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3.0KStaying stretched: Lastics technique with Donna Flagg
As the cold season sets in, being conscious of how you stretch is even more important than usual. Wearing warmups and leaning...
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10.5KA little dance class etiquette does a lot of good
Discipline in dance class is one of the most important tools for a successful career. The practice starts during early training and...
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4.9KA tribute to Alicia Alonso: A dancer with a different kind of sight
Ballet lovers of all types were saddened to learn of the passing of ballet icon Alicia Alonso on September 17, in Havana,...
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2.7KLegalizing 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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2.1K‘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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4.5KChristine Chen flies into role of Executive Director of STREB
Christine Chen has been appointed the new Executive Director of STREB. The company, founded by Elizabeth Streb in 1985, around her organizing...
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5.6KAl Blackstone hints at latest work, ‘Norma’
Freddie Falls in Love, Happy We’ll Be and his countless hits on So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) brought boundless joy,...
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4.3KBrendan Fernandes’ ‘Contract and Release’ premieres at the Noguchi Museum
Brendan Fernandes is an artist of dance and visual arts. His pieces tend to include themes of race, queer culture, migration and...
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10.3KMoBBallet crowd-sources the history of black ballet dancers and announces Education Symposium
In 2015, writer, educator and former Dance Theatre of Harlem dancer Theresa Ruth Howard dropped a blog post boldly titled “The Misty-rious Case...
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4.7KBoston Ballet brings on a new roster, a new team
In the late spring of 2019, one Boston Ballet dancer after another gave their final bow with the company (some from the...
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16.3KDance Gap Year: Filling the gap and helping dancers find their way
Young adulthood — it can be a scary time of uncertainty and big decisions. Dancers in this time of life have to...
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3.4KA tribute to show business legend David Winters
People speak in superlatives when relating their feelings about the late David Winters, who died on April 23, at the age of...
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3.5KInternational dance journey at Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company
Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company (KCDC) is a well-known Israeli company that was founded by Yehudit Arnon in 1970. The company has been...
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4.9KState Street Ballet is in its sterling year
State Street Ballet, based in Santa Barbara, CA, is celebrating its 25th year and has announced an exciting year of performances and...
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4.5KStars of High Strung at DancerPalooza
DancerPalooza’s Beat Street expo opens today and So Danca has some exciting news! As presenting sponsors for this year’s festival, So Danca...
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2.9KPrincesses Ballet: Transforming lives through a love of dance
Princesses Ballet, run by 501(c)3) non-profit organization City Gospel Mission in Cincinnati, is changing lives. The program offers free ballet lessons to...
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5.6KPerformance spaces for non-professional adult dancers: Why should they have to stop?
There’s just something about dancing in the glow of stage lights, of giving your all to an audience with something on which...
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5.1KIce Dance International skates at Jacob’s Pillow: Finding flight and flow
Ice skating. We think rosy cheeks and hot cocoa, or fancy judges and sequined dresses. But something like concert dance? Maine-based Ice...
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3.5KAmerican Dance Movement announces September National Dance Day
American Dance Movement (ADM), formerly the Dizzy Feet Foundation, has announced a new date for National Dance Day, to be celebrated annually...
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4.7KThings that dancers are good at (And gigs that need exactly those things)
We’re coming up on the end of the school year, and countless graduating dancers are coming into the industry. Whether they’re coming...
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4.5KTaking to the streets: Ballerina Brittany Cavaco dances through Paris in film ‘Until Midnight’
Ballerina, model and Só Dança ambassador Brittany Cavaco lives every dancer’s dream and confronts every dancer’s nightmare in the new dance film,...
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4.4KToronto to host 2019 Genée International Ballet Competition
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is set to bring the Genée International Ballet Competition, one of the world’s most prestigious ballet...
