Wednesday, June 6, 2018
No one wants to watch a performer who’s just going through the movement. Spectators want to be transfixed and enchanted by an artist’s passion and focus when they take in a show. They wa…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:08AMWhile renowned for its dancewear, performance wear and team custom wear, Just For Kix is also celebrated for its youth dance programs, competitions, camps and special events. Of these, stud…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:57AMTuesday, June 5, 2018
The next installment of Dance Informa’s series, Iconic Dance Spaces Around the World, looks at Jacob’s Pillow in Becket, Massachusetts. At a time when many Americans were moving f…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:13AMMonday, June 4, 2018
School’s almost out, and we can’t wait for summer break. Are you planning a trip to New York City this summer? Whether traveling to NYC for a convention, family vacation or summer intens…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:47AMDance training sets in place a wide range of values – discipline, attention to detail, teamwork and greater connection with one’s body. Flexibility, strength and coordination develop…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:35AMDance training can make heavy demands on the body, particularly at the competitive team, pre-professional, and professional levels. It can be incredibly difficult for dancers to take time of…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:28AMEvery dance studio needs a floor. And a good one at that! One that is suitable for dance – in its surface, spring, durability. And good floors are an investment (a necessary one, thoug…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:22AMMisty’s Dance Unlimited (MDU) in Onalaska, Wisconsin, is celebrating its 20th year of business by building a new International Performing Arts Center (IPAC). The facility will be home…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:04AMMany Dance Informa readers might recognize Shannon Lewis as the “I Gotcha” girl in the original Broadway company of Fosse. With over 10 other Broadway shows under her belt, Lewis has wor…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:53AM“I know myself only dancing, and being a ballet dancer my whole life. What is it going to be like to transition?” Karel Cruz wonders. “It’s huge.” Cruz stands six feet four…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:50AMSummer programs are incredible platforms for dancers to grow as artists, technicians and people. For so many, the summer is really when you get to explore movement, dive deep into progressin…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:47AMAll over the world, there is just so much dance to be learned and experienced. Centralizing the study and sharing of as much of that artistic content as possible, in one central location, fa…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 03:35AMSaturday, June 2, 2018
Playbill Giveaway! Signatures include Jessie Mueller, Joshua Henry, Renee Fleming, Margaret Colin, Amar Ramasar, Brittany Pollack, Andrei Chagas, Jess LeProtto, and Ricky Ubeda. To enter: FO…
SOURCE: thedrbroadway.com at 10:38AMBoston Opera House, Boston, Massachusetts. May 17, 2018. George Balanchine – arguably the one individual most responsible for the American ballet aesthetic. The influence of such fre…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:44AMFriday, June 1, 2018
World of Dance is back in action with a second season with talent new and old from all over the world. Equipped with a brand new stage, brand new team division and new expectations, Derek Ho…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:49AMThursday, May 31, 2018
“I was trying to help these women navigate the next phase of their careers, and that’s when it began,” Aloysia Gavre recalls. “I said, ‘You know what? There is no reason wh…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:42PM We sat down with the entire cast of Light Shining in Buckinghamshire on a Saturday afternoon, now playing at the New York Theatre Workshop, to talk about interpreting a play set in 1600s …
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 08:00AMWednesday, May 30, 2018
The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington. April 27, 2018. It wouldn’t be spring in Seattle without Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s annual visit. On a gloomy Friday, the company pr…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:29PMSunday, May 27, 2018
World of Dance, the world’s biggest dance competition, hit the television scene last summer and premiered with a bang. Dancers of all ages from around the world were granted the opportunit…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:52PMSaturday, May 26, 2018
The Joyce Theater, New York, New York. May 13, 2018. I was able to catch one of the final performances of the The Limón Dance Company during its recent run at the Joyce Theater. Program C o…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:22AMThe Dance Complex, Cambridge, Massachusetts. April 29, 2018. Modern life can get so routinized – hence, “the grind” and “working for the weekend”. Even as I was traveling to th…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 08:48AMThe Dance Complex, Cambridge, Massachusetts. May 11, 2018. Artists face many kinds of challenges in this frenetic modern world – financial, creative and more. Yet there’s stren…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 07:46AMThursday, May 24, 2018
The sounds of an angry beat drive the protestations of a scorned lover, reminding her ex, “I’m here to remind you of the mess you left when you went away. It’s not fair to deny me of t…
SOURCE: thedrbroadway.com at 09:15AMTuesday, May 22, 2018
There’s a celebration in New York City this May, and Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, Derick K. Grant and Jason Samuels Smith are inviting all tap dancers and enthusiasts to join them for the fir…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 06:37AMWednesday, May 16, 2018
What a celebration it was. A celebration of dance, a celebration of longevity, a celebration of what makes this industry so exceptional. The Capezio Dance Awards gala at the stunning Smith C…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 10:47PMIn early March, Dance Informa announced the return of its massive Summer Scholarship Contest in partnership with the Joffrey Ballet School in New York City. The giveaway invited dancers arou…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 05:02PMThursday, May 10, 2018
It’s five o’clock on a Sunday, and I’m sitting at a bar on the Upper West Side, sipping whiskey and trying my best to focus. It’s very cold outside, and the city’s color has bee…
SOURCE: stageandcandor.com at 08:00AMMegan Kingery is a self-proclaimed #LadyProducer, a co-producer of of Natasha, Pierre and The Great Comet of 1812 that put forward a thrilling, immersive piece of theater with the most div…
SOURCE: thedrbroadway.com at 06:18AMMonday, May 7, 2018
The Joyce Theater, New York, New York. May 5, 2018. “Study the past if you would define the future.” ― Confucius The entirety of Program B of Abraham.In.Motion’s (A.I.M) Saturday s…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:42PMBoston University, Boston, Massachusetts. April 22, 2018. Some have certainly voiced the question if tap dance is still relevant and fully alive, as the shifts and changes of society and t…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:31PMSunday, May 6, 2018
Harvard Dance Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts. April 26, 2018. Dance can dazzle our eyes, make our feet move in our seats and get right into our skin. Sometimes, it can make us laugh. Som…
SOURCE: www.danceinforma.com at 09:48PM 
