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From NYC Dance Project's 'The Style of Movement'.

Fashion 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...

STREB Extreme Action Company. Photo by Andy Batt.

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Christine 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...

Brendan Fernandes' 'Contract and Release'. Photo by Nicholas Knight.

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Brendan 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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Bailey Munoz: First b-boy crowned ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ winner

Dance Informa chatted with Bailey Munoz, 19-year-old winner of So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) 16th season. Munoz is the first b-boy...

Alison Chase's 'Night of the Dark Moon'. Photo by Andrea Mohin/The New York Times.

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Waltzing out of the proscenium box: A talk with Alison Chase

Alison Chase has been making dance art for 50 years. The wisdom and breadth of knowledge that she’s gained over those years...

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Ezra Sosa: The journey to Top 6 for Season 16 of ‘SYTYCD’

It is no surprise that there has been a growing popularity on the television circuit when it comes to competitions, more specifically...

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Indie dance documentary ‘Botis Seva: Air’

Botis Seva, a London-based choreographer, has collaborated with director Divya Pathak to make Botis Seva: Air, a dance documentary. “It isan independent passion piece,”...

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CEO Andrew Vamosi of unique boutique competition Leap! talks the competition scene

Leap! National Dance Competition is entering its eighth season, with fresh, fun and exciting dance experiences for all dancers – from the...

Suresh Mukund. Photo courtesy of Mukund.

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‘World of Dance’ choreographer Suresh Mukund heads to the Emmys

Suresh Mukund is the director and choreographer of Indian dance crew The Kings, and has recently been nominated for an Emmy in...

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S-Rank’s Melvin Timtim on his Emmy nomination

Melvin Timtim, choreographer and director of hip hop dance crew S-Rank, is nominated for this year’s Outstanding Choreography Emmy for his work...

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Meet the stars of ‘High Strung Free Dance’

The upcoming blockbuster, High Strung Free Dance, is causing a buzz (who doesn’t love a great dance movie?), and we were thrilled to...

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Chiara Valle keeps flying high: A dancer cancer comeback story

A life in dance can be taxing and trying on so many levels. One’s future in it can also feel incredibly uncertain....

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Xena Gusthart choreographs monster of a musical ‘Bat Out of Hell’

Meat Loaf: The musical?! Yes, you read that right. All of those iconic, head-banging rock ‘n’ roll hits are coming to the prestigious theater...

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Can starving artists save money, too?

NYC-based actor/dancer James Stevko was recently featured in Ramit Sethi’s book, I Will Teach You to be Rich, and learned how, yes, even...

Jasmine Jimison in 'The Sleeping Beauty'. Photo by Erik Tomasson.

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Meet the newly promoted dancers of San Francisco Ballet

In June, San Francisco Ballet (SFB) announced 10 promotions, three new company members and five apprentices for the 2020 repertory season. Soloists...

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Tap dance artist Ayodele Casel shows that it’s never too late

We’ve heard it before — “I’m too old to start dancing.” Yet accomplished dance artists like Ayodele Casel show us that it’s...

Performance Philosophy Reading Group. Photo by Kathryn Butler.

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A closer look at CPR’s Performance Philosophy Reading Group

You might be thinking, performance and philosophy? How could these seemingly distant topics possibly have enough overlap to warrant a dedicated monthly...

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Broadway choreographer Lorin Latarro is on fire

On the heels of an illustrious performance career that included dancing in 14 different Broadway shows, Lorin Latarro is now shining bright...

'Footloose'. Photo courtesy of Norwegian Creative Studios.

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Nick Kenkel on Norwegian Cruise Line’s ‘Footloose’

Norwegian Creative Studios, the in-house entertainment division of Norwegian Cruise Line, recently opened its brand new production of Footloose the Musical on board...