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5.3KUncategorizedSpring in your step: Jumping tips from the pros
Spring is in full swing, and the flowers in bloom and warmer weather has us jumping for joy! In fact, jumping is...
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5.6KFeature ArticlesFinal Bow for Yellowface: Ending outdated representations of Asians in ballet
It was yet another Nutcracker season at New York City Ballet (NYCB), and the company was getting more and more letters questioning...
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3.6KDance HealthHow dance prepared me for motherhood
Dancers often see motherhood as a completely separate entity from their performance life. The thought of managing a career and parenthood is overwhelming...
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4.4KDance Studio OwnerNew studio owner Brandi Nichols: Taking a leap of faith
Brandi Nichols grew up in Newport, Oregon, where she regarded herself as mainly a tap dancer, with a toe dipped into the...
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3.9KFeature ArticlesMark DeGarmo Dance: Pushing at issues and pulling in audience members
How much do dancemakers create for themselves, and how much do they create for those who view their works? It’s a perennial...
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12.4KTips & Advice10 pointe shoe myths BUSTED
Most young ballerinas dream of someday going en pointe. Pointe shoes are beautiful – new and shiny – and pointe dancers look...
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30.2KFeature ArticlesDana Tai Soon Burgess: Dancing an immigrant experience in the nation’s capital
In 2003, Dana Tai Soon Burgess created a work on an immigrant experience that his own immediate family members experienced — coming...
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6.3KFeature ArticlesFinding meaning in the unseen: A talk with Belinda Adam
It’s sometimes said that art can act as a mirror to life, to reflect the world back at us so that we...
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5.6KGiveaways!Color your audition experience: WIN a rainbow of dancewear!
Auditions can be daunting, but they can also be exhilarating; a room full of dancers who are trying to get the same...
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4.4KFeature Articles‘World of Dance’ recap: Round 3 of the Duels
The World of Dance competition continued to heat up as the Junior Division numbers had the chance to compete to get one step closer...
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3.7KReviewsUrbanity Dance’s ‘Urbanity NeXt’: Stories in action
Urbanity Dance, Boston, Massachusetts. March 10, 2019. Wonderful dancing is wonderful dancing. It alone can be more than enough to create an...
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3.0KFeature Articles‘World of Dance’ recap: Duels Round 2 gets heated
The World of Dance competition continued to heat up as the Junior Team acts faced off for a spot in the Cut round. The...
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2.7KReviewsLady Bos Productions’ ‘….that’s what she said’ II: Dance stories can be enough
Boston University Dance Theater, Boston, MA. March 30, 2019. Kristin Wagner, creative director of Lady Bos Productions, opened up the second installment...
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3.3KReviewsTaking risks in the Broadway revival of ‘Oklahoma!’
Circle in the Square, New York, NY. April 6, 2019. Amidst Broadway’s jukebox shows, Disney productions and movies-turned-musicals, another trend of late...
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3.4KReviewsDylan Crossman Dan(s)ce: Moving displacement and disruption
92nd Street Y, New York, NY. March 16, 2019. Life in 2019 seems full of shifts, changes, and stirrings — in our minds,...
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2.0KReviewsA collection of styles in Island Moving Company’s ‘A Collection of Attitudes’
Rosecliff Mansion, Newport, Rhode Island. March 9, 2019. When it comes to programming a multi-work dance performance, what does “diversity” mean? How...
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2.6KDance HealthPlant-based milk alternatives: What dancers need to know
The rise in popularity of non-dairy milk alternatives can be attributed to many diverse reasons, including increased awareness of their health benefits,...
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3.8KReviewsA classic that breaks out of the classical mold: Boston Ballet’s Coppélia
Boston Opera House, Boston, MA. March 21, 2019. When you think of a classical story ballet, what comes to mind? Fairies, princes...
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3.0KFeature ArticlesComplexions Contemporary Ballet celebrates 25 years
Complexions Contemporary Ballet celebrated its 25th anniversary during its recent Joyce Theater run, which culminated last month. The company, led by Dwight Rhoden and...
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2.8KDance HealthDancing through a diagnosis: Using dance to manage Parkinson’s disease
April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month. If you are not familiar with it, Parkinson’s disease is a disorder of the central nervous...
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3.4KFeature ArticlesHope Easterbrook’s Dance 4 Hope: Dance as a universal language of healing
One could look at all the suffering in the world and say, “What could I possibly do to help? There’s just so...
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3.7KTips & AdviceAre you recital ready?
Believe it or not, recital will be here before we know it. It’s certainly an exciting time of year, as you teach...
