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Trisha Brown: Dancemaker and dance-shaper

The simplest definition of an artist may be one who shapes a certain material – be it clay, paint, music or the...

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Second Companies: Dayton Contemporary Dance Company 2 nurtures the whole artist

Dance Informa continues its series on second companies with a spotlight on Dayton Contemporary Dance Company 2. More than four decades ago, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company...

Anthony Lo Cascio and #Taplife Company. Photo courtesy of Lo Cascio.

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#Taplife: Keeping tap relevant through social media

“Tap dance is still relevant if you use it to discuss relevant things” says Anthony Lo Cascio, former Tap Dog and current...

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Experience Mia Michaels this summer

She’s choreographed for Broadway’s Finding Neverland, The New York Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes, So You Think You Can Dance, Cirque du...

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Nan Giordano to teach at World-Class Talent Experience

This weekend, World-Class Talent Experience, Inc. (WCTE) returns to Las Vegas, Nevada, for a dance competition event and to celebrate its fifth...

Broadway Dance Center childrens dance classes

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Broadway Dance Center opens new studio for teens and kids

This June, Broadway Dance Center (BDC) will unveil a new studio location at 65th Street in NYC, in the heart of Lincoln...

Safe and appropriate music choices for dance classes

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If kids don’t understand a song’s message, are the lyrics really harmful?

Music today is many things – but one thing it is often not is subtle. Lyrics in many mainstream songs are not...

Maxine Ross dancing at 90 years old. Photo courtesy of Ross.

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At 90 years old, Maxine Ross proves that time is the best dance partner

It is the brutal irony of dance that with years of experience comes both wisdom and degeneration of the body. Older dancers...

Nikki Croker in the 'West Side Story' National Tour.. Photo courtesy of Croker.

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The Tour Life: Artists on tour dish about life on the road

If I were to propose a new documentary reality show, it would be called “Life on a Broadway Tour”! Tour life is...

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Steps NYC Announces First Audition Tour

Steps on Broadway, NYC’s legendary professional dance center committed to training and maintaining the integrity of the art form, increases its global...

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Matthew Bourne’s ‘The Red Shoes’ to make its U.S. premiere in September

Tony Award-winning Center Theatre Group enters its second half-century at The Ahmanson Theatre at The Music Center in downtown Los Angeles with...

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Full Radius Dance: A physically integrated dance company

Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Full Radius Dance is a widely renowned physically integrated company. The 2017 season marks the company’s 25th anniversary...

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NDWF wants to see more special needs dance classes being offered

One of the initiatives currently being promoted by the National Dance Week Foundation (NDWF) is its “A Chance To Dance” Scholarships. The...

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Missouri companies celebrate Women’s History Month

Dance St. Louis’ annual production of nationally renowned choreographers collaborating with local professional dance companies to create and perform a collection of...

Andrew Winghart's 'Cry Me a River' Photo by Brandon Somerhalder.

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Andrew Winghart on his latest dance film ‘Cry Me a River’

Two-and-a-half years ago, Dance Informa spoke with (then) up-and-coming convention teacher and choreographer Andrew Winghart about his process and future goals. Since then,...

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Theresa Ruth Howard launches online MoBBallet project

Dancer Theresa Ruth Howard recently announced the launch of Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet), a groundbreaking legacy project documenting and transforming...

The cast of 'La La Land'. Photo by Dale Robinette.

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Our top 5 dance moments of ‘La La Land’

The tradition of classic film dance — of Fred and Ginger, of Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse — can seem like something...

William Forsythe with Boston Ballet Principal Dancer John Lam. Photo by Liza Voll.

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William Forsythe at Boston Ballet: ‘Artifact’ and More

“What, really, is art?” seems to be a never-ending question, one that no one has been able to answer concisely and matter-of-factly....

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National Dance Week Foundation gears up for 2017 Celebrations

The National Dance Week Foundation (NDWF) is a non-profit whose mission is to “expose and introduce as many people as possible to...

Lady Gaga Super Bowl Halftime. Photo-Billboard

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Our top 8 moments from Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl Halftime performance

Move over, Bey…Gaga came to slay. #1. SHE JUMPED FROM AN EXTREMELY HIGH PRECIPICE. I don’t care that it was pre-recorded…LADY GAGA...

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Introducing Laura Valentine

Laura Valentine, the artistic director and choreographer for Numinous Flux Dance Company in Nashville, was recently named the winner for BellaMoxi Dance...