December 2, 2024
4 Homegrown Companies Building Healthier Dance Ecosystems
dancemagazine.com Dec 02, 2024
When Gavin Stewart and Vanessa Owen were launching the contemporary company Stewart/Owen Dance in Asheville, North Carolina, they received some surprising advice. “Someone who worked in marketing in t...
Ballet West Celebrates 80 Years of America’s Oldest Nutcracker
pointemagazine.com Dec 02, 2024
Nutcracker season is important for every ballet company, but this year is especially momentous for Ballet West. Not only is the company celebrating 80 years of its version of the production, but the b...
Nutcracker Survival Guide for Dancers
thebrainyballerina.com Dec 02, 2024
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Ronald K. Brown’s ‘Grace’ Turns 25 at Alvin Ailey Dance
nytimes.com Dec 02, 2024
Brown’s masterful, fervent dance has become an enduring classic. He and his collaborators reflect on its creation....
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apnews.com Dec 01, 2024
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thinkingdance.net Dec 01, 2024
The Cannonball Festival shared two works from artists, each with a mother with dementia: This is How We Remember, co-created by choreographer/dancer Zoe Rabinowitz and composer Galen Bremer, and Love ...
Leroy Mokgatle Lives Her Dream at Staatsballett Berlin
dancemagazine.com Dec 01, 2024
Dancing one of the fairies in The Sleeping Beauty is a highlight in any dancer’s career. But when Staatsballett Berlin artist Leroy Mokgatle debuted as the Fairy of Wisdom last December, she made wave...
Stories From The Middle | Jennifer Passios
thinkingdance.net Dec 01, 2024
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Still/Here: 30 Years Later | Kristen Shahverdian
thinkingdance.net Dec 01, 2024
It’s been 30 years since the premiere of Still/Here by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, and although that’s reason enough to mount a reprisal of it, it does raise the question - how will a piece ...
‘It’s an outrage’: stars join fight against cuts as Welsh arts go into meltdown
theguardian.com Dec 01, 2024
Michael Sheen among big names in call for action as leading figure warns there will be little left of the sector in 10 yearsNot every Welsh valley can reverberate with choral singing and declaimed poe...
Wicked plus-size dancer from Watford hopes to inspire others
bbc.com Dec 01, 2024
Tegan Browne-Winter says she was told not to continue dance school because of the way she looked....