All posts tagged "Twyla Tharp"

Skylar Brandt: One of ABT’s Newest Soloists

Like many little, budding ballerinas, Skylar Brandt grew up watching ballet and knew at a young age that that’s what she wanted...

Twyla Tharp's 'Prelude and Fugues'. Photo by Sharen Bradford.

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Twyla Tharp’s 50th Anniversary Tour

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. November 11, 2015 Saying Twyla Tharp is a legend in the dance...

Choreographer Larry Keigwin’s piece, 'Exit Like an Animal', from New Dances: Edition 2014 at Juilliard

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Capezio Dance Award presented to a school for the first time

This year’s Capezio Dance Award introduces a historic first – unlike any other year in the award’s history, it will go to...

Angel Corella teaching the Pennsylvania Ballet

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Not Only in New York: Ballet at its Best

Aspiring ballet dancers in America often set their sights on pursuing a career in New York City, a place where renowned companies...

Amar Ramasar and Ashley Bouder of New York City Ballet with Joshua Beamish

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Choreographer Joshua Beamish: A Creative Force to be Reckoned With

Tracking down choreographer Joshua Beamish is like chasing a butterfly in a windstorm. One midsummer evening, he’s at the Joyce Theater for...

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Ashley Fitzgerald talks ‘Gigi’

I first met Ashley Fitzgerald in a dance class a few years back. With brilliant golden LaDucas, perfectly curled blonde hair, and...

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Caitlin Abraham on Being a Swing in ‘An American in Paris’

Caitlin Abraham is one of those dancers you notice the minute she walks into the room. Her striking features: a tall, lean...

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NRG danceProject on its 5th Anniversary Tour

By Chelsea Thomas of Dance Informa. NRG danceProject is out to change the dance convention and competition circuit one dancer at a...

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Shane Wuerthner leaves SF Ballet for Australia

By Paul Ransom of Dance Informa Australia. Why leave the bustling, exciting world of the San Francisco Ballet for the relatively small scale...

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Rising star Ryan Vetter of Royal Winnipeg Ballet

By Chelsea Thomas of Dance Informa. Originally from South Dakota, Ryan Vetter now dances with Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Since joining the...

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Catching up with James Whiteside

By Renata Ogayar of Dance Informa. In celebration of its 75th Anniversary, American Ballet Theatre will tour to Australia this year for...

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Ballet West celebrates its 50th anniversary

By Chelsea Thomas of Dance Informa. For half a century Utah-based Ballet West has been presenting great art to its home state...

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Atlanta Ballet soars in ‘Romeo et Juliette’

Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, Atlanta, GA February 8, 2014 By Chelsea Thomas of Dance Informa. For a love story so well known...

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By Mary Callahan of Dance Informa. What exactly does it mean to be a smart dancer? You show up to class, give...

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Four New York City Ballet Principal Dancers Retire

By Deborah Searle of Dance Informa. During the 2014 Winter and Spring seasons, New York City Ballet’s much loved Principal Dancers Jenifer...

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Ask the Pros – The Complete Dancer Series at Steps

Steps on Broadway, NYC November 17, 2013 By Leigh Schanfein of Dance Informa. As part of the School at Steps’ Complete Dancer...

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Financing Creation – Part 2

By Kathleen Wessel. Despite reports of a slow economic recovery and predictions of more budget cuts to the arts, the financial future...

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Defining Contemporary Dance in America Part II: Spectrum Dance Theater

By Stephanie Wolf. “Emphatic, full-bodied, theatrically dynamic, virtuosic,” these are just a few of the words used by Artistic Director, Donald Byrd,...

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Fall for Dance, Program 4

City Center, New York City October 6 2012 By Tara Sheena. Fall for Dance descends annually in the wake of the cold...

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