Dance Informa Magazine
Feature Articles
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14.2KMaria Rodriguez cast in ‘On Your Feet!’ National Tour
Broadway Connection Teaching Artist Maria Rodriguez has just been cast in the new On Your Feet! National Tour, which will bring the...
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5.1KDani Borak named Artist in Residence of Chicago Human Rhythm Project
Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP), a presenter of tap dance and percussive arts, has recently announced that Daniel “Dani” Borak is its...
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4.3KThe Dance Deck brings dance home
They say “home is where the heart is”, and for Alexis Fletcher and Sylvain Senez, that is doubly true, as their home...
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4.7KAdapting, awakening, pushing forward – A talk with Vanessa Long
Through centuries and through decades, artistic trends have been clear. Yet artists who truly stand out are ones who push those trends,...
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5.4KCanada’s The StepCrew brings together stepdance and tap rhythms
Dance is an ever-evolving art form. Style draws on inspiration — building upon what’s already been done. But it’s the context and...
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20.8KTold to diet? Don’t listen to your dance teacher.
Conflicting ideas are rampant in the lives of pre-teens and teens – they often hear completely different messages from the authority figures...
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13.5KThe 2017 Bessie Awards Nominations
The NY Dance and Performance Awards (“The Bessies”), New York City’s premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, recently...
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5.0KJeffrey and Lia Cirio’s Cirio Collective strives for exploration through collaboration
In summer 2015, brother and sister duo Jeffrey and Lia Cirio, principal dancers with American Ballet Theatre and Boston Ballet, respectively, started...
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9.2KDo you know how Marley Floors got their name?
If you are a dancer, you’ve heard the term “Marley Floors” at some point. When you think about them, you probably imagine...
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7.7KLes Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo’s Chase Johnsey
Chase Johnsey is not afraid to be different. And from mimicking the line dancing in a Billy Ray Cyrus music video, to...
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5.3KJacob’s Pillow expanding to become year-round center for dance
Jacob’s Pillow, celebrating its 85th Festival in 2017, is a National Historic Landmark, recipient of the National Medal of Arts and home to...
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6.8KRichmond Ballet brings its culture of intelligent costuming to the Joyce
They say that costuming can make or break a performance. If your dancers are stellar, it won’t matter, bad costumes are merely...
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7.2KChoreographer Denis Jones on Paper Mill’s ‘Mary Poppins’
Denis Jones is one of today’s most exciting choreographers on the musical theater scene. Whether designing dances for an original work or...
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7.8KThe fifth annual Legacy36: A line of former Rockettes
Most dancers are familiar with the Rockettes, Radio City Music Hall’s dance troupe of tall, talented and beautiful precision dancers. While the...
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5.1KIntroducing Mac Allen
In May, Kentucky native Mac Allen was named the winner for BellaMoxi Dance Convention’s 2017 Emerging Artists Choreographic Festival in Phoenix, AZ,...
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4.8KBallet BC at work: Dancing through collaboration and conversation
Emily Molnar, artistic director of Ballet BC, has had a vision for the Canadian company since she took over its leadership in...
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5.3KAtlanta Ballet 2: Growing up and out
Rome wasn’t built in a day, they say. It’s the same for artists; growth takes years of practice, learning from mistakes and...
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6.0KInaugural Male Dancer Conference seeks to inspire the guys
From the founders and owners of Boys Dance Too: The Dance Store for Men comes the inaugural Male Dancer Conference, set for...
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4.3KAbunDance: Inspiring the next generation of multi-cultural artists
Since its initial class of just 30 students back in 2013, AbunDance Academy of the Arts has blossomed into a multi-faceted arts initiative...
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7.9KTheater Arts Preparatory School in Las Vegas: ‘You can get there from here!’
In the spring of 2015, I was contacted by Don Mirault about teaching for a new program that he was launching in...
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6.0KTap Dance King Mike Minery takes on another year at DancerPalooza and Dance Teacher Summit
The time is quickly approaching for the dance event that dance teachers and students alike look forward to each year: DancerPalooza and...
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7.7KWays to keep your choreography fresh
Maybe the biggest struggle for choreographers is keeping choreography fresh, new, innovative and exciting. Dance is ever evolving and changing, and keeping...
