Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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4.9KKathleen Breen Combes bows farewell to Boston Ballet and begins a new act
A career in classical ballet can feel incredibly all-encompassing — from rehearsing to class to cross-training and maintenance, the work is constant....
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4.4KTaking to the streets: Ballerina Brittany Cavaco dances through Paris in film ‘Until Midnight’
Ballerina, model and Só Dança ambassador Brittany Cavaco lives every dancer’s dream and confronts every dancer’s nightmare in the new dance film,...
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4.0KDarrell Grand Moultrie’s premiere with Ailey: Sharing movement and way more
A tendu is a tendu, a jeté is a jeté, and a pirouette is a pirouette. When does movement go beyond that...
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3.7KMiami City Ballet’s Bianca Bulle: Excited about Elektra
Just recently, prestigious dancewear brand Só Dança revealed its much anticipated new pointe shoe, the Elektra, a marriage of hundreds of years...
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3.3KMeet Eurotard Brand Ambassador Gracie Smith
Eurotard Dancewear is proud to have a Brand Ambassador program where dancers who are training, pre-professional and professional represent its brand and...
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3.4KDisability arts leader Laurel Lawson is Dance/USA Artist Fellow
Laurel Lawson, an Atlanta-based activist, disability arts leader, dancer and technologist recently received an inaugural Dance/USA Artist Fellowship. The select group includes...
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4.8KDavid Neumann blends different worlds in ‘Hadestown’
Hadestown is the musical I had unknowingly been waiting for all season. While the title might not ring a bell like those...
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3.3KJosé Limón Dance Company at The Joyce: The old dancing with the new
There’s a tension in the concert dance world at large — between the classic and the contemporary, the traditional and the modern....
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4.1KBoston Ballet’s John Lam tries on a new…dress
Boston Ballet Principal John Lam has danced leading roles in some of the most sought-after ballets – Prince Desire in The Sleeping...
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6.3KFinding meaning in the unseen: A talk with Belinda Adam
It’s sometimes said that art can act as a mirror to life, to reflect the world back at us so that we...
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3.0KComplexions Contemporary Ballet celebrates 25 years
Complexions Contemporary Ballet celebrated its 25th anniversary during its recent Joyce Theater run, which culminated last month. The company, led by Dwight Rhoden and...
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2.8KYasmeen Audi finds dance in all different places and spaces
Does dance have a sense of place to you? Do you connect it with certain spaces, buildings, towns? Does it have certain...
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6.1KXiao Nan Yu celebrates life and dance with The National Ballet of Canada
Dance is a career that seems to be aimed at the young. Little ones start as early as three years old with...
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3.0KWarren Carlyle brings ‘Kiss Me, Kate’ alive again
Everyone’s talking about Warren Carlyle’s latest project — the revival Broadway production of Kiss Me, Kate at Roundabout Theatre Company. Carlyle is...
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3.3KSara Mearns tackles acting in ‘I Married an Angel’
She’s been a principal dancer with New York City Ballet for 10 years. She’s become a muse and an inspiration for choreographers...
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4.6KChristopher Ruud’s last bow: 21 years of fulfillment, pain and so much more
Principal Dancer Christopher Ruud took his last bow with Ballet West, after 21 years with the company, on February 23, 2019. Speaking...
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4.1KDancing past brain cancer and into dreams: Catherine Wreford and Craig Ramsay
“You have cancer.” There’s arguably no more terrifying, yet sadly common, statement out there. Treatments are getting more and more advanced all...
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8.4KRhonda Malkin: Coaching dancers to their dreams
She’s one of the most sought-after professional dance coaches in New York City. If you haven’t (yet) heard of her, you’ve probably...
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5.4KErin Lamont choreographs for 15 million viewers
YouTube, Instagram and Facebook are just some of the hubs that we seek to watch or share choreography. What’s better is if...
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5.4KFrom the studio to the television screen: A talk with Karla Curatolo
Owning a dance studio is a profession of a daily slog peppered with indispensable special moments. From cleaning the studio to keeping...
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3.9KChoreographing on big ideas with Diana Movius of Moveius Contemporary Ballet
There are some things out there in the world that affect us all – the wider economy, climate and weather, large-scale shifts...
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3.7KDecency and strength: A talk with Marinda Davis of Star Dance Alliance
In dance class, we practice tendus and pliés into complex leaps and turns. In rehearsals, we create and refine works of dance...
