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Kate Ladenheim: A Machine of Perpetual Motion

By Leah Gerstenlauer. By habit, dancers crave approval. A parent’s proud applause, an instructor’s silent nod of appreciation, a critic’s sparkling write-up...

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Robert Battle Leads Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to New Heights

New York City Center December 16 2012 By Leah Gerstenlauer. For an iconic dance company with a successful, history-rich repertory and a...

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Defining Contemporary Dance in America Part 1: Trey McIntyre Project

“It’s not enough to make great art. It has to be something bigger.” By Stephanie Wolf. What is contemporary dance? This question...

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AXIS Dance Company

By Emily Yewell Volin. Judith Smith, Artistic Director of AXIS Dance Company, obviously enjoys her job. “We get to do art, but...

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Atlanta Dance Connection’s Allure

By Emily Yewell Volin. Atlanta Dance Connections’ professional dancers have well-trained, chiseled bodies of various shapes and sizes and the audacious performance...

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DanceWorks Chicago: 5 Years & The Future

By Emily Yewell Volin. DanceWorks Chicago is a contemporary dance company committed to working in a “culture centered around a generosity of...

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Fearidescence: The Interference and the Illumination

Project 7 Contemporary Dance Company February 17 2012 7 Stages Theatre, Atlanta GA By Deborah Searle. For the past four years I...

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Cloud Gate 2’s NY Debut at The Joyce

Joyce Theater, New York February 8-12, 2012 By Laura Di Orio. During its New York debut, Cloud Gate 2, a Taiwanese modern...

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Oscar Nominated ‘PINA’

The exhilarating new 3D film, PINA, by German master Wim Wenders has already won several awards and has now been nominated for...

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Staibdance. Name Day & Summer Study in Sorrento

By Emily Yewell Volin. George Staib, Artistic Director of Staibdance, has been a player in the Atlanta dance scene for many years. ...

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Pina: dance, dance, otherwise we are lost

By Dylan Hauck. In what is being heralded as the first 3-D art house film, director Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) has...

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Dandelion Dancetheater Embraces Difference

By Leigh Schanfein. San Francisco-based Dandelion Dancetheater is a dance company that is doing something different. Founded in 1996 by Eric Kupers...