Dance Informa Magazine
All posts tagged "Contemporary dance"
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92EventsBallet Hispánico celebrates 150 years of Bizet’s ‘Carmen’ at New York City Center
Ballet Hispánico, the nation’s largest Latine/x/Hispanic dance organization and recognized by the Ford Foundation as one of America’s Cultural Treasures, presents Gustavo Ramírez...
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117Feature ArticlesLynne and Richard Pasculano gift $50 million to create the Pasculano Center for Contemporary Dance
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) has announced a$50 million gift from Lynne and Richard Pasculano in support of an expansion of...
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62FeaturedBODYTRAFFIC Opens Applications for Summer Programs
BODYTRAFFIC, a premier contemporary dance company based in Los Angeles, has announced its 2025 Summer and Teen Programs. Dancers from across the...
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407ReviewsAccessibility and artistry in action: Ballet Rhode Island’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’ and 2025 ‘Made on Hope’
Ballet RI Blackbox Theater, Providence, RI.February 23, 2025. “I like contemporary dance, but when I see it I don’t really know what’s...
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358ReviewsHerman Cornejo takes on century old ballet ‘Anima Animal’
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.February 18, 2025. Herman Cornejo takes on a century old ballet that never quite came to fruition...
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277ReviewsJoy is the thing: OnStage Dance Company’s Season 27 Performance
Boston University Dance Theater, Boston, MA.January 18, 2025 (viewed virtually). A wide smile, an expansive reach, a sassy shoulder roll. These can...
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273Feature 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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385Feature 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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368ReviewsDowntown 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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475Feature ArticlesBODYTRAFFIC: Everybody dance now!
BODYTRAFFIC wants to get the world up and moving. Artistic Director Tina Finkelman Berkett is committed to championing contemporary dance, educating audiences...
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471Feature ArticlesThe power of versatility: Dancer MaliQ reaches for the stars
MaliQ is a professional dancer/singer living and working in NYC. He is a powerful performer with a myriad of credits on his...
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300Feature 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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523Feature 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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315ReviewsDual Rivet in ‘Subscript’: Intellectual movement intention
The 92nd Street Y, New York, NY.October 18, 2024. Dual Rivet, the contemporary company directed by Chelsea Ainsworth and Jessica Smith, performed...
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308Top StoriesYuka Kawazu’s Danse En L’Air presents ‘Dreams’: An evening of dance, music and artwork
Yuka Kawazu’s Danse En L’Air brings Dreams, an evening of original dances and celebration of Danse En L’Air’s 11th anniversary, to the...
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380InterviewsMoving in, moving on up: Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre/Notes in Motion’s new Tribeca studio space
From cost to scheduling to storage, getting suitable studio space can be a true headache for dance companies that don’t own their...
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313Feature ArticlesMake your digital dance move
Take a dance class on Broadway during your lunch break, try a new style, follow an international teacher, soak up different approaches...
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240Feature ArticlesBlack Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago presents Black Arts Month
The nonprofit Black Arts & Culture Alliance of Chicago, an organization that collectively advances excellence in the work of the Black arts and...
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347ReviewsConcert dance can be a party: The Choreography Project’s ‘Here and Now’
Ballet RI’s Blackbox Theater, Providence, RI.August 25, 2024. There’s an unfortunate stereotype of contemporary concert dance: erudite, insular, inaccessible to the average...
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101Feature ArticlesChoreographer Dominic Moore-Dunson announces national tour for ‘The Remember Balloons’
MooreDunson Co. announces the upcoming national U.S. tour for its latest stage production, The Remember Balloons. The Remember Balloons is a dance-theater...
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313ReviewsWoman in Motion: Transcending souls in season three
Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, NY.July 28, 2024. Woman in Motion (WIM), the all-female company led by Rachel Thalman and Laura Kaufman,...
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956ReviewsThe mission continues, grounded in legacy: OnStage Dance Company Season 26
Boston University Dance Theater, Boston, MA (viewed virtually).June 22, 2024. Often when I review dance, I perceive a theme that connects the...
