Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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8.6KAlyssa Epstein: A Radio City Rockette’s journey
“There seems to be a trend in my life,” she says. “Luck.” Alyssa Epstein seems like one of the luckiest girls in...
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7.9KNoelle Marsh wins Season 2 of ‘Every Single Step’
Noelle Marsh was recently named the Season Two winner of the choreography competition series Every Single Step, produced by So You Think...
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4.9KJoe Lanteri, well-deserved recipient of the Actors Fund Award
There are few people in the dance world more down-to-earth, more inspirational, more humble and more intelligent than Joe Lanteri. He is...
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9.1KA Cat Chat with Tyler Hanes
Most dancers are fortunate enough to be cast in one Broadway show. Tyler Hanes has been in nine. And the list of...
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10.5KCatching up with Chloe Lukasiak
Original Dance Moms star Chloe Lukasiak has been up to a lot since leaving the reality show in 2014, eating up opportunity...
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8.5KCreativity and Chaos: Nederlands Dans Theater Director Paul Lightfoot
“I was a complete mess, and I was very good at falling over. I don’t know what happened, but I had sort...
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5.8KChloe Campbell takes Chicago in ‘Hamilton’
Does the name Chloe Campbell ring a bell? Dance Informa interviewed this British beauty last March upon making her Broadway debut in...
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8.3KDeborah Ory on NYC Dance Project’s ‘The Art of Movement’
One of my favorites things in the whole world is a great photography book. I remember going in to Borders or Barnes...
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14.7KRay Hesselink on BDC’s Dance Educator Development Program
On October 7-9, Broadway Dance Center (BDC) will host its second Dance Educator Development session. The program series is designed for dance...
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7.5KDance Across the USA: Celebrating America’s beauty
This past August, the National Park Service celebrated a milestone birthday. For the past 100 years, the agency has preserved the country’s...
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6.9KSanchit Babbar: Dancing toward his dream
George Balanchine asserted, “I don’t want people who want to dance, I want people who have to dance.” Many dancers of this...
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5.2KTroy Schumacher’s BalletCollective: Building ballet
Gone are the days of the traditional career trajectory for dancers: train, audition, join a company, then transition to choreography or teaching...
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6.5KChatting with Broadway Connection’s Christopher Howard of ‘An American In Paris’ Tour
The Broadway hit An American in Paris — the winner of four Tony Awards and named Best Musical by both the Drama League...
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5.0KJodi Melnick and 3 New York City Ballet Dancers: An Unlikely Team
People nowadays are all too likely to stay in our “circles”, so to speak, joining and working with those who think and...
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5.7KA sisters’ reunion at SummerStage
Born in Japan, sisters Ae-Soon and Youngsil Kim began dancing at an early age. The older of the two, Ae-Soon, began ballet...
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6.6KWhat’s in Store for Chehon Wespi-Tschopp’s ‘I Am Force’?
Chehon Wespi-Tschopp, Season 9 winner of So You Think You Can Dance, has taken his company and brand, I Am Force (IAF), to...
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32.4KChris Fonseca Keeps it Moving
It’s always a thrilling moment, once you’ve learned a wicked combination in class and are getting ready to try it with music...
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7.7KSpotlight on ABT’s Cassandra Trenary
This year has been a momentous one for Cassandra Trenary of American Ballet Theatre (ABT). In August 2015, she was promoted to...
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10.9K1Phil Black: An Overlooked Master
There are many dance “greats” – those who have excelled in the art form and have left lasting impressions on audience members,...
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12.9KBroadway’s Stacy Donnelly Turns Baking Into A Theatrical Enterprise
As she settled into her seat at New York’s Brooks Atkinson Theatre, Emmy Albritton noticed something unusual — the distinct smell of...
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14.3KJeremy McQueen’s Black Iris Project amplifies the voices of artists of color
If it were a more perfect world, Jeremy McQueen’s new Black Iris Project wouldn’t exist. And he’s excited at the prospect. “Yeah!...
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20.6K2Dancers Matt Steffanina and Dana Alexa of The Amazing Race
Social media encompasses the lives of many people on a day-to-day basis. No matter where you look, social media is within arm’s...
