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All posts tagged "Contemporary dance"
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1.5KTips & AdviceThe freelance life: U.S. versus abroad
As a U.S.-based freelance dancer, I have often wondered about the opportunities and lifestyle of my European counterparts. Interviewing freelancers from France,...
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1.1KFeature ArticlesThe Big Muddy announces Kirven Douthit-Boyd as new artistic director
The Big Muddy Dance Company has announced that Kirven Douthit-Boyd will step into the artistic director role to usher the 12-year-old company...
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1.2KReviewsThe people behind the movements, illustrated in movement and beyond: Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company’s social justice video series
Released monthly from March 2022.Available at dtsbco.org. People marching together, signs in hand and chants coming deep from their belly: these are...
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941ReviewsIsland Moving Company’s ‘Masterful Movers’ 40th Anniversary Gala: Celebratory spectacle and excellence
Veterans Memorial Theater, Providence, RI.March 11, 2022. Booming music and soulful dance resonating into your flesh and bones: there’s nothing quite like...
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665ReviewsArmitage Gone! Dance’s ‘A Pandemic Notebook’: Making bold choices
New York Live Arts, New York, NY.March 19, 2022. Armitage Gone! Dance’s A Pandemic Notebook is a series of short works that brings together...
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657Reviewsmignolo dance’s ‘Visitor Parking’: A well-constructed tour through mental illness
Gardenship Art, Kearny, NJ.December 10, 2021. For those who crave the delights that a given art form is uniquely in a position to...
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747ReviewsDance that thinks globally, acts locally: NACHMO Boston 2022
Arts at the Armory, Somerville, MA.February 22, 2022. An amazing thing about dance (among many amazing things) is its universality; there are...
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1.8KFeature ArticlesComing Back to Dance: Part II
Have you ever taken time away from dance? Dancers do so for multiple reasons, some intentional and some unintentional: pregnancy, injury, academics...
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789Feature ArticlesArmitage Gone! Dance to present ‘A Pandemic Notebook’
Internationally acclaimed choreographer and “punk ballerina” Karole Armitage presents A Pandemic Notebook, a collection of world premieres with her company, Armitage Gone! Dance, from March 16-19, at New York...
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1.3KReviewsBig Dance Theater’s ‘The Mood Room’: A world we don’t want to live in
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY.December 2, 2021. For all its colorful chit-chat, The Mood Room presents a remarkably one-dimensional, insular world organized by...
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2.7KFeature Articlesmignolo dance presents ‘Visitor Parking’ at Gardenship Art in NJ
On December 10-11, mignolo dance will present Visitor Parking at Gardenship Art in Kearny, NJ. Visitor Parking is a live, immersive, site-specific multimedia piece rooted in...
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1.9KFeaturedParsons Dance returns to The Joyce
After a year away from their home theater, Parsons Dance returns to The Joyce with a mix of old and new works...
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1.7KTop StoriesComplexions Contemporary Ballet opens 27th season with live performances at The Joyce Theater
Complexions Contemporary Ballet (Complexions) returns to live performance at The Joyce Theater from November 16-28. Now in its 27th season, the company...
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882Feature ArticlesFree upcoming dance events at Bryant Park Picnic Performances!
Bryant Park Picnic Performances kicks off this August 16, with a series of free dance events. All performances are free, first come,...
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7.6KFeature ArticlesBowen McCauley Dance Company takes final bow at the Kennedy Center
Bowen McCauley Dance Company (BMDC), an award-winning contemporary dance company with a legacy of community engagement, announces Two Artists Reunite for the Company’s...
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3.9KTips & AdviceWhat is lyrical, anyway? The who, what, where, why and more
Dramatic pop music, flowy costumes, dance paws, sequins and rhinestones, emotion-filled reaches and leaps to the floor — these are some of...
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8.4KFeature ArticlesDance life in quarantine: Tamisha Guy is keeping interests broad and skills dynamic
It’s a common piece of advice for dancers: yes, the draw of stage lights can feel irresistible, but be sure to cultivate...
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4.5KFeature ArticlesDance life in quarantine: Jacqueline Green is learning, educating and still dancing
Jacqueline Green, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater company dancer, describes the moment when COVID really seemed to change everything for her and...
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1.8KFeature ArticlesBowen McCauley Dance Company in its 25th and final season
Bowen McCauley Dance Company (BMDC), an award-winning contemporary dance company with a legacy of community engagement, has announced that its 25th anniversary season...
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2.9KFeature Articles‘World of Dance’ Season 4: Get to know Project 21
While we are only in the beginning stages of Season 4, the World of Dance competition is starting to heat up as...
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1.8KFeature ArticlesCanceled: How dancers, companies and festivals are coping without summer seasons
World-renowned choreographers, teachers, directors and dancers Johannes Wieland and Evangelos Poulinas co-founded the Berlin-based contemporary dance festival, b12, now an international event...
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1.9KReviewsCamille A. Brown & Dancers’ ‘Mr. TOL E. RancE’: Dance reflecting hope in the face of adversity
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY.November 10, 2019. It can be truly striking to sit back and reflect upon how American “pop”...
