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3.8KFeature ArticlesPeridance Capezio Center: Drop-in classes and beyond
In the heart of New York City, not far from the bright lights of Broadway, in the bustle of downtown Manhattan, Peridance...
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2.6KDance HealthPreventing slips and trips this fall
What do you think of when you hear the word “fall”? Around this time of year, it may conjure up thoughts of pumpkin...
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3.4KDance HealthHow to create an atmosphere to thrive
As Beyoncé’s Dance Captain, Kimmie Gee knows what it takes to make it in the ultra competitive dance world. “I wish all...
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2.7KFeature ArticlesLegalizing dance one CONGRESS at a time
Dance Informa caught up with Denna Thomsen and Zak Ryan Schlegel of CONGRESS, an exceptional salon-style collective that serves as a platform...
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2.1KFeature Articles‘The Road Awaits Us’: Big Dance Theater trilogy
Obie and Bessie Award-winning company, Big Dance Theater, is presenting a trilogy of works at New York City’s NYU Skirball in November. The...
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2.3KDance Studio OwnerVAL: The value of evaluations in the dance studio
If you have ever considered providing written evaluations to your dance students but felt overwhelmed with the complexity of the task, you...
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5.3KFeature ArticlesDebbie Allen’s ‘Hot Chocolate Nutcracker’ hits its 10th anniversary
With the encroaching cold weather comes a seasonal staple for dancers: The Nutcracker. But while some of us are relearning the same old...
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4.8KFeature ArticlesFrom Artist to Artist dancewear brand connects artists worldwide
When Costa Rican dancer Lorena Pérez and business partner Adriana Montalvan started From Artist to Artist, she didn’t expect the dancewear company to...
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3.7KTips & AdviceThings that dancers are good at: Stunt work
Dance Informa offers you the next installment in our series on alternative dance gigs! This month, we’re talking about stunt work, and the various...
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3.3KFeature ArticlesNew York Dance Project: Creating opportunity
New York Dance Project (NYDP), a new dance company in its third year of existence, is a small but mighty enterprise. Its...
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2.4KFeature ArticlesAn unlikely dance ambassador: Boston producer David Orr
“My professional life has been in a cubicle. I know that space, and I’m comfortable there,” says David Orr, IT professional for...
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2.3KReviewsVulnerability in action: Amanda + James presents ‘Dance +’
September 27, 2019. Center for Performance Research, Brooklyn, NY. An astute dance artist I once interviewed discussed creating “empathetic access points” for all...
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3.2KFeature ArticlesSó Dança introduces vegan dance shoes
Só Dança has released a new line of vegan dance shoes for styles ranging from ballet and contemporary to jazz and tap....
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3.2KReviewsMOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet’s ‘Glacier: A Climate Change Ballet’ and other works
The Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, NY.September 23, 2019. To me, dance art is different than dance in an inclusion of other...
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2.0KFeature ArticlesLinking practice and theory: Rutgers University’s MFA Dance Program
Dance Informa sat down with Jeff Friedman, founder and director of the MFA Dance Program at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of...
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2.2KReviewsFreemove Dance’s ‘…it’s time’: Action in time, movement in space
14th Street Y, New York, NY. September 22, 2019. Time. It’s quite a loaded concept. The word can trigger stress, anxiety, hope, nostalgia...
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2.5KFeature ArticlesIn the background: Noh theater and Armitage Gone! Dance’s ‘You Took a Part of Me’
Postmodern dance pioneer Karole Armitage has tried something new, but not entirely so. Her work, You Took a Part of Me, encoring...
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2.1KReviewsA celebration of a legend: ‘Merce Cunningham at 100’
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. October 5, 2019. As I took my seat in the Eisenhower...
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2.2KReviewsBalletX’s ‘The Little Prince’: The magic in the making
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY. October 1, 2019. I love to attend live dance art because there’s a magic that happens when...
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2.9KDance GuidesCompetition & Convention Guide
Studio owners, dance teachers, parents, dancers…The 2019/20 Competition and Convention Guide is here! Where will you dance this season? Where will you...
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4.7KDance HealthDance and pregnancy: A mom’s connection to her unborn child
Before you decide that this article doesn’t pertain to you, that you are nowhere near ready to have children or have decided...
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6.9KFeature ArticlesFashion and dance collide in ‘The Style of Movement’
Deborah Ory and Ken Browar of NYC Dance Project created their first book, The Art of Movement, in 2016. The photography book featured...
