Dance Informa Magazine
All posts tagged "choreography"
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306Feature ArticlesWomen in dance keeping dance close: Anabella Lenzu and Danielle Marie Fusco
Dance is a calling for many, but the life of a dancer can be short lived as a result of injury, burnout,...
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51Feature ArticlesDana Caspersen: Working with possibility
Watch a video of Dana Caspersen dancing. She makes millisecond shifts between performance images – pedestrian, quixotic and utopian. Just when you...
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45Feature ArticlesBig questions, universal themes, disparate dances: IMGE Dance’s ‘(no)man’
Speaking with dancemaker Ishita Mili feels like an encounter with a kaleidoscope of qualities: joy and the sadness of past experience, erudition...
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79Feature ArticlesNY International Dance Festival celebrates Celtic culture in ‘Soirée Celtique’
This March, NY International Dance Festival will present Soirée Celtique, an event featuring performers from across the world in celebration of Celtic...
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83Feature ArticlesABT’s Herman Cornejo reimagines Nijinsky’s lost ballet
The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) celebrates the opening of its Spring/Summer 2025 Season with lauded dancer Herman Cornejo and Grupo Cadabra in Anima Animal. Completing a...
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70Feature ArticlesLife with Ann Reinking: Stories by Deb McWaters, Part 9
Dance Informa continues its series on stories about Ann Reinking, written by colleague and friend Debra McWaters. Chapter 12: The Tony Awards...
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78ReviewsDowntown dance made accessible: Inclined Dance Project’s ‘inQUAD’ 2024
JACK, Brooklyn, NY (viewed virtually).December 6 and 7, 2024. Concert dance has arguably grappled with a “niche” dynamic: various forces driving it...
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178ReviewsAlvin Ailey American Dance Theater in new works for 2024-25 season
New York City Center, New York, NY.December 17, 2024. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater settled into their annual winter month-long season at...
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135ReviewsNaturalism in magical realism: Ballet RI’s 2024 ‘The Nutcracker’
Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Providence, RI.December 21, 2024, 1pm. “Acting is behaving realistically under imaginary circumstances”: an adage I still remember from a...
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199ReviewsKyle Abraham’s ‘Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful’: A tapestry of humanity
Park Avenue Armory, New York, NY.December 14, 2024. Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful…Kyle Abraham poses this request in his latest work, presented...
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311ReviewsAmericana in motion: Martha Graham Dance Company through Celebrity Series of Boston
Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston, MA.November 23, 2024. Some call Martha Graham the “mother of modern dance.” Scholars and dance enthusiasts may...
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219Feature ArticlesThe complexities of concert dance on the ‘small screen’: Thoughts on changes to ‘So You Think You Can Dance’
Hot dog and cola in hand, seasoned dance critic Theodore Bale entered a packed stadium – full of people there not to...
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179Feature ArticlesAmerican Dance Festival launches Planting Seeds: ADF and Modern Dance in China project
The American Dance Festival (ADF) has launched Planting Seeds: ADF and Modern Dance in China, an oral history project tracing ADF’s involvement in...
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263Feature ArticlesChristopher Scott: Dancing through life and onto the big screen of ‘Wicked’
Choreographer Christopher Scott was first exposed to dance after moving to Hollywood at age 13, where he attended Hollywood High’s Performing Arts...
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204Feature ArticlesThe Bang Group’s ‘Nut/Cracked’: Not the usual holiday dance fare
Back by popular demand! The Bang Group’s Nut/Cracked is not the usual holiday dance fare. Shake off the tinsel as choreographer David...
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194Feature ArticlesSaki Masuda on wearing many hats this holiday season
Saki Masuda performs in the Ensemble of A Christmas Carol – The Musical, playing at The Argyle Theatre in Long Island, NY,...
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116InterviewsTravis Lim: Finding artistry through higher education
Everyone’s dance journey comes with a uniqueness that sets them apart from their peers. For some, it was passed down from a...
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164Feature ArticlesBreaking down barriers, one young artist at a time: Young Dancemakers Company
Aaaah, the teenage years: very often full of creative fire, deep passion, identity formation…and yes, many emotions. For dancers, it can be...
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347Feature ArticlesCelebrating 25 years of Lydia Johnson Dance: A woman’s journey from New York’s loft studios to her original choreographic vision
Lydia Johnson Dance (LJD) is poised to unveil its highly anticipated 2024 season at the Graham Studio Theater in New York City,...
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195Feature ArticlesMartha Graham Dance Company presents a preview of Lloyd Knight’s ‘The Drama’
As part of its Fall 2024 Studio Series, the Martha Graham Dance Company will present a preview of Lloyd Knight’s solo dance work, The Drama. The...
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249ReviewsPaul Taylor Dance Company: Standing the test of time
David H. Koch Theater, New York, NY.November 8, 2024. Paul Taylor Dance Company performed its 2024 season at the David H. Koch...
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201ReviewsDancing duality: Boston Ballet’s Fall Experience 2024
Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA.November 3, 2024. I took my seat at the Boston Opera House for Boston Ballet’s Fall Experience,...
