Dance Informa Magazine
Feature Articles
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7.0KFlamenco 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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9.4KFinancing 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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20.1KGraduate 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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8.8KNew 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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5.6KThodos 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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8.1KCelebrating 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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9.7KDance 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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13.8K2Diablo 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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7.5KMorgan 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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7.3K3Love 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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34.6K1From 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...
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15.4K4Dancing for Theme Parks
By Emily Yewell Volin. Dancing at a theme park seems like a lot of fun, but what is it really like? Here...
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8.2K10th Season for SYTYCD – Auditions start Jan 18
FOX has announced that there will be a tenth season of the Emmy Award-winning television competition So You Think You Can Dance....
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10.1KFinancing Creation – the hunt for dance funding
By Kathleen Wessel. Today’s dance makers have big ideas, and big ideas cost money. Video installations, large-scale sets and props, high tech...
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16.3KChristmas Themed Dance Productions
By Laura Di Orio. The holiday season is typically filled with family, friends, music, goodies, traditions and joy. This year, why not...
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6.5K1Win $1000 for You + $3000 for your Dance Studio!
Dance Informa magazine is giving away cash to a lucky dancer and his or her studio. Imagine what you could do with...
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10.6KPre-Performance Rituals
By Laura Di Orio. Sometimes crazy, usually superstitious and always repetitive, many of us have pre-performance rituals we engage in to help...
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10.0KManhattan Youth Ballet – Redefining Dance Education
By Leah Gerstenlauer. The world of classical ballet in America is riddled with abbreviations, from the training level — SAB, JKO, CPYB...
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6.1KBending the rules – dancing with water
By Emily Yewell Volin. Lori Teague’s relationship with water is not unique, but what is astounding about it is her ability to...
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5.9K1How to Make the Most of your Convention Weekend
By Tara Sheena. Dance conventions offer an amazing experience for young dancers to be exposed to new styles, work with some of...
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7.5KNutcracker Alternatives
By Laura Di Orio. ‘Tis that time of year again…Sugar Plum Fairy time! With Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukah each year, comes that...
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5.1KMeg Howrey’s The Cranes Dance
Book Review By Leah Gerstenlauer. Since the psychological dance thriller Black Swan hit movie theaters in 2010, ballet has slipped into the entertainment mainstream more...
