one thing they really, really wish dancers either would or wouldn’t do. Here’s some advice …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:47AMDance continues to gain popularity thanks to shows like World of Dance and Dancing with the Stars, and as more and more people embrace dance as an expressive outlet, we are seeing more progr…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:35AMDance is a timeless art and one that flows through many individuals. True to its form, dance is not only timeless but ageless as well. Whether you’re young or old, there is no age limit to…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:30AMBallerina Natalia Osipova is known for her breathtaking portrayals of Giselle, Juilet and Princess Aurora, and she has danced with prestigious companies like American Ballet Theatre, Mikhail…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:25AMYour studio is a great place to learn from your teachers and to work with other dancers, but what do you do when you just can’t get enough dance? Practicing at home is the next best option…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:20AMSaturday, August 4, 2018
Sue Samuels, artistic director of Jazz Roots Dance Company and longtime teacher in the New York City dance community, will receive the coveted Dance Teacher Award at this year’s Dance Teac…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:09PMFriday, August 3, 2018
St. Michael’s Country Day School, Newport, Rhode Island. July 21, 2018. It could be easy for dance artists and organizations to remain isolated, to work feverishly at cultivating a rep…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:11PMThursday, August 2, 2018
If any average person were to imagine a dancer, the “diva” cliché may come to mind – self-centered, self-interested and self-aggrandizing. Yet, time and time again, dancers an…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:03PMBallet is hard, ballet is demanding, and sometimes young students can feel like ballet is a bore. But, as teachers we know that ballet is the foundation of all other dance forms and that it&…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 11:49AMImagine having the distinction of playing one of our culture’s most identifiable great fathers over a record-breaking 11 years when the experience with your own father was that of an emoti…
SOURCE: www.drdrama.com at 08:11AMWednesday, August 1, 2018
After much anticipation, The Duels of World of Dance have finally commenced. The highest scoring acts from the Qualifiers had a chance to choose who they want to dance against. While two ac…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:37PMTuesday, July 31, 2018
After an intense first round filled with great talent from all over the world, the last round of World of Dance‘s Qualifiers Round was certainly one to remember as more amazing dancer…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:46PM Darrel Alejandro Holnes’ Bird of Pray (recently featured as part of the Brick Theater’s Festival of Lies) beautifully uses spoken word, language, and dance to illuminate issues of rac…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 08:00AMMonday, July 30, 2018
In February of 2017, Dance Informa published an article on the relationship of the government and the arts – and what we might expect to transpire given the election of a new president…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 04:39PMAt Sheer Elite International’s 2018 National Competition and Convention this past July in Las Vegas, the first annual National Vickie Sheer Award was presented to 16-year-old dancer Michel…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 04:23PMSpace to dance in, freely and fully – finding it, and holding on to it, is a never-ending dance-world challenge. Sometimes (seeming) miracles happen, and dance entities – compani…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 04:21PMEvery so often, an artist emerges who can speak to the present moment, yet also transcend it. Such artists create work that is powerful at the time of creation, but also timeless. Felipe Esc…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 04:20PMSunday, July 29, 2018
“I believe we need work made by disabled artists for the disability community writ large. We need art that explicitly acknowledges the work of disabled artists of colour not just in an inc…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:27PMFriday, July 27, 2018
It’s America’s historic artform. It is one that comes from various cultural backgrounds and that blends rhythms and beats to ultimately make a symphony with your feet. Tap dancing has be…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:29PMIn this, the third episode of our video series, I sat down with one of the dance industry’s biggest stars, Nick Lazzarini. I have to say…when I knew I was going to have the opp…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 01:11AMThursday, July 26, 2018
Back in February, Cydney Bryon, co-owner of Bella Rosa Dance Academy in Beavercreek, Ohio, was named the winner of BellaMoxi Dance Convention’s 2018 Emerging Artists Choreographic Festival…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:31PMMonday, July 23, 2018
The biggest dance competition in the world, World of Dance, continued to amaze as more dancers took the stage. The fight to win the title of “World’s Best Dancer” intensified as the Q…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:04PMThe Qualifiers Round continued as more hopeful dancers hit the World of Dance stage to prove that they deserved to compete against the best of the best and win the ultimate prize. The night …
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 02:33PMTuesday, July 17, 2018
Dancers, are you officially packing your bags for DancerPalooza? In just a few weeks, this epic, one-of-kind dance festival returns to California, but this time in a new venue – the San Di…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:22AMThursday, July 12, 2018
Sean Allan Krill and Elizabeth Stanley as Steve and Mary Jane Healy (Photo: Evgenia Eliseeva) Opioid addiction has swept the suburbs. As the pendulum swung during the 1990’s in the medical…
SOURCE: thedrbroadway.com at 06:15AMTuesday, July 10, 2018
Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts. June 17, 2018. As far back in human history as we know of, we’ve danced together in communities. That’s shifted and changed along with the w…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:41PMMonday, July 9, 2018
Just For Kix Founder and Executive Director Cindy Clough has a vast network of more than 200 youth dance programs across numerous states under her watchful eye. Since 1981, she’s been teac…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 12:50AMSunday, July 8, 2018
Many of us have lives that take unexpected twists and turns, in different locations and endeavors. Sometimes, we find ourselves back to our roots. Shoshona Currier is a Maine native who work…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:38PMBoston University Dance Theater, Boston, Massachusetts. June 23, 2018. The body never lies, Martha Graham is reported to have said. Many, many dancemakers over the years have made work focus…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:11PMTalking with Jeanne Traxler was like having a comfortable conversation with a longtime friend, only we’d never met and, instead of chatting over coffee, we were conferencing on the phone a…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:28AMDancers have thought it. Dance teachers have heard it. Today we are going to dig into the question, “Can we skip barre?” The short an answer is no. “Historically, starting class by hol…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:26AM 
