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All posts tagged "American Ballet Theatre"
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10.6KFeature ArticlesDance community mourns loss of Danny Tidwell
Danny Tidwell, a finalist on So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) and former dancer with American Ballet Theatre (ABT), died on March 6,...
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2.9KFeature ArticlesVail Dance Festival announces 2020 season
From July 31-August 11, the Vail Dance Festival, a project of nonprofit Vail Valley Foundation, presents its 32nd season, featuring commissioned world premieres, new...
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2.7KFeature ArticlesSteps on Broadway celebrates 40 years and a vibrant future
Steps on Broadway, the internationally-recognized dance training center, celebrates its 40th anniversary with a look back at the numerous milestones that mark its...
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2.7KFeature ArticlesBallethnic: 30 years of creating access and opportunity for African-Americans in dance
Discussions of African-American representation — or rather, the lack thereof — in ballet productions and the (in)accessibility to training in the art...
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2.1KReviewsAn ABT fall program: To move and to relate, through the ages
David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY. October 23, 2019. Moving, loving, eating, sleeping — there are actions that have always been fundamental...
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4.6KFeature ArticlesA tribute to Alicia Alonso: A dancer with a different kind of sight
Ballet lovers of all types were saddened to learn of the passing of ballet icon Alicia Alonso on September 17, in Havana,...
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3.2KFeature ArticlesNew York Dance Project: Creating opportunity
New York Dance Project (NYDP), a new dance company in its third year of existence, is a small but mighty enterprise. Its...
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10.1KFeature ArticlesMoBBallet crowd-sources the history of black ballet dancers and announces Education Symposium
In 2015, writer, educator and former Dance Theatre of Harlem dancer Theresa Ruth Howard dropped a blog post boldly titled “The Misty-rious Case...
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4.7KFeature ArticlesJames Whiteside and Isabella Boylston to lead record for most dancers en pointe
Nationally syndicated morning talk show Live with Kelly and Ryan is teaming up with Guinness World Records to present a new edition of...
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5.3KFeature ArticlesPerformance spaces for non-professional adult dancers: Why should they have to stop?
There’s just something about dancing in the glow of stage lights, of giving your all to an audience with something on which...
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2.9KReviewsAmerican Ballet Theatre’s Jane Eyre: Atmosphere and authenticity to text in the modern day
David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY. June 10, 2019. Narrative dance art holds a central challenge — how do you tell...
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2.6KReviewsFamily Day at the theater: How to enjoy the ballet with young kids
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. April 7, 2019. Last Sunday...
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3.9KFeature Articles‘Dancers and Dogs’ photography project: A dancer’s best friend?
If one were to envision dancers at work, a dog might not necessarily be there. Dogs can be time-consuming and expensive, and...
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20.0KDance HealthIs alternative schooling a good choice to intensify dance training?
Dancers have always been the kind of people who take the road less traveled. Who sacrifice the comfortable for the pursuit of...
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2.5KReviews‘The Tenant’ at The Joyce Theater: What we value in performance
The Joyce Theater, New York, New York. November 10, 2018. There’s no questioning that social mores shift over the decades and centuries;...
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4.0KFeature ArticlesA quiet power: Catching up with Aszure Barton
Aszure Barton is a choreographer who has made works for Mikhail Baryshnikov, English National Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and Alvin Ailey American...
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3.9KFeature ArticlesWhat was your favorite highlight of 2018?
Can you believe that the end of another year is quickly approaching? Time can go so fast, and rather than let it...
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5.2KFeature ArticlesArthur Mitchell: Ballet’s African-American trailblazer
Close your eyes for a moment, and visualize a ballerina and a danseur dancing a pas de deux. Are they black? Chances...
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5.9KTips & AdviceKatie Boren on how to stay inspired and stand out in the corps
So many young dancers dream about it – that day they’ll be promoted to the corps of a major ballet company. It...
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11.2KFeature Articles10 inspiring dancers to follow on Instagram
Instagram can be an epic timewaster! But if you’re going to get scrolling, why not follow dancers who can inspire and motivate...
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5.9KFeature ArticlesPaul Taylor, the practical poet of American Modern Dance – an elegy
Paul Taylor was a true giant of American modern dance, with works that displayed both simplicity and depth of understanding into the...
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7.7KFeature ArticlesSascha Radetsky comes full circle
Sascha Radetsky shot into the national consciousness in 2000, when he played one of the charismatic yet contemplative lead roles in the...
