Dance Informa Magazine
Feature Articles
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3.4KBrooke Wendle talks ‘The Funny Dance Show’
You name it, choreographer Brooke Wendle has done it! Just a handful of her exceptionally long list of credits includes Cirque du...
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2.9KVail 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...
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4.7KPrincipal Dancer Chandra Kuykendall retires after 22 seasons with Colorado Ballet
Colorado Ballet Principal Chandra Kuykendall, who has called Colorado Ballet and Colorado Ballet Academy home for 31 years, will take her final bow...
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3.6KMeet the dancemakers of Choreography Online
These days, everything is online. You can buy and sell just about anything – clothing, groceries, even…choreography. But the idea behind Choreography Online,...
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2.5KSidra 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,...
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3.1KDance photographer Rob Woodcox captures the impossible
The magic realism in Rob Woodcox’s dance photos almost has you convinced they’re possible. Bodies are crafted into structures, creating towering pyramids...
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2.9KEpisode Five of The Hollywood Dance Podcast: Marguerite Derricks on career longevity
Episode Five 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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2.2KThe DanceBands: Making art together, making it for all
There’s just something about live music and movement coming together. Anyone who’s danced at a wedding or school dance — joyfully, without...
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2.7KSteps 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...
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2.3KColorado Ballet celebrates 60 years
Colorado Ballet Artistic Director Gil Boggs announced the company’s 2020/2021 season, also it’s 60th anniversary season, which will feature five productions at the Ellie...
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4.1KMastering dance: The benefits of an MFA for already established dancers
Oscar Rodriguez is a Venezuelan-born, Costa Rican-raised, New York-based dancer. After an already successful career back home, Rodriguez moved to New York...
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2.9KCatching up with dancemaker Sidra Bell
Dance Informa recently had the pleasure of catching up with renowned dancemaker Sidra Bell. We talked about her childhood, her current projects and everything in...
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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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4.0KA 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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6.1K5 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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4.2KYour 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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4.0KYouth 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...
