Dance Informa Magazine
Tips & Advice
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3.5KThings that dancers are good at: Movement directing
Dance Informa offers you the next installment in our series on alternative dance gigs. This month, we’re talking about movement directing and...
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3.0KBig transitions in space and place: Moving to a new dance scene
Sometimes, one can just feel like it’s time for change, for a new adventure. Dancers are particularly ambitious, curious and thirsty for...
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4.6KThings that dancers are good at: Motion capture
Dance Informa offers the next installment in our series on alternative dance gigs. This month, we’re talking about dance and tech, and...
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4.3KStudio Bungee: The body in flight
For as long as I can remember, I have dreamed of being in flight or a state of weightlessness. My performing years...
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12.2KDance Gap Year: Filling the gap and helping dancers find their way
Young adulthood — it can be a scary time of uncertainty and big decisions. Dancers in this time of life have to...
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4.0KThings that dancers are good at: Film
Dance Informa offers you the next installment in our series on alternative dance gigs! This month, we’re talking about dance film, and...
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3.8KA closer look at CPR’s Performance Philosophy Reading Group
You might be thinking, performance and philosophy? How could these seemingly distant topics possibly have enough overlap to warrant a dedicated monthly...
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4.1KThings that dancers are good at: Tourism
Welcome to the first installment in our series on alternative dance gigs! This month, we’re talking about tourism and the various ways...
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4.3KMoBBallet holds first annual dance education symposium
MoBBallet (standing for “Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet”) is an organization that strives to preserve, present and promote the contributions and stories...
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11.4KDo you need an agent?
Landing a dance agent can help skyrocket your career. Think of it as having your own personal posse cheering you on and...
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7.2KWhat should students choose? College, concert or commercial dance?
As dancers chassé toward their senior year of school, they begin to decide where dance will take them. Where will they take...
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6.4KThe SAFE® Method: Spirals and patterns for recovery, artistry and more
Formal dance training includes much about patterns in the body: the sequential arcs of port de bras, common step sequences such as...
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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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12.0K10 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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5.5KColor 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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3.5KAre 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...
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3.3KHandling Injury, Part III: Alex Zarlengo
For dancers, getting injured is sadly both not at all uncommon and not at all easy. Even apart from physical discomforts and...
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4.4KDo and don’ts for collaborating in dance
Collaborating is central to most, if not all, creative projects and processes (solo projects might be an exception, but even in those...
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5.2KNetworking dos and dont’s for dancers: Building connections and community
Networking – it encompasses many aspects of building professional and personal communities. Most regard it as an essential ingredient for building a...
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5.3KIs dance worth it?
One standard by which we can measure the merit of a pursuit is if the end goal is met. Arguably, the most...
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5.4KDance readiness: When is your child ready to begin dance classes?
Beginning dance classes for your young dancer is similar to beginning any sport — you, as the parent, ask yourself several questions....
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10.4KWhat should I include on my dance resume?
Think of your resume and your calling card. In many ways, it’s as important as your headshot in an audition setting. So...
