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Ballet Montana Takes a Hiatus after Battling Artistic Limitations in Helena

By Stephanie Wolf. Since 1995, professional dancers have traveled to Helena to spend their offseason working with Ballet Montana. This summer haven...

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When Choreographers and Composers Collaborate

By Laura Di Orio. What came first, the dance or the music? Some choreographers are inspired by music, others seek out music...

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DoubleTake Dance focuses on choreographic diversity

By Laura Di Orio. Ashley Carter probably chose the name DoubleTake for a reason. At first glance, it’s another dance company. Looking...

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Russian Ballet in Turmoil?

By Rebecca Martin. Russia is arguably the home of ballet. Some of the world’s greatest stars, past and present have trained there...

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Celebrating Nureyev – Part 2

By Rain Francis. Rudolf Nureyev was one of the single most influential people in the history of dance. This year marks 20...

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PIPPIN back on Broadway

By Deborah Searle. Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz’s PIPPIN is back on Broadway for the first time since it first thrilled...

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Marching To A Beat of Her Own: Jennifer Jancuska and BC Beat

By Tara Sheena in collaboration with Jennifer Jancuska. In just two years, BC Beat has created a family of 32 choreographers, with...

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Flamenco is synergy

By Julie Galle Baggentoss. Flamenco dancers have a reputation for being fiery, dynamic and full of emotion, with percussive footwork juxtaposed against...

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Financing Creation – Part 2

By Kathleen Wessel. Despite reports of a slow economic recovery and predictions of more budget cuts to the arts, the financial future...

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Graduate Dance Study – FAQ

By Emily Yewell Volin. Have you ever considered earning a graduate degree in dance and wondered exactly what earning that degree would...

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New York City’s Top Five Spring Performances

By Tara Sheena. Spring is in the air and with that comes many things: warmer weather, spring cleaning, flowers blooming, a budding...

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Thodos Dance Chicago presents ballet on Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan

By Chelsea Thomas. For a person who is hearing and sight disabled, his or her world often revolves completely around touch and...

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Celebrating Nureyev – Part 1

By Rain Francis. Rudolf Nureyev was one of the single most influential people in the history of dance. This year marks 20...

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Dance on TV: What’s on?

By Stephanie Wolf. We love it, we hate it, we love to hate on it…Dance is popping up all over the television...

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Diablo Ballet premieres Web Ballet

By Laura Di Orio. This year, California’s Diablo Ballet is trying something new: a ballet composed of suggestions from the general public,...

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Morgan McEwen Brings MorDance to New York

By Leah Gerstenlauer. New York is often billed as a city full of possibilities, a culture-rich artists’ playground teeming with creative potential....

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Love Letter to a Legend: One Dancer’s Film Tribute to Dan Wagoner

By Kathleen Wessel. Last summer, choreographer Michelle Fletcher, two dancers and a small film crew went on a pilgrimage from the bustling...

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From the Ballet Barre to Real Food Barre: Two Dancers’ Entrepreneurial Success

By Stephanie Wolf. Ambitious, self-motivated, earnest work ethic – these are all attributes of a successful ballet dancer. These are also adjectives...