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Island Moving Company Gala 2019. Photo by David Lee Black.

Island Moving Company announces silent auction

Island Moving Company (IMC), Newport, Rhode Island’s resident contemporary ballet company, announced the addition of a silent auction as part of its...

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A real, live dance performance: Kaatsbaan Summer Festival 2020

While the country’s theaters are closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there will be a refreshing return to the stage with the...

Cameron McKinney. Photo by Joseph Lambert/Jazzy Photo.

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While summer Olympics are postponed, American and Japanese artists continue to embody the spirit of the Games

The Olympics may be postponed until next year due to the ongoing global pandemic, but five teams of creative artists from the...

River North Dance Chicago. Photo by Cheryl Mann.

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Dance for Life celebrates 29 years with virtual festival

Chicago Dancers United (CDU) has announced the lineup for Dance for Life 2020: United as One, a digital event showcasing Dance for...

Grace-Anne and Austin Powers performing 'In The Silence'. Photo by Savannah Caines.

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D.C.’s Chamber Dance Project reaches beyond the stage to film new ballets

Chamber Dance Project, a Washington, D.C.-based contemporary ballet company, presents New Works 2020 (& Beyond). Chamber Dance Project reaches beyond the stage to...

Lily Verlaine in 'Land of Sweets/ The Burlesque Nutcracker'. Photo by Angela Sterling.

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Lineup announced for 48th Annual Dance on Camera Film Festival

Dance Films Association and Film at Lincoln Center have announced the complete lineup for the 48th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival,...

'Dance Like Nobody's Watching'. Photos by Kyle Adler.

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‘Dance Like Nobody’s Watching’: A COVID-19 passion project

Everyone has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. People are out of jobs, others are working full-time from home, dancers are taking...

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Break the Floor announces Summer Jam is on!

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Break the Floor has sadly had to cancel its annual summer event, DancerPalooza. However, Summer Jam is...

A.I.M. in 'An Untitled Love'. Photo by Carrie Schneider.

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Jacob’s Pillow hosts ‘Dance We Must: A Virtual Event Supporting Jacob’s Pillow’

Jacob’s Pillow will host Dance We Must: A Virtual Event Supporting Jacob’s Pillow on June 20, at 7pm EDT. Co-hosted by Pillow Trustees Kyle...

Groove Dance Competition and Convention.

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Groove Dance Competition and Convention holds make-up events this summer

With the COVID-19 pandemic, events have been canceled, studios have been closed, and our normal dance life has been sadly on pause....

The Wallis School Partners Program. Photo courtesy of The Wallis.

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Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts receives $20,000 CAC Grant

The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts received a $20,000 grant from the California Arts Council that will help support The Wallis School...

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Stagestep brings the dance floor to your home

Stagestep Inc., America’s oldest dance floor company, announced today that by the end of April 2020, it will have provided more than...

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Dance Against Cancer to stream 2011 ‘Year One’ performance

This Monday, May 4, was set to be Dance Against Cancer (DAC)’s 10th anniversary performance at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall, which...

Elmhurst Ballet School students. Photo by Andrew Ross.

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English National Ballet School and Elmhurst Ballet School unite to share a message of solidarity and hope

Elmhurst Ballet School in Birmingham, and English National Ballet School in London, are two of the UK’s top ballet schools whose students...

Preprofessional Dancer Institute. Photo by Audrey Derell.

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Something to look forward to: Preprofessional Dancer Institute

For five days every Labor Day weekend, up to 75 young dancers-in-training from all over the world descend on Santa Fe, a...

Pina Bausch's 'Vollmand'. Photo by Julieta Cervantes.

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Where do we go? Dance theater on American soil

Last year, I was rehearsing for a show — a dance theater adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play — in a downtown...

Photo by @dagphotog from the film @uprooted.film.

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Dance at home with Broadway Dance Center

During this uncertain time, Broadway Dance Center (BDC) is busily working on ways to keep its students engaged and inspired while they’re...

Photo by Carlo Cruz, Red Bull Media House.

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Red Bull Dance Your Style, all styles street dance competition, returns

One-on-one all styles street dance competition, Red Bull Dance Your Style, returns with a full 2020 calendar and full-fledged tour before heading...

BalletX in 'Sunset, o639 Hours'. Photo by Alexander Iziliaev.

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Vail Dance Festival announces 2020 season

From July 31-August 11, the Vail Dance Festival, a project of nonprofit Vail Valley Foundation, presents its 32nd season, featuring commissioned world premieres, new...

Sidra Bell's MODULE. Photo by Umi Akiyoshi Photography.

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Sidra Bell’s MODULE: In poetic form

This past January, I had the opportunity to participate in MODULE (Movement Observed During Unique Laboratory Experiments), Sidra Bell’s award-winning bi-annual research laboratory,...

Steps on Broadway. Photo by Jaqlin Medlock.

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Steps on Broadway celebrates 40 years and a vibrant future

Steps on Broadway, the internationally-recognized dance training center, celebrates its 40th anniversary with a look back at the numerous milestones that mark its...