Dance Informa Magazine
All posts tagged "Contemporary dance"
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831Feature ArticlesVisceral Dance Chicago announces its Winter Engagement
Visceral Dance Chicago has announced its Winter Engagement, February 17-26, with works by Danielle Agami, Mark Godden and Nick Pupillo, at the...
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1.1KReviewsBack to roots of communal sound and movement: ANIKAYA Dance Theater’s ‘The Women Gather’
The Strand Theater, Dorchester, MA.November 6, 2022 You can probably conjure the mental image: people moving together, in community, along with vibrant...
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617ReviewsGibney Company captivates in Ohad Naharin’s ‘Yag 2022’
New York Live Arts, New York, NY.December 14, 2022. Yag 2022, presented as part of Gibney Company’s Up Close series, is a...
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1.4KFeaturedWhat is contemporary dance? Hear from Hofesh Shechter, Desmond Richardson and Franck Chartier
Dance Informa had the wonderful opportunity to pick the brains of three world-renowned contemporary choreographers. Learn what Hofesh Shechter, Franck Chartier and...
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784Feature ArticlesSpark Movement Collective: Creating an accessible dance experience
Spark Movement Collective, a small NYC-based contemporary dance group, has one main mission: to create an accessible dance experience. Since its formation,...
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1.1KTips & AdviceApproaches to improvisation
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the many possible meanings of the word “improvisation” in relation to dance. On the one hand, improv...
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3.6KFeature ArticlesLydia Johnson Dance announces NYC Season 2022 with three premieres
Lydia Johnson Dance (LJD) is pleased to announce its New York Season 2022, from September 15-17, at New York Live Arts, with...
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423Feature ArticlesIlya Vidrin’s ‘More or Less’ premieres at the New Museum
Choreographer, artist and educator Ilya Vidrin and the New Museum’s Department of Education and Public Engagement present the world premiere of More or...
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1.8KInterviewsDimitris Papaioannou: Making dance theater with a painter’s eye
Dance Informa has had the wonderful opportunity to speak with world-renowned director Dimitris Papaioannou leading up to his show, Transverse Orientation, which will...
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1.9KTips & AdviceThe freelance life: U.S. versus abroad
As a U.S.-based freelance dancer, I have often wondered about the opportunities and lifestyle of my European counterparts. Interviewing freelancers from France,...
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1.2KFeature ArticlesThe Big Muddy announces Kirven Douthit-Boyd as new artistic director
The Big Muddy Dance Company has announced that Kirven Douthit-Boyd will step into the artistic director role to usher the 12-year-old company...
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1.4KReviewsThe people behind the movements, illustrated in movement and beyond: Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company’s social justice video series
Released monthly from March 2022.Available at dtsbco.org. People marching together, signs in hand and chants coming deep from their belly: these are...
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1.1KReviewsIsland Moving Company’s ‘Masterful Movers’ 40th Anniversary Gala: Celebratory spectacle and excellence
Veterans Memorial Theater, Providence, RI.March 11, 2022. Booming music and soulful dance resonating into your flesh and bones: there’s nothing quite like...
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767ReviewsArmitage Gone! Dance’s ‘A Pandemic Notebook’: Making bold choices
New York Live Arts, New York, NY.March 19, 2022. Armitage Gone! Dance’s A Pandemic Notebook is a series of short works that brings together...
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736Reviewsmignolo dance’s ‘Visitor Parking’: A well-constructed tour through mental illness
Gardenship Art, Kearny, NJ.December 10, 2021. For those who crave the delights that a given art form is uniquely in a position to...
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839ReviewsDance that thinks globally, acts locally: NACHMO Boston 2022
Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA.February 22, 2022. An amazing thing about dance (among many amazing things) is its universality; there are...
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1.9KFeature ArticlesComing Back to Dance: Part II
Have you ever taken time away from dance? Dancers do so for multiple reasons, some intentional and some unintentional: pregnancy, injury, academics...
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887Feature ArticlesArmitage Gone! Dance to present ‘A Pandemic Notebook’
Internationally acclaimed choreographer and “punk ballerina” Karole Armitage presents A Pandemic Notebook, a collection of world premieres with her company, Armitage Gone! Dance, from March 16-19, at New York...
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1.4KReviewsBig Dance Theater’s ‘The Mood Room’: A world we don’t want to live in
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY.December 2, 2021. For all its colorful chit-chat, The Mood Room presents a remarkably one-dimensional, insular world organized by...
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2.9KFeature Articlesmignolo dance presents ‘Visitor Parking’ at Gardenship Art in NJ
On December 10-11, mignolo dance will present Visitor Parking at Gardenship Art in Kearny, NJ. Visitor Parking is a live, immersive, site-specific multimedia piece rooted in...
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2.1KFeaturedParsons Dance returns to The Joyce
After a year away from their home theater, Parsons Dance returns to The Joyce with a mix of old and new works...
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1.8KTop StoriesComplexions Contemporary Ballet opens 27th season with live performances at The Joyce Theater
Complexions Contemporary Ballet (Complexions) returns to live performance at The Joyce Theater from November 16-28. Now in its 27th season, the company...
