Dance Informa Magazine
Interviews
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13.4KThe Sky’s the Limit for Canadian Choreographer Paul Becker
By Kristy Johnson. It’s no wonder why Paul’s CV is extensive, when he’s willing to work with all different styles and environments....
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12.7KThey’ve Got All The Right Moves
Dance Informa was invited to take a dance class with Travis Wall, Teddy Forrance, Nick Lazzarini, and Kyle Robinson of Shaping Sound...
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6.6KFreedom of Expression: The Lombard Twins
By Leigh Schanfein. I still remember standing in the dressing room with my friends at our little dance studio, looking through some...
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13.9KAtlanta Dance Connection’s Allure
By Emily Yewell Volin. Atlanta Dance Connections’ professional dancers have well-trained, chiseled bodies of various shapes and sizes and the audacious performance...
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4.6KCatherine Coury of Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre
By Tara Sheena. Like many dancers with aspirations to perform professionally, Catherine Coury moved to New York City after graduating from the...
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5.3KIntroducing Marlena Wolfe
Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger – Marlena Wolfe is making it big and helping others make it too. By Leigh Schanfein. Marlena Wolfe...
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10.4KThe Youth America Grand Prix
By Emily Yewell Volin. The Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) is a prestigious annual ballet competition dedicated to student dancers ages 9-19,...
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6.0KStephanie Williams joins American Ballet Theatre
By Rebecca Martin. Dancer Stephanie Williams has gone from strength to strength since leaving The Australian Ballet in 2011 and joining Het...
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7.3KTenacious Theara Ward
From “Baby Ballerina” with Dance Theatre of Harlem, and Broadway and musical theatre star, to master teacher and choreographer, Theara Ward is...
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4.6KEmerging into Greatness: Sarah Konner & Austin Selden’s NYC debut
By Tara Sheena Sarah Konner and Austin Selden are a collaborative force in the vast world of emerging choreographers in NYC. Part...
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12.9KFive American Choreographers to Watch
By Stephanie Wolf. Divided by so much distance, it’s easy for American dance communities to disconnect with one another and forget that...
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3.7KDandelion Dancetheater Embraces Difference
By Leigh Schanfein. San Francisco-based Dandelion Dancetheater is a dance company that is doing something different. Founded in 1996 by Eric Kupers...
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4.7KHeidi Duckler: Finding Inspiration in Unlikely Spaces
By Tara Sheena A dance performance seems like a simple equation: one part choreography, two parts proscenium stage, and three parts talented...
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10.3K1Making the Leap: Dancer to Choreographer
By Laura Di Orio When a dancer steps down from the stage and “hangs up his or her shoes”, it doesn’t always...
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16.1K1Morphoses’ Martha Vineyard’s Residency
Insights from Company Dancer Brittany Fridenstine By Stephanie Wolf Manhattan based dance troupe Morphoses challenges the norms of a ballet company setting....
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3.9KCommon Grounds: How DirtyFeet helped blur borders
By Leigh Schanfein Last year at this time, I was offered a pretty sweet deal: go to Sydney Australia, where housing and...
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11.8KChloe Arnold – Tapping into her Magic
By Winston Morrison Renowned tap fanatic Chloe Arnold is a co-director of the LA Tap Festival and DC Tap Festival. She makes...
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4.1KReQuest – Queens of Hip Hop
By Kristy Johnson. They may not have taken out the title as America’s Best Dance Crew in Season Six, however this all-female...
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9.5KIn With the New: A Conversation with Morphoses’ Brandon Cournay
By Tara Sheena Last spring, Brandon Cournay had to answer that one, eternal question that plagues freelance dancers on an all-too-often basis:...
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4.8KPaul Lightfoot Enlightens
By Rain Francis. Born in Kingsley, England, Paul Lightfoot trained at the Royal Ballet School before joining Nederlands Dans Theater in 1985....
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16.4K2Kenny Ortega’s Dirty Dancing Remake
By Deborah Searle. Dancers and film lovers alike are buzzing about the announcement of a Dirty Dancing remake. The 1987 musical romance...
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12.3KMelanie’s Moment to Shine
By Deborah Searle. And the winner of So You Think You Can Dance season 8 is…Melanie Moore! Hear what Melanie had to...
