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Backstage during Youth America Grand Prix. Photo courtesy of YAGP. Backstage during Youth America Grand Prix. Photo courtesy of YAGP.
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Youth America Grand Prix 2026 Season Finals hosted by Houston Ballet

The world’s largest student ballet scholarship competition, Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), brings its highly anticipated 2026 Season Finals to Houston, TX,...
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Events

Ballet Vancouver Makes Its Highly Anticipated Debut

Ballet Vancouver, the city’s newest professional ballet company, will present its inaugural program, After the Rain & Other Works, on stage April...
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News

American Dance Festival Unveils Its 2026 Season

The American Dance Festival (ADF) is thrilled to announce its 2026 season. Performances will be presented from May 27 to July 25, and educational...
Gen Horiuchi. Photo by Hidemi Seto. Gen Horiuchi. Photo by Hidemi Seto.
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Feature Articles

Gen Horiuchi celebrates a quarter of a century with St. Louis Ballet

Gen Horiuchi is celebrating 25 years as artistic and executive director of the St. Louis Ballet. During his tenure, he has transformed...
Tiler Peck. Photo courtesy of Peck. Tiler Peck. Photo courtesy of Peck.
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Feature Articles

NYCB Principal Tiler Peck to receive 2026 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award

Jacob’s Pillow has announced that award-winning New York City Ballet (NYCB) principal dancer, choreographer, curator, actress, and author Tiler Peck will receive...
The Kelpies, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Photo by Alistair Devine. The Kelpies, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Photo by Alistair Devine.
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Interviews

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland offers unique training and opportunities, providing a pipeline of talent to the industry

The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS) is helping shape the dance landscape in the UK and beyond. The opportunities students receive while...
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Featured

Lincoln Center’s Big Umbrella Festival returns April 10–26

The Big Umbrella Festival returns to Lincoln Center this spring for a multi-week series of free and choose-what-you-pay performances, workshops, and outdoor installations designed...
Só Dança facility in Moultrie, GA. Só Dança facility in Moultrie, GA.
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Feature Articles

From Miami to Moultrie: Só Dança’s bold move

Só Dança’s recent move from South Florida to Moultrie, Georgia, represents a pivotal moment in the evolution of one of the world’s...
William Brown Legacy Dance Competition. Photo courtesy of Gerriets Dance Floors. William Brown Legacy Dance Competition. Photo courtesy of Gerriets Dance Floors.
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Dance Studio Owner

Gerriets: From theater curtains to dance floors, how an international family-run business came to be

The Gerriets company has been involved in the theater and performance industry for 80 years. Originally founded by Hans Gerriets as a...
Eric Otto with students of the Toledo Ballet. Photo by Jennifer Zmuda. Eric Otto with students of the Toledo Ballet. Photo by Jennifer Zmuda.
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Feature Articles

Eric Otto guides Toledo Ballet with a steady hand

Eric Otto is part of a ballet dynasty. His mother ran a company and school in Westchester, NY, and four of her...
Photo courtesy of DECAdance Competition. Photo courtesy of DECAdance Competition.
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Feature Articles

DECAdance Competition: Where artistry and education take center stage

DECAdance Competition was founded in the spring of 2019, by owner Samantha Tirone O’Neil following a profound personal loss. Inspired by her...
Roseanna Leney as Mary and Evan Loudon as Darnley in Scottish Ballet's 'Mary, Queen of Scots.' Photo by Andy Ross. Roseanna Leney as Mary and Evan Loudon as Darnley in Scottish Ballet's 'Mary, Queen of Scots.' Photo by Andy Ross.
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Feature Articles

Scottish Ballet brings its narrative ballet ‘Mary, Queen of Scots’ to the U.S.

Two women. Two crowns. One story. “I’d love audiences to immerse themselves in the world and come with us on the journey,”...

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Hypermobility MD presents to RAD USA. Photo courtesy of Linda Bluestein. Hypermobility MD presents to RAD USA. Photo courtesy of Linda Bluestein.
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Dance Health

Hypermobility in dancers: Gift, risk and the line in between

In the dance world, flexibility is often celebrated as a sign of talent. Long lines, deep arches, high extensions, and seemingly effortless...
Lyssa Wopat. Photo courtesy of Wopat. Lyssa Wopat. Photo courtesy of Wopat.
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Dance Health

Dancers’ guide to main mental health challenges

Being a dancer can lift the soul, but it can also be hard on the heart and mind. All of the swirling...

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