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Queer The Ballet Will Present DREAM OF A COMMON LANGUAGE This June
by Stephi Wild - April 19, 2024

Queer the Ballet presents the world premiere of Dream of a Common Language. Dream of a Common Language is a new evening-length ballet inspired by lesbian writer and activist Adrienne Rich's 1978 poetry collection by the same name....

Parsons Dance Will Return to the Joyce For Annual NYC Homecoming
by Stephi Wild - April 11, 2024

Parsons Dance will return to The Joyce Theater for its annual two-week season, from Tuesday, May 14 through Saturday, May 25.  ...

ZviDance to Present The World Premiere Of Zvi Gotheiner's THE FIELD
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 15, 2024

ZviDance will present THE FIELD, an original dance piece from acclaimed choreographer and artistic director, Zvi Gotheiner....

Works & Process at The Guggenheim to Present Hope Boykin with Mahogany L. Browne and
by Blair Ingenthron - October 16, 2022

Works & Process at the Guggenheim has announced Hope Boykin with Mahogany L. Browne and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago on Sunday, October 30, 7:30 pm....

Dallas Black Dance Theatre Comes to SummerStage Next Week
by Stephi Wild - July 14, 2022

Dallas Black Dance Theatre is a part of the 2022 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, in New York City. DBDT will perform works by notable choreographers including Darrell Grand Moultrie, Elisa Monte, Hope Boykin, and Christopher L. Huggins on July 22, 2022....

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Dance Heginbotham, and Liz Lerman Perform in Week 8 of
by Stephi Wild - July 13, 2022

The eighth week of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2022 welcomes Hubbard Street Dance Chicago to the Ted Shawn Theatre, from Aug. 10-14. Week 8 of the Festival will also feature Dance Heginbotham on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage from August 10-14, and a performance by Liz Lerman with her new evening-length dance theater piece, Wicked Bodies, on the Jacob's Pillow grounds from August 10-13....

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago Welcomes Six New Company Dancers
by Stephi Wild - June 08, 2022

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (HSDC), led by Artistic Director Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell, introduces six new artists joining their main company, each highly accomplished in contemporary dance. Aaron Choate, Morgan Clune, Jack Henderson, Shota Miyoshi, Cyrie Topete and Matt Wenckowski, will all join the company for its 45th season....

Ballet Hispánico School Of Dance Announces Best Practices: We Support Learning!
by Stephi Wild - May 26, 2022

Ballet Hispánico School of Dance announces that registration is now open for a week-long summer professional development program for dance teachers, July 11-15, 2022. The program is $525 for in-person attendees and $435 for virtual attendees, with discounts available for School of Dance partner organizations, including NDEO and NASD members. ...

BWW Review: PNB'S DIGITAL SEASON, REP 1, “SINGULARLY CERRUDO” Filmed at McCaw Hall
by Sondra Forsyth - October 07, 2021

The Pacific Northwest Ballet was back on stage in Seattle’s McCaw Hall in September of 2021, dancing for a live audience for the first time since the pandemic closed dance studios and theaters worldwide. Yet as welcome as that return to in-person performing was, PNB chose not to do away with the digital programming that had been its only option for over a year....

BWW Review: PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET'S ALL-DIGITAL SEASON, REP 6 Filmed at McCaw Hall
by Sondra Forsyth - June 10, 2021

PNB’s eminently satisfying all-digital season for 2020-2021 continues with Rep 6, livestreamed from June 10th to June 14th, 2021....

Nai-Ni Chen's CrossCurrent Contemporary Dance Festival to be Presented by Flushing To
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 21, 2021

Flushing Town Hall will celebrate the vibrant choreography of New York's diverse, Asian American, contemporary dance community at 7:30 PM on Friday, June 11 when it presents the 7th Season of Nai-Ni Chen's CrossCurrent Contemporary Dance Festival....

10,000 Dreams: Virtual Choreography Festival Will Highlight Asians in Dance
by Stephi Wild - May 02, 2021

10,000 Dreams: Virtual Choreography Festival will highlight Asians in dance. The festival is being held by Final Bow for Yellowface, an organization dedicated to eliminating offensive Asian stereotypes in dance....

BWW Feature: PNB ARTISTIC DIRECTOR PETER BOAL ANNOUNCES THREE PROMOTIONS DURING FIRST
by Sondra Forsyth - November 20, 2020

“It gives me tremendous pleasure to be able to promote three dancers in our company this evening.”...

PACIFIC NORTHWEST BALLET ANNOUNCES MILLION-DOLLAR GIFT FROM FRIDAY FOUNDATION, TO END
by Sondra Forsyth - October 20, 2020

Pacific Northwest Ballet is honored to announce the receipt of a million-dollar gift from the Friday Foundation. With this gift – designated to the Pacific Northwest Ballet Foundation – PNB has created a new endowment, the Jane Lang Davis New Works Fund. Annual income from the invested fund will be used in perpetuity to provide support for one new ballet each season, and/or support the full breadth of PNB’s New Works initiative, including workshops for emerging artists....

