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971Feature ArticlesDance Films Association and Film at Lincoln Center announce lineup for 50th Dance on Camera Festival
Dance Films Association and Film at Lincoln Center have announced the complete lineup for the 50th edition of the Dance on Camera Festival,...
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2.1KFeature ArticlesDance disguised as everyday life: 5 favorites from the new ‘West Side Story’
There are people who don’t like musicals. (I’m not one of them). A source of their dislike, so they say: why is...
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1.5KReviewsA kaleidoscopic final bow: DANCE NOW’s Fall 2021 digital program
Streaming November 4-30, 2021.Available via dancenow.org. On October 28, 2021, the DANCE NOW board and founders announced the difficult decision to cease...
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1.3KFeature ArticlesShannon Maynor and Alessandro Paganelli release first of 5 dance films
Dancer Shannon Maynor and composer Alessandro Paganelli have released dance film Nuda Veritas, the first part of Five Movements, a series of dance...
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2.3KReviewsThe conviction and commitment of artists using their platform: Artists Climate Collective’s ‘Art to Action’
Available through artistsclimatecollective.org. August 31-September 28, 2021. Artists naturally have a platform; they can speak through their work. Some use that platform to...
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2.3KFeature ArticlesCredit the Creator: An Instagram account for accountability
Do you know who choreographed the handshake in The Parent Trap? No? What about the Jingle Bell Rock dance from Mean Girls? You might...
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2.1KFeature ArticlesCelebrity Dance and the 2021 Senior Crew presents ‘Together We Return’
The 2021 Celebrity Senior Crew, led by the vision of Ashlé Dawson, created a concept video that displays the unimaginable year-and-a-half we...
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1.2KReviewsRevealing the people behind the artists: ALMA NYC’s ‘PLACES: A Look Behind the Curtain’
July 27, 2021.Streaming on YouTube. Sirens blaring, the streets eerily empty, the smell of hand sanitizer and disinfectant in the air, the...
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1.5KReviewsThe third annual ‘Empower One Another’: Empowerment through having a voice and a choice
July 23-July 27, 2021.Streaming on YouTube. One might think that artists having a voice is just something that naturally happens. Art involves...
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1.5KFeature Articles‘AILEY’ documentary is in movie theaters nationwide
Director Jamila Wignot’s powerful AILEY documentary, a resonant biography of trailblazing visionary Alvin Ailey, opens is now playing in movie theaters nationwide. Heralded as a...
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1.5KFeature ArticlesWinifred Haun & Dancers announces 2021-22 season
Chicago-based Winifred Haun & Dancers will return to in-person theater events and live programming for the upcoming 2021-22 season. The company will...
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3.7KFeature ArticlesHavana Film Festival New York returns in September
The 21st Havana Film Festival New York (HFFNY) is back in theaters from September 17-23, with an exceptional program of over 30 films...
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2.4KReviewsDance going deep inside: The Moving Architects’ ‘Loneland’
Premiered June 3, 2021.Streaming via YouTube. Dance is an abstract art form; the meaning or creative inspiration behind a particular work might...
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2.8KFeature Articles5 unforgettable dance scenes in the ‘In The Heights’ film
After multiple delayed releases because of a long, hard global pandemic, it’s finally here — the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway...
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1.6KFeature Articles‘DANCERS (Slightly Out of Shape)’ gives glimpse into Pam Tanowitz’s creative process
The Fisher Center at Bard announces DANCERS (Slightly Out of Shape), a film by Liz Sargent documenting choreographer Pam Tanowitz and her dancers’ return to rehearsal in...
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1.6KReviewsOnStage Dance Company’s ‘Season 20’: Not on stage but still dancing
April 16-May 10, 2021.Accessible through the company’s website. Moving together in the stage lights, feeling the energy of your castmates and the...
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1.8KFeature ArticlesBrand new performing arts film: Laura Carruthers’ ‘Grace Fury’
Filmmaker, choreographer, ballerina and Scottish Dance champion Laura Carruthers leads world class performing artists in the new performing arts film, Grace Fury. The feature...
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2.0KReviewsArt for the times: Complexions Contemporary Ballet’s ‘Black is Beautiful’ Part I
Premiered February 3, 2021.Available through Facebook and YouTube. “It’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times,” Nina Simone once said. Issues of...
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1.6KReviewsThe clarity of a surrealistic mirror: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago in Rena Butler’s ‘A Tale of Two’
Released October 2020.Accessible through hubbardstreetdance.com. It’s commonly said — “art is a mirror”, reflecting ourselves and our world back at us so...
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1.6KReviewsIndividual kinetic experience: ‘Wandering’ dance film
February 15, 2021.Streaming on YouTube. The sound of breath and feet scraping against the ground, the feeling of kinetic energy and authentic...
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2.1KReviewsArt as a mirror: Hive Creative Company’s ‘Seek’
January 31, 2021.Through vimeo.com. Art can act as a mirror, they say. How so? It can make us ask questions, and see...
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2.0KFeature ArticlesAbby Silva Gavezzoli releases dance video ‘Blues Run the Game’
On February 11, Parsons Dance Company’s Abby Silva Gavezzoli released her latest project, dance video “Blues Run the Game”, a collaboration with Italian...
