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4.7KState Street Ballet is in its sterling year
State Street Ballet, based in Santa Barbara, CA, is celebrating its 25th year and has announced an exciting year of performances and...
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4.3KStars of High Strung at DancerPalooza
DancerPalooza’s Beat Street expo opens today and So Danca has some exciting news! As presenting sponsors for this year’s festival, So Danca...
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2.7KPrincesses Ballet: Transforming lives through a love of dance
Princesses Ballet, run by 501(c)3) non-profit organization City Gospel Mission in Cincinnati, is changing lives. The program offers free ballet lessons to...
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5.3KPerformance spaces for non-professional adult dancers: Why should they have to stop?
There’s just something about dancing in the glow of stage lights, of giving your all to an audience with something on which...
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4.9KIce Dance International skates at Jacob’s Pillow: Finding flight and flow
Ice skating. We think rosy cheeks and hot cocoa, or fancy judges and sequined dresses. But something like concert dance? Maine-based Ice...
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3.3KAmerican Dance Movement announces September National Dance Day
American Dance Movement (ADM), formerly the Dizzy Feet Foundation, has announced a new date for National Dance Day, to be celebrated annually...
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4.5KThings that dancers are good at (And gigs that need exactly those things)
We’re coming up on the end of the school year, and countless graduating dancers are coming into the industry. Whether they’re coming...
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4.3KTaking to the streets: Ballerina Brittany Cavaco dances through Paris in film ‘Until Midnight’
Ballerina, model and Só Dança ambassador Brittany Cavaco lives every dancer’s dream and confronts every dancer’s nightmare in the new dance film,...
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4.3KToronto to host 2019 Genée International Ballet Competition
The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) is set to bring the Genée International Ballet Competition, one of the world’s most prestigious ballet...
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2.7KDancing José Limón’s ‘The Traitor’ at the University of Florida: The old made anew
Some stories — and thus, some dances — are simply timeless. At the same time, there may very well be creative choices...
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4.0KBoston Ballet’s John Lam tries on a new…dress
Boston Ballet Principal John Lam has danced leading roles in some of the most sought-after ballets – Prince Desire in The Sleeping...
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5.5KFinal 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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2.5KPlant-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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3.3KHope 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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2.8KYasmeen Audi finds dance in all different places and spaces
Does dance have a sense of place to you? Do you connect it with certain spaces, buildings, towns? Does it have certain...
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3.2KGrosh Cares Grant: Amplifying performing arts, theater and more
As the technology continues to advance, there have been more innovative ways for the theater and dance studios to bring shows to...
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4.6KCreating a new musical: ‘Marie, Dancing Still’
On Saturday, February 23, the Steps Beyond Foundation hosted an Artists Talk entitled “The Creative Process Unraveled: Creating a New Musical”. The...
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5.2KHandling Injury, Part II: Carolyn Paine
“Out of adversity comes opportunity,” goes an old saying. Carolyn Paine, director/choreographer of CONNetic Dance (Hartford, CT), seems to have found the...
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5.1KBallet and Beyond NYC: For NYC kids who have a passion for dance
Dance – and professional training – should be accessible for everyone, no matter social status, location and financial situation. Ballet and Beyond...
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3.8KCity Ballet of Cleveland leaps into its 10th season
As we welcome a new year, there are times to set goals and times to celebrate goals that we have met. There...
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5.1KChoreography Online: Catalyzing dance connections
Iconic tech giant Steve Jobs once downplayed the importance of technology itself, surprisingly enough, stating that “what’s important is that you have...
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3.8KJane Franklin Dance presents ‘Picture This’
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Perhaps a picture conjures up memories or leads to new thoughts and ideas....
