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Theater Arts Preparatory School: Preparing a dancer for a professional career

Several years ago, I wrote an article in Dance Informa about Theater Arts Preparatory School (TAPS) in Las Vegas. Now in its seventh year, this amazingly successful training program was created and designed by Don Mirault who...

Photo courtesy of English National Ballet School.

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Choreographer Andrew McNicol becomes English National Ballet School’s first Artistic Associate

English National Ballet School has announced that choreographer Andrew McNicol has become its first ever Artistic Associate. As Artistic Associate, McNicol will deepen his existing relationship...

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Your guide to studying in the Big Apple

New York City is world-renowned for its excellent dance training and performance opportunities. The city is home to famed schools of the...

'Spotlight' participants receive detailed feedback during Mastery Classes. Photo courtesy of The Music Center.

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The 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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Boosting charisma: Towards Vivencia Founder Jorge Crecis

“I am horribly bad at marketing.” Jorge Crecis, founder of an organization called Towards Vivencia, says this with a playfulness in his voice. But...

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Axis Connect: Straddling the concert/commercial divide

Dance Informa had the chance to ask Cherice and Charissa Barton some questions about their dance intensive, Axis Connect, which they answered...

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4 ways to keep your training strong during quarantine

A busy dancer’s day can consist of moving studio to studio — to take class, rehearse, cross-train and audition. In a world...

Preprofessional Dancer Institute. Photo by Audrey Derell.

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Something to look forward to: Preprofessional Dancer Institute

For five days every Labor Day weekend, up to 75 young dancers-in-training from all over the world descend on Santa Fe, a...

Steps on Broadway. Photo by Jaqlin Medlock.

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Steps on Broadway celebrates 40 years and a vibrant future

Steps on Broadway, the internationally-recognized dance training center, celebrates its 40th anniversary with a look back at the numerous milestones that mark its...

Dame Darcey Bussell, President of the RAD

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Royal Academy of Dance approaches its centenary and looks toward the future

The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is one of the largest and most influential dance education and training organizations in the world....

home school and hybrid school for dancers

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Is alternative schooling a good choice to intensify dance training?

Dancers have always been the kind of people who take the road less traveled. Who sacrifice the comfortable for the pursuit of...

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Ballet class via Skype: Veyette Virtual Ballet School

These days, everything is online – shopping, correspondence, banking, movies, food delivery – and these services certainly make life more convenient and...