The American Tap Dance Foundation’s Tap Dance Awards will be presented Friday, July 8 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street at 8 pm. The Awards ceremony will honor winners of this year's ATDF Hoofer and Tap Preservation awards, and induct new members into the Tap Dance Hall of Fame. The production will also
Mandala South Asian Performing Arts, which connects audiences and students with the vibrancy, flavors, and colors of the performing arts traditions of South Asia, has announced that, effective June 1, the organization is establishing a new home at 2642 W. Devon Avenue in Chicago’s “Little India” community. Executive Artistic Director Pranita Nayar made the
The Big Muddy Dance Company is excited to announce that Kirven Douthit-Boyd will step into the Artistic Director role to usher the 12-year-old company into its next chapter of growth. "I’m thrilled to have been chosen to lead the company into the next iteration of existence. Now is the time to be brave and to make bold decisions in efforts to honor my
Pacific Northwest Ballet soloist Joshua Grant has announced that after a 21-year dancing career, the majority spent at PNB, he has decided to retire at the end of the 2021-2022 season. Joshua attended Pacific Northwest Ballet School, joined PNB as an apprentice in 2001, and was promoted to corps de ballet in 2002. In 2004 he joined National Ballet of Canada
The service organization Dance/NYC is pleased to announce that videos from its fully digital 2022 Symposium are now available for public dissemination. This year’s event, which occurred March 17– March 19, marked Dance/NYC’s second successful all-digital Symposium. Over three days, 500+ people attended the event built around the theme Life Cycles.
Avant Chamber Ballet presents an all new program this summer with “Dancer’s Choice” July 30th 2022 at Sammons Center for the Arts at 2:30 and 7:30pm. The performance is dancer created, produced and performed - a brand new concept for ACB. The performances will feature new works by company members Madelaine Boyce, Kaila Bryant, and Kaylee Skelton plus
The Clive & Valerie Barnes Foundation have announced the 2021 Clive Barnes Award Finalists. The Clive and Valerie Barnes Foundation supports young artists through recognition, encouragement, and financial support. The Clive Barnes Foundation was formed in 2009 (renamed in 2020 to honor the founder, Valerie Taylor-Barnes) to create Annual Awards
The Community Programs Accelerator at the University of Chicago has announced that Deeply Rooted Dance Theater is one of two organizations joining the Accelerator’s 2022/2023 nonprofit cohort at the Core level. The organization will receive $50,000 in grant funding along with intense, focused, and customized support for up to three years. Launched in
Vulcan Productions and Beaufort 9 Films, in association with JustFilms | Ford Foundation and Catapult Film Fund, are pleased to present the World Premiere of LIFT at the 2022 Tribeca Festival, running June 8-19. Directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker David Petersen and counting Sam Pollard as one of its executive producers and Misty Copeland as its principal
English National Ballet
is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2022
Emerging Dancer
Award is
Eric Snyder.
Having performed a pas de deux from
The Sleeping Beauty
and
Cha Cha and Tiara,
a new contemporary piece choreographed by Rentaro Nakaaki, with his partner
Doug Varone and Dancers celebrates 35 years with the New York premiere of Somewhere and the 1993 masterwork Rise, Tuesday, May 31, through Sunday, June 5, at The Joyce Theater in NYC. Somewhere reimagines Leonard Bernstein’s timeless West Side Story by stripping the orchestral score of its narrative connotations. The result: pure choreographic vibrancy,
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) has announced the principal cast for the New York premiere of the English National Ballet’s (ENB) Giselle, directed and choreographed by Akram Khan. Joining ENB's Artistic Director and Lead Principal in the principal cast are Aitor Arrieta, Isaac Hernández, and James Streeter as Albrecht; Jeffrey Cirio, Daniel McCormick,
