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Tatiana Melendez. Photo by Vanessa Garcia.

From Artist to Artist dancewear brand connects artists worldwide

When Costa Rican dancer Lorena Pérez and business partner Adriana Montalvan started From Artist to Artist, she didn’t expect the dancewear company to...

New York Dance Project. Photo by Bill Prouty.

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New York Dance Project: Creating opportunity

New York Dance Project (NYDP), a new dance company in its third year of existence, is a small but mighty enterprise. Its...

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An unlikely dance ambassador: Boston producer David Orr

“My professional life has been in a cubicle. I know that space, and I’m comfortable there,” says David Orr, IT professional for...

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Só Dança introduces vegan dance shoes

Só Dança has released a new line of vegan dance shoes for styles ranging from ballet and contemporary to jazz and tap....

Choreography by Camille Moten. Photo by John Evans.

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Linking practice and theory: Rutgers University’s MFA Dance Program

Dance Informa sat down with Jeff Friedman, founder and director of the MFA Dance Program at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of...

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In the background: Noh theater and Armitage Gone! Dance’s ‘You Took a Part of Me’

Postmodern dance pioneer Karole Armitage has tried something new, but not entirely so. Her work, You Took a Part of Me, encoring...

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Competition & Convention Guide

Studio owners, dance teachers, parents, dancers…The 2019/20 Competition and Convention Guide is here! Where will you dance this season? Where will you...

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Dance and pregnancy: A mom’s connection to her unborn child

Before you decide that this article doesn’t pertain to you, that you are nowhere near ready to have children or have decided...

From NYC Dance Project's 'The Style of Movement'.

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Fashion and dance collide in ‘The Style of Movement’

Deborah Ory and Ken Browar of NYC Dance Project created their first book, The Art of Movement, in 2016. The photography book featured...

STREB Extreme Action Company. Photo by Andy Batt.

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Christine Chen flies into role of Executive Director of STREB

Christine Chen has been appointed the new Executive Director of STREB. The company, founded by Elizabeth Streb in 1985, around her organizing...

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Al Blackstone hints at latest work, ‘Norma’

Freddie Falls in Love, Happy We’ll Be and his countless hits on So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) brought boundless joy,...

Brendan Fernandes' 'Contract and Release'. Photo by Nicholas Knight.

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Brendan Fernandes’ ‘Contract and Release’ premieres at the Noguchi Museum

Brendan Fernandes is an artist of dance and visual arts. His pieces tend to include themes of race, queer culture, migration and...

Elena Vazintaris. Photo by Jim Lafferty.

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Things 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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Bailey Munoz: First b-boy crowned ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ winner

Dance Informa chatted with Bailey Munoz, 19-year-old winner of So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) 16th season. Munoz is the first b-boy...

Alison Chase's 'Night of the Dark Moon'. Photo by Andrea Mohin/The New York Times.

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Waltzing out of the proscenium box: A talk with Alison Chase

Alison Chase has been making dance art for 50 years. The wisdom and breadth of knowledge that she’s gained over those years...

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How to rig your social media for success

Whether we mean to or not, we constantly have screens in our face. And as much as this poses problems that other...

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Artistic Dance Exchange carries dancers around the globe

When it comes to competitions and conventions, there are many opportunities for young dancers across the United States. The benefits of attending...

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Ezra Sosa: The journey to Top 6 for Season 16 of ‘SYTYCD’

It is no surprise that there has been a growing popularity on the television circuit when it comes to competitions, more specifically...

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Indie dance documentary ‘Botis Seva: Air’

Botis Seva, a London-based choreographer, has collaborated with director Divya Pathak to make Botis Seva: Air, a dance documentary. “It isan independent passion piece,”...