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Boston Ballet in Lia Cirio's 'After.' Photo by Rosalie O'Connor, courtesy of Boston Ballet.

Dancing duality: Boston Ballet’s Fall Experience 2024

Citizens Bank Opera House, Boston, MA.November 3, 2024. I took my seat at the Boston Opera House for Boston Ballet’s Fall Experience,...

Dual Rivet in 'Subscript.' Photo by Richard Termine/92NY.

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Dual 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...

Yuka Kawazu's Danse En L'Air presents 'Dreams.'

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Yuka 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...

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre in 'Habit Formed.' Photo by Maria Baranova-Suzuki.

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Moving 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...

The Juilliard School in 'The New: Celebrating Charles Ives and American Experimentalism in Music, Dance, And Drama.' Photo by Claudio Papapietro.

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The Juilliard School in ‘The New’: A cornucopia of art

Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York, NY.September 14, 2024. The Juilliard School presented its first ever Fall Festival in September with live...

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Woman 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,...

Anne Souder (front) and Martha Graham Dance Company in 'Appalachian Spring'. Photo by Melissa Sherwood.

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Martha Graham Dance Company begins second season of GRAHAM100

The world-renowned Martha Graham Dance Company has begun the second season of GRAHAM100, a three-season 100th anniversary celebration of Martha Graham and her Company’s legacy. Curated under...

The National Ballet of Canada in 'Angels Atlas' by Crystal Pite. Photo by Karolina Kuras.

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The National Ballet of Canada brings ‘Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada’ to the UK

The National Ballet of Canada presents the UK premiere of Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada at Sadler’s Wells on Wednesday 2 – Sunday 6 October 2024. This triple bill includes works by...

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YY Dance Company’s ‘SOMEWHERE’: A story of community

New York Live Arts, New York, NY.June 22, 2024. YY Dance Company (YYDC) premiered the evening-length SOMEWHERE at New York Live Arts in...

Claire Kretzschmar. Photo by Megan L.C. McNally, courtesy of 'Raffaella' ballet.

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Claire Kretzschmar on creating new full-length ballet ‘Raffaella’

When tragedy strikes, it’s human nature to try to make sense of it all and engage in things that foster healing for...

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Pam Tanowitz to receive 2024 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award

Jacob’s Pillow has announced that critically-acclaimed American choreographer Pam Tanowitz will receive the 2024 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. Tanowitz will accept this...

Martha Graham Dance Company in Agnes de Mille's 'Rodeo'. Photo by Carla Lopez, Luque Photography.

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Martha Graham Dance Company shines in spring season ‘American Legacies’

New York City Center, New York, NY.April 20, 2024. The Martha Graham Dance Company was founded in 1926, making it the oldest...

Premiere of John Luther Adams’s “Sila:The Breath of the World” in Lincoln Center’s Hearst Plaza, 2014. Photo by Kevin Yatarola.

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Juilliard celebrates Earth Month 2024 with multidisciplinary events

From April 22 — Earth Day — through April 30, Juilliard presents three unique programs that celebrate and consider our changing environment. Ellen...

Nederlands Dans Theater in Sharon Eyal and Gai Behar's 'Jakie'. Photo by Rahi Rezvani.

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Nederlands Dans Theater at New York City Center: The cool kids in town

New York City Center, New York, NY.April 4, 2024. Over the course of four days in April, the cool kids came to...

Choreographer Aszure Barton. Photo by Graeme Mitchell.

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Boston Conservatory Dance Division announces partnership with Aszure Barton

Renowned Canadian-American choreographer and artistic director Aszure Barton will partner with Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s Dance Division for a two-week artist residency...

Ariel Rivka Dance. Photo by Whitney Browne.

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Ariel Rivka Dance showcases the female experience in 2024 spring season

Ariel Rivka Dance, known for its emotive and vulnerable choreography, announces its Annual Spring Season at New York Live Arts, March 7-9. A dynamic showcase of...

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Laying foundation: Stefanie Batten Bland’s CONCRETE Immersive Theatre Intensive

Watching dancers turn and leap in a darkened theater, removed at a distance – that’s one thing. Being fully immersed, performers working...

Nozama Dance Collective in 'RECLAIM'. Photo by Brooke Trisolini.

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Claiming and reclaiming space, time and more: Nozama Dance Collective’s 10th Anniversary Program ‘RECLAIM’

Boston University, Boston, MA.December 1, 2023 (viewed via livestream and recorded video). Nozama Dance Collective has always been bold and taken risks....

Alexandria Nunweiler's 'Edge of Aquarius'. Photo by Liam Kean, courtesy of The Click.

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Dancing through milestones: Alexandria Nunweiler’s ‘Edge Of Aquarius’

The Foundry, Cambridge, MA.January 21, 2024. Childhood birthday parties, red Solo cup parties of an older age, preteen girls learning to use...

Tiffany Rea-Fisher. Photo by Lisa Keegan.

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New role, same values: A talk with Tiffany Rea-Fisher

It’s fairly common for dance artists to serve in multiple roles: performer, choreographer, teaching artist, administrator, et cetera. Tiffany Rea-Fisher epitomizes such...

'Interesting Women' by Lynn Modell/Making Dances. Photo by Olivia Moon Photography.

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‘Ordinary’ is interesting enough: Lynn Modell’s ‘Interesting Women’

Congregation Kehillath Israel (viewed virtually).November 9, 2023. In Greta Gerwig’s Barbie (certainly a 2023 mega blockbuster), America Ferrera’s character proposes “Regular Barbie”:...