An NFL greats battle with Alzheimer’s inspires dancer daughter’s awareness campaign
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Raising the ‘Barre’ on Dancer Nutrition
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2012 PrideFest to Showcase 100 Minutes of Pittsburgh Dance
By Steve Sucato There are casual dance fans, and there are those who buy season subscriptions. And then there are superfans like Richard Parsakian, whose love of dance counts as an obsession. To read the full article click here Continue reading 2012 PrideFest to Showcase 100 Minutes of Pittsburgh Dance
Off Stage: Kyle’s in Fine Company
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2012 JACOB’S PILLOW DANCE AWARD PRESENTED TO KYLE ABRAHAM CHOREOGRAPHER, DANCER, AND ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF ABRAHAM.IN.MOTION AWARD CARRIES $25,000 CASH PRIZE ABRAHAM WILL ACCEPT IN PERSON AT THE 80TH ANNIVERSARY GALA JUNE 16 June 1, 2012 (Becket, MA) – Jacob’s Pillow announces today that Executive and Artistic Director Ella Baff will present the sixth annual Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award… Continue reading Off Stage: Kyle’s in Fine Company
Passionate, stirring performances mark Neglia Ballet Artists’ tribute to Tchaikovsky
In one of the most breathtaking openings of a ballet ever created, the curtain rose on 17 female dancers arranged in two adjoining diamonds. The identically posed women in light blue with long tulle skirts stood feet parallel, heads tilted, with one arm lifted at a diagonal in front of them palm outward as if holding back something. To read the full review click here Continue reading Passionate, stirring performances mark Neglia Ballet Artists’ tribute to Tchaikovsky
Contemporary take on Swan Lake ballet a bold step for Grand Rapids Ballet
Save Tchaikovsky’s brilliant original score there was little choreographer Mario Radacovsky’s psychological ballet Black Swan White Swan had in common with traditional productions of Swan Lake. No feather-adorned tutus, no clack of pointe shoes hitting the stage floor and no love story of prince and a beautiful swan that transcends death. To read the full review click here. Continue reading Contemporary take on Swan Lake ballet a bold step for Grand Rapids Ballet
Lar Lubovich Dance Company Review
North Star’s shining moments came in two solos. The first featured a tense Elisa Clark ripping through abrupt, definitive and super-fast movements that one would expect to see if she were dancing in strobe light; the fact that she wasn’t made her manic performance all the more mesmerizing and brilliant. The second solo danced by Brown was reminiscent of the male solo from Paul Taylor’s … Continue reading Lar Lubovich Dance Company Review
New dance works set to Bloom at fourth annual newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival
In their inaugural U.S. tour, the five members of Bloom! will perform their 2010 Rudolf Laban Award-winning contemporary dance workCity on May 11 and 12. (City is ticketed separately from the festival’s other programs; you can save money by purchasing a festival pass.) The hour-long piece, set to music by Alberto Ruiz, contains nudity and adult language while exploring topics such as prejudice, power, fear and faith in … Continue reading New dance works set to Bloom at fourth annual newMoves Contemporary Dance Festival
The Chautauqua School of Dance
Along Chautauqua Lake in southwestern New York State sits a picturesque 750-acre gated community known as The Chautauqua Institution. Founded in 1874, the Institution is a summer vacation playground and an arts and educational center that attracts visitors from all over the world. It’s also home to one of the nation’s most respected summer dance schools, The Chautauqua School of Dance. To read the full … Continue reading The Chautauqua School of Dance
Chicago National Association of Dance Masters celebrates a century of dance education
One hundred years ago, in 1912, 10 dance teachers met at Frank L. Oleson’s Academy of Dancing in Chicago to lay out plans for a new organization “dedicated to the elevation of the art of dancing and the promotion of the welfare of the profession.” The Chicago Association of Dancing Masters (CADM) as it was called then, sought to develop for its future members a … Continue reading Chicago National Association of Dance Masters celebrates a century of dance education
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