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All posts tagged "female choreographers"
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359ReviewsThe Click’s ‘Refract/Reframe’: Bright new horizons
The Foundry, Cambridge, MA.December 4, 2022. Boston-based dance artist Kristin Wagner stepped into the spotlight. She explained that this program, Refract/Reframe, was...
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393ReviewsCompany SBB // Stefanie Batten Bland’s ‘Look Who’s Coming to Dinner’: Motion, metamorphosis and care
The Plimpton Shattuck Theater, Boston, MA.January 15, 2023. I was waiting for Company SBB // Stefanie Batten Bland’s Look Who’s Coming to...
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542Feature Articles5 Black dancers who inspire us – and how they’re changing the game
Welcome to an incomplete, randomly ordered list of today’s Black dancers who inspire our socks off. These artist are world-class athletes, industry...
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588Top StoriesNew York City Ballet announces 2023 Winter Season
New York City Ballet (NYCB)’s 2023 Winter Season will open on Tuesday, January 17, with an all-Balanchine program consisting of Donizetti Variations,...
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857ReviewsBack to roots of communal sound and movement: ANIKAYA Dance Theater’s ‘The Women Gather’
The Strand Theater, Dorchester, MA.November 6, 2022 You can probably conjure the mental image: people moving together, in community, along with vibrant...
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1.0KInterviewsTapping into the holidays: Chloe Arnold on ‘Spirited’
Spirited is a new Christmas movie starring Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds and Octavia Spencer, choreographed by Chloe Arnold of the Syncopated Ladies....
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1.8KFeature ArticlesRodeo’s 80th Anniversary: Agnes de Mille’s Americana over the years
It’s the 80th anniversary of Rodeo, the ballet that launched choreographer Agnes de Mille’s career in creating Americana ballet. Rodeo tells the story of a young, headstrong, misfit cowgirl looking for love. We discussed...
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2.2KFeature ArticlesIt’s all in the name: Dance-inspired baby names
Dance is such a huge part of your life, so why not let it inspire the name of your budding baby ballerina...
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524ReviewsAesthetic confluence in Festival Ballet Providence’s ‘Off the Wall’
Woodman Family and Community Arts Center, Providence, RI.October 23, 2022. Have you ever looked at a painting and felt like its living...
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643ReviewsGisèle Vienne’s ‘Crowd’: A slow motion journey
Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, NY.October 13, 2022. French choreographer Gisèle Vienne takes audiences on a slow motion journey through a rave in...
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772Feature ArticlesFelice Lesser: On life experience and what’s next in ‘Trap Ist’
Dance Informa had the opportunity to speak with NYC dance veteran Felice Lesser about her unique career as a multidisciplinary dance artist....
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735Feature ArticlesHow Riverdale’s Randa Barett made the leap from dancer to assistant choreographer
Randa Barett describes herself as a dancer first – she loves performance, and has danced for cruise ships, live shows in L.A.,...
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466ReviewsWoman in Motion: Showcasing dancers’ individuality and diversity
Ailey Citigroup Theater, New York, NY. August 9, 2022. Woman in Motion, NYC’s newest project-based dance company, premiered its one-night-only show this summer...
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2.5KFeature ArticlesLydia Johnson Dance announces NYC Season 2022 with three premieres
Lydia Johnson Dance (LJD) is pleased to announce its New York Season 2022, from September 15-17, at New York Live Arts, with...
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493Feature ArticlesMartha Graham Dance Co 2022-2023 Studio Series
The Martha Graham Dance Company’s Studio Series offers audiences a behind-the-scenes look at the work of the Company in the intimate Martha Graham...
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466ReviewsBody Stories: Teresa Fellion Dance and Kristin Hatleberg in ‘Take Root’: The dynamic meditation of dance art
Green Space, Queens, NY (and via Vimeo).April 8, 2022. “Mindfulness” is a buzzword of the modern world, as society explores different ways...
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887ReviewsDancing again: Trisha Brown Dance Company celebrates its 50th anniversary
The Joyce Theater, New York, NY. May 28, 2022. Trisha Brown Dance Company celebrated its 50th anniversary (delayed two years due to Covid)...
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655ReviewsLive art for the here and now: Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project 2022
Festival Ballet Providence Black Box Theater, Providence, RI.May 22, 2022. I took my seat to take in Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project’s...
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759ReviewsAlison Cook Beatty Dance in ‘Artists in Motion Mini 2022’: The drama of music and movement
KnJ Theater at Peridance Center, New York, NY.March 12, 2022. A big reach on a swelling upbeat, a vivavious group section with...
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658ReviewsBoston Ballet’s ‘ChoreograpHER’: Steps toward change
CitiBank Opera House, Boston, MA.March 6, 2022. “Actions speak louder than words,” goes the old saying. In recent years the world has...
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1.6KFeature ArticlesBrooklyn Ballet puts culture and diversity center stage with ‘The Brooklyn Nutcracker’
Brooklyn Ballet, a unique and interdisciplinary dance company rooted in the classical idiom, presents two performances of The Brooklyn Nutcracker, at the majestic Kings Theatre in Flatbush,...
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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...
