Dance Informa Magazine
Feature Articles
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3.3KTeamwork makes the dream work: Dance Across America for ‘Dréa’s Dream’
Beauty can arise out of tragedy. Life can be funny like that. The Andréa Rizzo Foundation (“Dréa’s Dream”) started with something incredibly...
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3.5KDouble vision: Dancing twins Kurt and Kyle Froman
Many of us grew up dancing alongside a brother or sister, but some sibling duos carried on all throughout school and enjoyed professional...
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3.8KMiami City Ballet and New World Symphony: A monumental collaboration
Some collaborations seem destined. The cooperative work of George Balanchine and Igor Stravinsky is one iconic example. Their decades-long friendship proved to be one of the most prolific artistic...
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7.2KMovement Headquarters Ballet Company aims to #BringBalletBack
Movement Headquarters Ballet Company, based in New York, is making its debut on February 16, at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater. Artistic Director Barry Kerollis has focused the company’s first year...
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3.8KEpisode Three of The Hollywood Dance Podcast: Phillip Chbeeb on discomfort and creativity
Episode Three of The Hollywood Dance Podcast has arrived! The Hollywood Dance Podcast sees Tony Selznick and his co-host Megan Hunt, of...
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2.7KBallethnic: 30 years of creating access and opportunity for African-Americans in dance
Discussions of African-American representation — or rather, the lack thereof — in ballet productions and the (in)accessibility to training in the art...
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3.9KA ballerina’s powerful message about suicide
With the recent announcement that the FCC could make 988 a new nationwide number for suicide prevention and mental health hotline, there...
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6.0K5 young women to watch: How female choreographers are making waves
There’s been an uptick in fresh faces on the choreography scene in a big way. Concert and commercial, across the board, there’s...
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4.1KYour non-physical dance goals for 2020
Just by nature, dancers are motivated, hard-working and dedicated to their craft and at getting better at it. It doesn’t take a...
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3.8KYouth programs abound in the summer at Steps on Broadway
It’s only January, but it’s not too early to start thinking about the summer. Youth programs heat up during the summer months...
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2.5KPrograms to nurture emerging choreographers: It takes a village to grow an artist
Becoming a respected, well-known and financially stable choreographer is no kind of easy path. The immense challenges along the way are numerous...
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3.1KFollowing majorette dance team Orchesis Dance Company in ‘Taking the Stands’
Taking the Stands is a new mini-docuseries following Orchesis Dance Company of Louisiana’s Grambling State University (GSU). Orchesis was founded in 1948,...
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3.3KThe Tap Rebels: Making a staple in the southeast
From contemporary to ballet, there is no shortage of professional companies with the mission of spreading artistry to communities around the U.S....
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9.4K4 new dance styles to try in 2020
You love your favorite dance style; you’re a true bunhead, or dedicated contemporary dancer, or tapper through-and-through. Or maybe you’re versatile enough...
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6.3KDisabled North East ballet dancer wins national award for groundbreaking regional dance organization
This past November, the North East Dance Co-operative (NEDC) won the prestigious One Dance UK Award for Innovation in Dance, which highlights...
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4.1KIlogear: Dancewear, activewear and new things for 2020
When Liz Nieves started making costumes, she never dreamed that years later, she would be heading up one of the industry’s hottest...
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4.3KLet the gifts begin! Só Dança’s Instagram holiday giveaways
This year, Só Dança is starting Christmas a few days early with the dancewear brand’s Instagram holiday giveaways! From December 21-25, some...
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2.9KDare to Dance in Public Film Festival: Democratizing and demystifying dance
When you think of “dance”, do you think of people moving in public, captured on film, and widely disseminated over the internet...
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2.2KFlying high with aerial and dance duo RAVEN
Aerial and dance artists Kyla Ernst-Alper and Sylvana Tapia got to know each other four years ago while stuck 30 feet in...
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2.1KEpisode Two of The Hollywood Dance Podcast: Social media and commercial dance
Episode Two of The Hollywood Dance Podcast has arrived! The Hollywood Dance Podcast sees Tony Selznick and his co-host, Megan Hunt of...
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4.7KA day in the life of a Radio City Rockette
Natalie Reid is kicking up her heels in her ninth Christmas season with the Radio City Rockettes. As a longtime Rockette veteran, Reid...
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4.1KMusEffect: Creating a dance dialogue for social issues
Among the hustle and bustle of Los Angeles, where dancers dream of making it big and competition for the spotlight is rife,...
