"This partnership honors ADM21's mission to establish a training facility in order to inspire and enrich musical theater dance students." ADM21 Founder and Producing Artistic Director Nikki …
"Beauty and grace are not defined by status or race. My hope is that The Swan Dreams Project makes this message ring loud and clear." Aesha Ash, retired ballerina and founder of The Swan Dre…
Applications are now being accepted for Performance Mix Festival 2017!
'Tap dance is extremely underground and needs help being uprooted and placed back into the mainstream so it can receive the visibility that it once had and still deserves.' Hillary-M…
Performing Arts Japan (PAJ) is designed to provide financial assistance for non-profit organizations in the U.S. and Canada that aim to introduce Japanese performing arts to local audiences.
Young Dancemakers Company is a unique, free summer dance ensemble of NYC teens dedicated to creating their own original choreography and performing it in free touring concerts city-wide, for…
"Diversity is the fruit of life and therefore for art as well. I love to see how different personalities and body's interpret my work and the work of the other choreographers I hire for …
"The time in Greece reminded me of what it is we do best at DDD. And that is to say yes," says company member Simon Thomas-Train. "Yes to anything and anyone who wants to share in the joy of…
"What I realized from an early age is that performing arts just aren't readily available to people who came from lower income households..." says educator and performer Karisma Jay.
The CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), a City University of New York-wide residency program now in its third year, announces its fall 2016 public events... Seven choreographers/companies will pres…
When The Shed opens its doors in spring 2019, it will be the first newly established 21st-century center for the arts in New York City.
"Thanks to two residencies, a month each in France and Spain, I have had the opportunity to work intimately with the dancer who has been with me the longest: myself."Â Daniel Gwirtzman, C…
"After five glorious years at the Apollo, we are thrilled to be bringing the awards to BAM's historic opera house."Â Lucy Sexton, Executive Director of the Bessies.
#ThrowbackThursday with The Dance Enthusiast
"The film that opens the work is projected on floor and wall, and the 24 dancers making connections are all shot from above, so it's like you are looking in a brain, watching neurons'…
" During the two weeks that IMC was in Kazakhstan, we performed to sold out audiences in Almaty, Astana and Shymkent and interacted with teenagers at the American Corner, dance students at t…
"The Korean public and the government aren't aware of these dancers, as dance in general doesn't hold a large place in their culture. With engagements like this, Korean dancers can establish…
"Each year we strive to make Tap City fresh with new ideas and approaches to preserve tap as a vital component of American dance." Tony Waag, Executive Director of the American Tap Dance Fou…