December 10, 2024
Today's Stories
Nutrition
How Can Dancers Set Healthy Boundaries?
dancenutrition.com Dec 10, 2024
Setting boundaries is essential for safeguarding our mental and emotional well-being, especially when it comes to our relationship with food. In a world dominated by diet culture, boundaries often get...
Companies
Composer and Dancer Du’Bois A’Keen Reimagines Songs Cut From Alvin Ailey’s Revelations
dancemagazine.com Dec 10, 2024
The version we know today of Alvin Ailey’s Revelations, presented continuously for more than six decades on stages around the world, is only about half the length it was when it premiered in 1960. Nin...
Oklahoma City Ballet Adds New Twists to the Beloved Nutcracker Tale
pointemagazine.com Dec 09, 2024
A maid and butler turn into a Mouse King and Queen. Clara’s grandparents become Grandmother and Grandfather Ginger, while her mother and father transform into the Sugar Plum Fairy and Cavalier. These ...
Interviews
NEXT STEP: Choreographic conversation and interview with program coordinator Eva Stone
pnb.org Dec 09, 2024
Company dancer and fellow choreographer Leah Terada interviews Eva Stone to learn more about NEXT STEP 2025!...
Joffrey Ballet bringing 'The Nutcracker' to Lyric Opera
joffrey.org Dec 09, 2024
Reviews
Review: Resistance and Struggle in a Dance of Private Rites
nytimes.com Dec 09, 2024
A solo by the choreographer Bintou Dembélé, the first showing of her work in the United States, explored the crossover between hip-hop and diasporic African ritual....
IMPRESSIONS: "The Stranger" by Yang Sun & Poets, A Work in Process at Hi-Arts
dance-enthusiast.com Dec 09, 2024
"These questions and themes surrounding identity linger with me after witnessing Yang Sun’s riveting work in process, The Stranger, at Hi-Arts.The interdisciplinary, immersive work set on Sun’s collec...
Kennedy Center Honors
At the Kennedy Center, a Send-Off to Biden and Questions About the Future
nytimes.com Dec 09, 2024
A bipartisan crowd honored Francis Ford Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt, Arturo Sandoval and the Apollo Theater. Some wondered if Donald J. Trump would attend next year....
Union News
Wrongfully Terminated Dancers of DBDT Reach Settlement Agreement with Dallas Black Dance Theatre | American Guild of Musical Artists...
musicalartists.org Dec 09, 2024
After more than six months of courageous advocacy and relentless solidarity, the wrongfully terminated Dancers of DBDT have reached a settlement agreement with Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT). This ...
Reminder: 2025 AGMA Basic Annual Dues Deadline is December 31 | American Guild of Musical Artists
musicalartists.org Dec 09, 2024
Members can now submit their 2025 Basic Annual Dues. Invoices were sent on or around November 21. To avoid future reinstatement fees, members should ensure their dues are submitted by December 31, 202...
Health & Science
At the IADMS Conference: Why Safe Flooring Matters for Every Style of Dance
dancemagazine.com Dec 09, 2024
Each year the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science Conference gathers medical practitioners, researchers, and educators in the field for four days of sharing and reflection. As a lon...
Career Transition
Gillian Murphy to Give Farewell Performance with American Ballet Theatre, Friday, July 18, 2025, at the Metropolitan Opera House ...
abt.org Dec 09, 2024
Murphy to Conclude 29-Year Career with a Final Performance as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake...
Training
Artistry, Quality, Legacy: The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory’s Pre-Professional Program
dance-teacher.com Dec 09, 2024
When Sharon Dante founded The Nutmeg Ballet Conservatory in a small, one-room studio in Torrington, Connecticut, in 1969, she was determined to create a space for serious ballet education for the loca...