Alonzo King Receives Prestigious Dance Magazine Award
by A.A. Cristi - September 22, 2020

Alonzo King LINES Ballet has announced that Founder and Artistic Director Alonzo King is the recipient of the 2020 Dance Magazine Award. King will be honored at a virtual award ceremony on December 7, 2020. ...

The Joyce Theater Announces Remaining Digital Programming for Summer 2020
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 17, 2020

The Joyce announced today the remaining digital programming for Summer 2020 on its acclaimed streaming platform, JoyceStream. A diverse selection of extraordinary dance by Kyle Abraham, Shantala Shivalingappa, Urban Bush Women, and Complexions Contemporary Ballet will round out The Joyce's presentation of streaming performances this season....

ABT, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago & Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Will Come Toge
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 01, 2020

Dancers from American Ballet Theatre, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will come together for two virtual company classes on Tuesday, June 2 and Thursday, June 4. Each hour and a half class, beginning at 12 Noon ET, will stream on Facebook Live and Instagram @ABTOfficial....

VIDEO: Retired Dancer Recreates DIRTY DANCING Scene With a Lamp
by Stephi Wild - May 24, 2020

Quinn Wharton of Brooklyn, N.Y. formerly worked for the San Francisco Ballet and Hubbard Street Dance Chicago. Now, he's recreating famous dance scenes in his living room!...

Ballet Hispánico Announces ChoreoLab Auditions
by A.A. Cristi - January 22, 2020

Ballet Hispanico announces ChoreoLab: Emerging Artist Workshop, a Two-Week Program running June 22-July 2, 2020 for ages 18+ A unique, holistic program, which shapes hirable, competitive dancers who are ready to advance their careers. Audition for ChoreoLaB in NYC! https://www.ballethispanico.org/classes/choreolab...

CUNY Dance Initiative And John Jay College Present The World Premiere Of Gabrielle La
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 10, 2020

The CUNY Dance Initiative and John Jay College, in collaboration with Pigeonwing Dance, present the World Premiere of Gabrielle Lamb's Plexus: a work in knots on Friday, February 7, 2020 at 7:30pm at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 524 W. 59th Street, NYC. Tickets are $25 ($15 students/seniors)and can be purchased at https://www.pigeonwingdance.com/pwd/plexus....

BWW Review: Dance Fail at Fall For Dance
by Juan Michael Porter II - October 03, 2019

The continued proliferation of rhythmless music plunges Fall For Dance 2019's Program 1 into a miasma of middling potpourri. From Kyle Abraham rendering Misty Copeland into a sterile robot to Crystal Pite's droning narration, this was an evening sorely in need of inventive rhythm and grooves. Thank goodness then for the visiting South Africans of Vuyani Dance Theatre....

Choreographers Selected For 2019 ABT Incubator
by Julie Musbach - September 30, 2019

Choreographers Gabrielle Lamb and Laura O'Malley, along with American Ballet Theatre dancers Claire Davison, Zhong-Jing Fang and Sung Woo Han, have been selected to create work for the 2019 ABT Incubator, a two-week choreographic workshop providing a focused lab to inspire new choreographic voices and generate ideas for the creation of new work. Directed by ABT Principal Dancer David Hallberg, ABT Incubator will be held October 29–November 9, 2019 at ABT's New York studios....

ODC Dancer Mia J. Chong Receives Princess Grace Award
by A.A. Cristi - August 27, 2019

ODC/Dance is pleased to announce that company dancer Mia J. Chong has been honored with a Princess Grace Award in Dance, and will receive the Princess Grace Foundation's prestigious Chris Hellman Dance Award.  ...

Deeply Rooted Presents July Summer Dance Intensive Performances
by Stephi Wild - June 21, 2019

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater (DRDT) contributes to the future of the field of dance with its annual Summer Dance Intensive, for 70+ national and international students from ages 13 to 70, June 24–July 20 at its home studio, 17 N. State Street in downtown Chicago. The Intensive culminates in performances July 19 and 20 at 7 p.m. at the Reva and David Logan Center, 915 E. 60th Street in Hyde Park....

Alonzo King To Receive Honorary Doctorate At Juilliard Commencement Ceremony
by A.A. Cristi - May 09, 2019

Alonzo King LINES Ballet is pleased to announce that choreographer Alonzo King will receive an honorary doctorate from Juilliard during the school's 114th commencement ceremony, which takes place Friday, May 24, 2019, at 11am in Alice Tully Hall in New York City and will be live-streamed at juilliard.edu/live. Actress Rita Moreno and composer Kaija Saariaho will receive honorary doctorates as well....





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