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Artists in Training

LA-based Artists in Training shifts to more holistic approach for supporting the next generation of artists

Robert Schultz is changing the game for in-studio dance conventions. His LA-based company, Artists in Training, has been on the scene since the early 2000s, but Schultz recently made a pivotal change to what the company offers dance studios. “We’re shifting the focus of our in-studio conventions to crafting the whole artist, rather than simply teaching a

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Dance USA Artist Fellows

Dance/USA Announces Its 2022 Artist Fellows

Dance/USA, the national service organization for dance, has announced that the second round of Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists (DFA) will award $905,010 in funding to 30 dance and movement-based artists with sustained practices in art for social change. Each Fellowship includes a $30,167 grant that may be used at the artist’s discretion. DFA is made

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United States Mint Maria Tallchief

United States Mint to honor ballerina Maria Tallchief on their 2023 Native American $1 Coin Reverse Design

The United States Mint (Mint) has officially announced the reverse design for the 2023 Native American $1 Coin. The 2023 Native American $1 Coin honors American ballerina Maria Tallchief and American Indians in ballet. Considered to be America's first prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief broke barriers as a Native American ballerina (Osage Nation) exhibiting

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Marblehead School of Ballet and North Shore Civic Ballet Coat Drive

Marblehead School of Ballet and North Shore Civic Ballet are Collecting Winter Coats and Pajamas for Needy

The Marblehead School of Ballet (MSB) and the North Shore Civic Ballet (NSCB) in Marblehead, Massachusetts are holding their third drive for winter coats and pajamas to help neighbors in need.  The drive runs through Saturday, December 10. With Massachusetts ranked sixth in the country for the most homeless people, helping neighbors in need get through the

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