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All posts tagged "dance history"
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61Feature ArticlesAmerican Dance Festival launches Planting Seeds: ADF and Modern Dance in China project
The American Dance Festival (ADF) has launched Planting Seeds: ADF and Modern Dance in China, an oral history project tracing ADF’s involvement in...
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698Feature ArticlesBroadway: A history of the Great White Way
Broadway, located in New York City, is synonymous with American theater and is known globally for its vibrant, influential and exciting musicals...
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515InterviewsKevin O’Hare brings The Royal Ballet to the 2024 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
“It’s the granddaddy of dance festivals,” says Kevin O’Hare, speaking of the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. The Royal Ballet Artistic Director waxes...
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337Feature Articles92NY’s season closes with Paul Taylor Dance Company celebrating modern dance
The 92nd Street Y, New York’s 150th anniversary dance season closes with the Paul Taylor Dance Company in a program celebrating the...
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576Feature ArticlesThe history of dancing en pointe
Few things in the ballet world are as magical as pointe shoes. From the excitement of getting your first pair, to the...
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2.6KFeature ArticlesWhere do we go? Dance theater on American soil
Last year, I was rehearsing for a show — a dance theater adaptation of a Tennessee Williams play — in a downtown...
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3.9KDance Studio OwnerFrom wood floor to Marley: How Stagestep came to be
In the beginning, all we had were wood dance floors, and if we were lucky, a basket-weave floating subfloor underneath. Linoleum was...
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6.7KFeature ArticlesTheresa Ruth Howard launches online MoBBallet project
Dancer Theresa Ruth Howard recently announced the launch of Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet), a groundbreaking legacy project documenting and transforming...
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5.7KFeature ArticlesLifetime Achievement for Arthur Mitchell at The Bessies
By Laura Di Orio of Dance Informa. Almost 60 years ago this November, Arthur Mitchell became the first African American dancer to join...
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9.9KFeature ArticlesWhat’s next for dance on Broadway?
A reflection on the classic Broadway choreography of yesteryear and the musical theatre scene today by a Broadway fan. By Mary Callahan...
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6.1KDance News USAStill Razzle Dazzling: The Verdon Fosse Estate keeps Bob Fosse’s legacy alive through new master class series
By Mary Callahan of Dance Informa. Bob Fosse was one of the greatest dance visionaries of the 20th century. He directed and choreographed...
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5.9KDance Teacher ResourcesDance Quiz – Famous Artistic Directors
By Rain Francis. 1. Ethan Stiefel is the current Artistic Director of the Royal New Zealand Ballet. His name was made more...
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8.0K1Dance Teacher ResourcesFor the Love of a Legend: Alicia Markova comes to life in Tina Sutton’s new biography
“Few who saw Alicia Markova dance ever forgot the experience.” — The Making of Markova By Leah Gerstenlauer. Writer Tina Sutton missed the...
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14.5KDance Teacher ResourcesHow do you preserve an ever-evolving legacy?
One organization seeks to steward dance history preservation today By Chelsea Thomas. Modern dance pioneer Ted Shawn once said, “Dance is the...
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13.5K1Dance Teacher ResourcesDefining and Teaching Modern Dance from a Historical Perspective
By Kathleen Wessel. Teachers, think of the last time someone asked you, “What is modern dance?” Your answer probably didn’t come easy,...
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5.9KDance Teacher ResourcesQuiz: Ballet in Great Britain
1. Which ballet company will you find in Covent Garden? a) Birmingham Royal Ballet b) The Royal Ballet c) English National Ballet...
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4.4KFeature ArticlesRussian Ballet in Turmoil?
By Rebecca Martin. Russia is arguably the home of ballet. Some of the world’s greatest stars, past and present have trained there...
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5.9KFeature ArticlesCelebrating Nureyev – Part 2
By Rain Francis. Rudolf Nureyev was one of the single most influential people in the history of dance. This year marks 20...
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9.1KDance News USAPIPPIN back on Broadway
By Deborah Searle. Roger O. Hirson and Stephen Schwartz’s PIPPIN is back on Broadway for the first time since it first thrilled...
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19.7KNewsDance Quiz – Ballet Terminology
Test your ballet terminology. By Rain Francis. 1. What does piqué mean? a) To pick b) To prick c) To stick d) ...
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6.9KDance News USAFlamenco is synergy
By Julie Galle Baggentoss. Flamenco dancers have a reputation for being fiery, dynamic and full of emotion, with percussive footwork juxtaposed against...
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7.9KFeature ArticlesCelebrating Nureyev – Part 1
By Rain Francis. Rudolf Nureyev was one of the single most influential people in the history of dance. This year marks 20...
