Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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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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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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5.5KMary Claire King makes Broadway debut in ‘War Paint’
As dancers, we buy and wear a lot of makeup — red lipstick, false eyelashes, peachy pink blush and so much more....
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5.1KAl Blackstone choreographs on 10 Hairy Legs
No, Al Blackstone is not choreographing a piece on some extra-limbed tarantula but on the all-male modern dance company called 10 Hairy Legs. 10...
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21.5KA Restless, Yet Rooted, Creature – A Talk with Wendy Whelan
Many successful artists have a chameleon quality, to be able to shift and morph according to the project at hand. Yet, something...
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8.9KTiler Peck on curating The Music Center’s BalletNow for 2017
New York City Ballet (NYCB) Principal Tiler Peck has curated an original program for the return of The Music Center’s BalletNow this...
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8.0KJennifer Archibald: Cincinnati Ballet’s new Resident Choreographer
In early April, Cincinnati Ballet Artistic Director and CEO Victoria Morgan announced that New York City-based choreographer Jennifer Archibald was the company’s...
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10.6KBroadway dreams come true for ‘Chicago’s’ Jessica Ernest
Imagine: One week you spend your Friday night babysitting for a little extra cash to pay for dance class, and less than...
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7.5KVassiliev Academy of Classical Ballet: Newcomer to the NYC training scene
Internationally acclaimed Russian principal ballet dancer Andrei Vassiliev directs the Vassiliev Academy of Classical Ballet (VACB). This Academy has been in its...
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7.2KGet to know NYCB Principal Russell Janzen
In February, at the conclusion of its Sleeping Beauty performances, New York City Ballet (NYCB) announced the promotion of eight of its...
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6.7KSpotlight on Principal Dancer Harrison James of The National Ballet of Canada
In 2016, Harrison James was named a principal dancer at The National Ballet of Canada after only three years with the company,...
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5.1KDanny Kornfeld is touring across the country in ‘Rent’
Rent, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning rock musical written by Jonathan Larson, returned for a special 20th Anniversary Tour last year. The...
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6.9KChoreographer Josh Bergasse on his latest, Broadway’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’
It’s tricky to bring a well-known and well-loved story to the Broadway stage. Whether adapting a book, film or folktale to a...
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14.0KGary Pate’s Starpower Talent Competition celebrates 30 years
There are probably many reasons why Starpower Talent Competition has been around (and going strong) for 30 years. It hosts tens of thousands...
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6.5KExperience 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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7.7KLife after ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ – A talk with Tucker Knox
They say that what goes up must come down. Many dancers experience sadness and withdrawal from the high of performance when the...
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6.8KAt 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...
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5.4KUnder The Sea with Brian Steven Shaw of ‘The Little Mermaid’
Disney’s classic story of The Little Mermaid is back on stage. Revived by The 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle late last year, the production has since...
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15.7KAndrew 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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5.9KOn tour with Willie Dee of ‘The Bodyguard’
The hit musical The Bodyguard launched its first North American Tour at Paper Mill Playhouse in Milburn, New Jersey, on November 25, 2016. The...
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7.7KAllison DeBona and Rex Tilton bring artÉmotion to Ballet West
In just its third year, the artÉmotion Summer Intensive, led by Ballet West First Soloist Allison DeBona and Ballet West Principal Rex...
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30.3KJames Kinney: A musical theatre choreographer all his own
In New York’s premiere dance studios, you’ve got to have both a stellar resume and a codified class in order to score...
