Kansas City Ballet Announces 2025-2026 Season & Subscriptions On Sale Now
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 14, 2025
Kansas City Ballet Artistic Director Devon Carney has announced the company’s 2025-2026 season, which opens with Swan Lake, continues with Stars and Stripes, a collection of three short dance works celebrating our country’s 250th anniversary, and concludes with Septime Webre’s The Great Gatsby.
Boston Lyric Opera To Present CAROUSEL 80th Anniversary Production
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 19, 2025
Boston Lyric Opera will present an 80th anniversary production of “RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN'S ‘CAROUSEL,'” directed by BLO Artistic Associate Anne Bogart, conducted by BLO Music Director David Angus, and running April 4-13, 2025 at the Emerson Colonial Theatre.
Interview: Janet Eilber talks MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY'S American Legacies and more
by R. Scott Reedy - Nov 20, 2024
Janet Eilber was a high school senior at Michigan’s Interlochen School for the Arts when she first crossed paths with modern dance legend Martha Graham (1894–1991). After auditioning for Graham, the dancer and actor attended the Juilliard School at Graham’s recommendation, and subsequently joined the doyenne’s eponymous dance company where she became a soloist at age 21, dancing many of the roles made famous by Graham.
32 Theater Books for Your Fall 2024 Reading List
by Nicole Rosky - Oct 6, 2024
We're falling into fall with a great Broadway read! This season, Broadway's best have put pen to paper to turn out theatre page-turners of every kind. From theatre biographies to theatre fiction; theatre books for kids to theatre history; check out our collection of 32 new Broadway books for every theatre lover's Fall 2024 reading list.
Jacob's Pillow to Present Roderick George With The Men Dancers Award This Month
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 4, 2024
Jacob's Pillow will present American dancer and choreographer Roderick George with the Jacob's Pillow Men Dancers Award. George will accept the award at the outdoor performance by his New York City-based company, kNonAme Artist, on Thursday, August 15, as part of this summer's Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
THE BALLET GOES TO BROADWAY Dance Revue Comes to JPAC in May
by Stephi Wild - Apr 30, 2024
Jefferson Performing Arts Society will present a dance revue featuring Broadway musical dance favorites conceived, directed, and choreographed by Jefferson Ballet co-director Kenneth Beck with Kimberly Matulich-Beck.
Video: Recap Broadway's Danciest Musicals
by Sidney Paterra - Apr 26, 2024
Some musicals from Broadway past, however, have used dance as the driving force of the musical narrative. Justin Peck continues in that tradition with Illinoise, now running on Broadway at the St. James Theatre. To celebrate it's arrival, check out a collection of videos of musicals in which dance is truly the star.