Dance Informa Magazine
All posts tagged "contemporary ballet"
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3EventsSmuin Contemporary Ballet Unveils 2025/26 Season
Smuin Contemporary Ballet has announced a sensational lineup for its 32nd season, its first curated by Artistic Director Amy Seiwert. Highlights include the West Coast...
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520ReviewsDance to honor and remember: Newport Contemporary Ballet’s ‘Mystical Ways’
The Keats Theatre at St. Andrew’s School, Barrington, RI.March 22, 2025. Smells, sounds, images, the way light falls…we never know what sensory...
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407EventsBallet Hispánico celebrates 150 years of Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ at New York City Center
Ballet Hispánico, the nation’s largest Latine/x/Hispanic dance organization and recognized by the Ford Foundation as one of America’s Cultural Treasures, presents Gustavo Ramírez...
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490ReviewsPointeworks brings thoughtful, strong, intentional dance to NYC
Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, NY.March 21, 2025. Pointeworks, the San Diego-based ballet company, brought its second season to the Ailey Citigroup...
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455Feature ArticlesNashville Ballet Presents ‘Attitude’: A Fusion of Contemporary Dance and Storytelling
Step into the world of contemporary ballet with Nashville Ballet’s annual Attitude series on May 2-4, 2025, returning to the Polk Theater...
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508Feature ArticlesNY International Dance Festival celebrates Celtic culture in ‘Soirée Celtique’
This March, NY International Dance Festival will present Soirée Celtique, an event featuring performers from across the world in celebration of Celtic...
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525ReviewsInspiration from anywhere: Ballet RI’s ‘Art & Literature Meet Ballet’
The Woodman Family Community and Performance Center, Providence, RI.November 1, 2024. The gentle slope of a fruit in a still life, a...
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334ReviewsThe strength of unity – Newport Contemporary Ballet’s ‘Mosaic: Puzzles of Love and Connection’
The Elks Lodge, Newport, RI.October 20, 2024. The magic of concert dance can lie in dancers filling a stage, releasing and regaining...
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468Feature ArticlesSustainable careers and innovative programming: BalletX’s 2024-25 season
The 2024-2025 season of Philadelphia-based contemporary ballet company BalletX is underway. This year, the exciting season announcement was also accompanied by the...
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432ReviewsBalletX at The Joyce: Variety and intellectualism
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.September 28, 2024. BalletX, the contemporary ballet company based in Philadelphia, performed a five-day run at the...
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409InterviewsEvergreen City Ballet steps into a new era with Artistic Director Maximiliano Guerra
Evergreen City Ballet of Renton, Washington, has been a beacon of ballet excellence for three decades, building a robust foundation rooted in...
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449ReviewsWoman in Motion: Transcending souls in season three
Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, NY.July 28, 2024. Woman in Motion (WIM), the all-female company led by Rachel Thalman and Laura Kaufman,...
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446Feature ArticlesThe National Ballet of Canada brings ‘Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada’ to the UK
The National Ballet of Canada presents the UK premiere of Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada at Sadler’s Wells on Wednesday 2 – Sunday 6 October 2024. This triple bill includes works by...
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660Feature Articles30 years of Smuin Contemporary Ballet: Honoring the past and celebrating the future
When Michael Smuin created Smuin Contemporary Ballet in 1994, he had a vision of pushing the boundaries of contemporary ballet with a...
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766InterviewsKevin O’Hare brings The Royal Ballet to the 2024 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
“It’s the granddaddy of dance festivals,” says Kevin O’Hare, speaking of the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. The Royal Ballet Artistic Director waxes...
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590ReviewsDance in the here and now: Newport Contemporary Ballet’s ‘Frames of Mind’
WaterFire Arts Center, Providence, RI.May 18, 2024. Have you ever watched the Ted Talk Dance vs PowerPoint? The main take-home message: dance...
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394Feature ArticlesQueer the Ballet presents ‘Dream of a Common Language’ inspired by poetry
Queer the Ballet presents the world premiere of Dream of a Common Language from June 21-23, at Baruch Performing Arts Center in NYC. Tickets are...
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513ReviewsThe beauty in enigma: Boston Ballet’s ‘Spring Experience’
May 12, 2024.Citizens Bank Boston Opera House, Boston, MA. “I’m here, I did it,” I thought as I settled into my seat...
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510ReviewsPast and present in dynamic conversation: Boston Ballet’s ‘Carmen’
Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA.March 28, 2024. I’ve noticed something intriguing in ballet programs presented in recent years: two hours or...
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553Feature ArticlesAxelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater presents new version of ‘The Jungle Book’
Axelrod Contemporary Ballet Theater (AXCBT) will present a newly revised and revitalized version, with a new score, of Artistic Director Gabriel Chajnik’s...
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855ReviewsClarity and power: Complexions Contemporary Ballet at The Joyce Theater
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.November 14, 2023. Complexions Contemporary Ballet, the brainchild of Dwight Rhoden (former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater...
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645ReviewsWho makes the magic?: Newport Contemporary Ballet’s 22nd annual ‘A Newport Nutcracker at Rosecliff’
Rosecliff Mansion, Newport, RI.November 22, 2023. “Magic”. Maybe we think of fairies, elves, Santa Claus and any other number of mythical beings....
