Pointe shoe shopping has always reminded me of Harry Potter shopping for his first wand. There’s a big wall filled with long boxes stacked...
“You look great – you must have lost weight!” It’s a fairly common compliment (or at least something meant as a compliment)....
In our three-part series, How to navigate your European audition tour, Dance Informa speaks with three American artists who are living the...
Artists benefit from surrounding themselves with art. Inspiration for their own practice often comes from the art they immerse themselves in, and...
Many American dancers dream of dancing and living in Europe. The culture is rich, the arts are more supported, and dance jobs...
In past editions of Dance Informa, Fran Kirmser gave readers an inside scoop on how to Make Dance Your Business and the...
You’re sitting in a grand theater, watching your peers perform beautifully. Or maybe you’re scrolling Instagram and their opening night pictures fill...
As school is well underway and vacations end, there is still one season that studios and dancers look forward to — competition...
Lately, I’ve been thinking about the many possible meanings of the word “improvisation” in relation to dance. On the one hand, improv...
Starting a professional career in dance is thrilling but knowing where to start can be stressful. To help young professionals start their...
Fran Kirmser knew at a young age she wanted to dance. She trained throughout her youth and went on to dance professionally...
Summer is here, and you may have a summer dance intensive coming up that you’re super excited for. Intensives are a wonderful...
We’ve all been there: you get cut at an audition, you don’t get the role that you want, you don’t get into...
Let’s talk about virtual auditions. They started as a necessity out of the pandemic, and thankfully served as a way to keep our industry...
“The show must go on” — it’s perhaps the most quintessential performing arts adage. Yet, human beings aren’t machines. Yes, we as...
Acquiring an O-1B artist visa in the United States can seem challenging, scary and mysterious. Dance Informa recently had the opportunity to...
Next up in our series, Casting in the age of the cloud, is about cutting to the chase. There was a time, years...
Auditions. Does anyone really like them? Who knows, but they are a huge part of being a dancer. As more live auditions...
LA/NY-based Movement Director/Choreographer Zoe Rappaport launches Mentorship 4 Dancers: A 12-Week Online/In-Person Course to Deepen your Artistry and Creative Entrepreneurship. To have...
Have you ever acted? If you think you haven’t, might you have acted within a particular dance role — building a character...
We are all different. Our anatomy, our goals and our dance styles vary. So is there really a golden list of stretches...
New York City is world-renowned for its excellent dance training and performance opportunities. The city is home to famed schools of the...