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All posts tagged "choreography"
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4.2KReviewsAmanda Selwyn Dance Theatre celebrates 20 years with ‘Hindsight’
Baruch Performing Arts Center, New York, NY.March 6, 2020. Hindsight marks 20 years of dancing for Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre. An accumulation of...
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3.0KReviewsOnStage Dance Company’s Season 18 Performance: The power of concept
Boston University Dance Theater, Boston, Massachusetts. January 25, 2020. Concept — it can set dance art apart from movement, make it relevant,...
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4.0KReviewsDana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company’s ‘A Tribute to Marian Anderson’: Harmonic motion
The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.February 3, 2020. Resistance can come in the form of quiet, graceful strength — in persistence,...
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2.2KReviewsSara Juli’s ‘Burnt-Out Wife’ doesn’t dance around the issue
Dixon Place, New York, NY.February 28, 2020. Sara Juli’s one-woman show, Burnt-Out Wife, is a dance-, song- and comedy-based conversation about the expectations and...
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3.5KDance Studio OwnerMeet the dancemakers of Choreography Online
These days, everything is online. You can buy and sell just about anything – clothing, groceries, even…choreography. But the idea behind Choreography Online,...
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1.9KReviewsGibney’s POP Performance: Women in Motion
The Theater at Gibney, New York, NY.January 30, 2020. Dance Informa sat down to see the Women in Motion commissions of 2020...
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2.7KFeature ArticlesWhen is it plagiarism, and when is it flattery?
“Imitation is the highest form of flattery,” the saying goes. Yet, taken to a certain extent, is it also theft? From concert...
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4.0KReviewsA Halloween spectacular: ‘Beetlejuice’ on Broadway
Winter Garden Theatre, New York, NY.November 14, 2019. “Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!” To open, Beetlejuice was so not my favorite movie growing up. As a...
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5.4KFeature ArticlesAl Blackstone hints at latest work, ‘Norma’
Freddie Falls in Love, Happy We’ll Be and his countless hits on So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) brought boundless joy,...
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3.5KFeature ArticlesThings that dancers are good at: Movement directing
Dance Informa offers you the next installment in our series on alternative dance gigs. This month, we’re talking about movement directing and...
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3.0KReviewsOne word, one dancer: BalaSole Dance Company’s ‘Evening of Solos’
Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, NY.August 17, 2019. Less can be more, they say. Apply that to dance, and one could discuss...
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5.7KFeature Articles‘World of Dance’ choreographer Suresh Mukund heads to the Emmys
Suresh Mukund is the director and choreographer of Indian dance crew The Kings, and has recently been nominated for an Emmy in...
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8.1KFeature ArticlesS-Rank’s Melvin Timtim on his Emmy nomination
Melvin Timtim, choreographer and director of hip hop dance crew S-Rank, is nominated for this year’s Outstanding Choreography Emmy for his work...
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2.6KReviewsAll that it can be: 2019 Ballet Festival at The Joyce
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.August 6, 10, 13 and 16, 2019. Taking in four nights of The Joyce’s Ballet Festival, I...
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3.7KFeature ArticlesXena Gusthart choreographs monster of a musical ‘Bat Out of Hell’
Meat Loaf: The musical?! Yes, you read that right. All of those iconic, head-banging rock ‘n’ roll hits are coming to the prestigious theater...
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2.4KReviewsJennifer Kuhnberg’s ‘What is Love?’: Choreographing personal experience
OnStage Dance Company, Malden, Massachusetts.July 12, 2019. Good writers write about what they know, goes an old aphorism. Does that also hold...
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4.2KFeature ArticlesAl Blackstone: For the love of dance, and Freddie
This month, commercial choreographer Al Blackstone is taking another foray into the concert dance world, presenting a full-length work at New York’s...
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4.4KFeature ArticlesDavid Neumann blends different worlds in ‘Hadestown’
Hadestown is the musical I had unknowingly been waiting for all season. While the title might not ring a bell like those...
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2.4KReviewsDoes ‘Be More Chill’ live up to its following?
Lyceum Theatre, New York, New York. March 13, 2019. I suppose I’m not very chill. Perhaps I’ve reached that age where I just...
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7.2KDance Studio OwnerDance teachers: Expanding your choreographic horizons
In writing this article, I was motivated by the fact that as I travel around the U.S. judging competitions and doing master...
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5.1KDance Studio OwnerChoreography Online: Catalyzing dance connections
Iconic tech giant Steve Jobs once downplayed the importance of technology itself, surprisingly enough, stating that “what’s important is that you have...
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2.5KReviews2018 Capezio ACE Awards is a treat for the senses
New York Hilton Midtown, New York, New York. August 4, 2018. With 21 varied dance works from a long list of up-and-coming,...
