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All posts tagged "COVID"
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607Feature ArticlesStepping forward into the unknown, from the unknown: Has COVID crushed the arts?
When COVID effectively shut down the world in March of 2020, no one knew what would happen next or how long it...
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658InterviewsEthan Stiefel brings American Repertory Ballet back home
It’s been one long intermission since American Repertory Ballet (ARB) last performed in a theater, in front of an audience. COVID paused the...
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608ReviewsMaking the best of constraints and challenges: Newport Dance Festival 2021
The lawn at the Great Friends Meeting House, Newport, RI.July 20-25, 2021. As was the case with most dance events last year,...
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654Dance Studio OwnerPost-‘new normal’ for dance
Somewhere deep in the pandemic, we were advised that once we come out of this isolating, debilitating mess, we would be confronted...
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1.1KFeature ArticlesWhat we created, how we’ll go forward: 5 trends of COVID dance
I love reviewing dance. Since 2015, I’ve reviewed — on average — about one performance a week, for this very publication. In...
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501Feature ArticlesCurbside theater with SB Dance: Dance delivered to your door
SB Dance isn’t new to uncommon ideas. “We call ourselves dance circus but will answer to dance, theater, performance art or what the...
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758Feature ArticlesDance life in quarantine: Twins Sarah and Katie Daniel have found opportunity in diversity
Have you ever heard the phrase “out of adversity comes opportunity”? It doesn’t mean that adversity doesn’t happen, or that it’s not...
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547ReviewsAmerican Ballet Theatre’s ‘The Ritual’ and ‘Visceral Harmonies’: Continuing to come together and create
Available to stream through abt.org and YouTube. How the dance world has moved forward through COVID is complex and layered. Yet, simply put, despite all...
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715Feature ArticlesPam Tanowitz premiere opens Bard SummerScape 2021
Bard SummerScape 2021 opens with the live world premiere of I was waiting for the echo of a better day, a major new commission...
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990Feature ArticlesiHeartDance NYC to present new rooftop shows and Ann Reinking tribute
iHeartDance NYC, a new initiative to celebrate and support the dance artists of New York City through performance opportunities and financial relief, announces four...
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651Feature ArticlesWill Broadway bounce back?
Governor Cuomo has announced Broadway will fully reopen to 100 percent capacity on September 14, with ticket sales starting up on May...
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1.4KFeature ArticlesDance life in quarantine: Teresa Reichlen knows there’s a time for everything
New York City Ballet (NYCB) Principal Teresa Reichlen had been dancing since she was a teenager — as in not really ever taking a...
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1.0KFeature ArticlesIs COVID killing the arts? Part II: Nationally-known companies
Picture this: a large-scale organization, with multiple initiatives at play and planned out for many months to come, suddenly has all of...
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924ReviewsOnStage Dance Company’s ‘Season 20’: Not on stage but still dancing
April 16-May 10, 2021.Accessible through the company’s website. Moving together in the stage lights, feeling the energy of your castmates and the...
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1.0KFeature ArticlesIs COVID killing the arts? Part I: Emerging companies
The current state of things is the biggest seismic shift in the dance world seen yet for many, if not most, dance...
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1.0KFeature ArticlesKaatsbaan gears up for inaugural Spring Festival
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park has curated a dynamic program of leading artists from the worlds of dance, music, poetry, sculpture and the culinary...
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1.6KFeature ArticlesDance life in quarantine: Tamisha Guy is keeping interests broad and skills dynamic
It’s a common piece of advice for dancers: yes, the draw of stage lights can feel irresistible, but be sure to cultivate...
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958ReviewsIndividual kinetic experience: ‘Wandering’ dance film
February 15, 2021.Streaming on YouTube. The sound of breath and feet scraping against the ground, the feeling of kinetic energy and authentic...
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929Feature ArticlesThe Music Center selects 112 semifinalists for 33rd annual ‘Spotlight’ program
Following two rounds of virtual auditions, The Music Center has selected 112 of southern California’s most talented high school students as semifinalists...
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1.2KReviewsNow and then: Boston Ballet’s ‘Celebrating Jorma Elo’
February 25-March 7.Through bostonballet.org/bbatyourhome. Dance doesn’t exist in a vacuum, evidently enough; what came before is either a foundation or something to...
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2.1KFeature ArticlesBallet Hartford: Led by the young, ambitious and resilient
Before the initial lockdown happened in March 2020, dancer Hannah Bush had been looking for a change. She had been freelancing in...
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1.6KFeature ArticlesDance life in quarantine: Shani Talmor is keeping community alive
“I didn’t overthink it. I’m a person of feeling and energy; I just go for it,” shares Shani Talmor, describing how she...
