As Cassie says in A Chorus Line: "A dancer dances!" The theaters, studios, and schools may be closed, but dancers, ever-resourceful, keep dancing. Here is some information about many dancers and companies, about what they have been doing during this tough time.
This year Rhythm in Motion has gone viral and they are taking a look back at some of the exceptional work that's been created by their Artists in Residence over the years. Some date back to 2014. These boundary breaking new takes on tap by NYC's finest choreographers are brought to you on Friday, July 10th, at 8pm, but if you register in advance you will be able to access the concert for an entire week. Happy Tap Twenty everyone. Enjoy!
The International Association of Blacks in Dance announces the launch of its Can You Hear Me Now? campaign with an open letter to the White American dance community. Can You Hear Me Now? is an online and social media campaign dedicated to acknowledging and dismantling long-standing racial disparities within the American dance community.
It's been a challenging time for dancers. If you have felt like quitting, think about why you started dance and try mixing up your week to be sure you have time for dance class, to watch performances all over the world that inspire you online and to see a friend online or in person (at a safe distance of course).
Internationally acclaimed choreographer and former Artistic Director of Birmingham Royal Ballet (BRB), Sir David Bintley, CBE will judge an online Choreography Challenge for students together with its creator, Brandon Lawrence.
Summer opens at the Marblehead School of Ballet with a full line-up of enriching virtual, live classes for children, teenagers and adults. The new summer session runs now through August 8, 2020. This year, the school's celebrated Summer Intensive will be offered live online.
The deadline to sign up for The Rhythmatic Summer Experience, an online dance intensive by LA Tap company Rhythmatic Tap Co, is less than one week away! This will be their last virtual event! Don’t miss this opportunity to take class with some of the best in the biz, at an unbeatable price.
Are you a buzzing actor or actress? Do you love showing your talent to the world? There’s a platform for you to show off your talents through the Virtual Musical Theatre Competition. Only a few days until entries are closed! There are amazing prizes and 1-2-1 training with Broadway and West End stars.
Across the USA there are dance classes to try from the comfort of home but also some workshops now emerging back into the actual studio for you to attend. Whatever you are able to do at this time, scheduling a variety of dance classes to work different areas of strength and weakness, is a great way to ensure your week is on pointe (pardon the pun).
Los Angeles-based dance company Heidi Duckler Dance (HDD) presents the fourth Ebb & Flow Festival, taking place at the Los Angeles State Historic Park for the second time, from June 27th- June 30th.
Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble will premiere a virtual performance video of Anna Sokolow's Rooms, to be titled Rooms2020, on Thursday, June 25, 2020 at 7pm ET. Talkback following the screening will be introduced by Neil Baldwin, author of the forthcoming Martha Graham: When Dance Became Modern.
Our new normal is a more online world for dance and performance. Here are some exciting new classes to dive into, as well as performances to enjoy this week.
The dance service organization Dance/NYC has announced the 69 recipients of the first iteration of its Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund for Dance Making Organizations, and the second round of its Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund for Dance Making Organizations, made possible by the generous support of The New York Community Trust. The new round of applications opens on Friday, June 12, 2020 and will close on Friday, July 3, 2020 at 5:00 p.m. ET. Dance making organizations with annual expense budgets between $10,000 and $250,000 are invited to apply.
The ongoing collaboration by three major arts organizations, Martha Graham Dance Company, the Los Angeles-based Wild Up music collective, and The Soraya, will continue June 19 with the premiere of a digital dance inspired by archival remnants of Martha Graham’s Immediate Tragedy, a solo she created in 1937 in response to the Spanish Civil War. Graham created the solo in collaboration with composer Henry Cowell, but it was never filmed and has been considered lost for decades. Drawing on the common experience of today’s immediate tragedy – the global pandemic, the 22 artists creating the project are collaborating from locations across the U.S. and Europe using a variety of technologies to coordinate movement, music, and digital design.
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater is adapting its Summer Dance Intensive (SDI) to a virtual format in 2020 to enable the program to continue while keeping students, staff, and community members safe and in compliance with the phases of reopening the city of Chicago and state of Illinois. The Youth Division session takes place July 6–17; the Pre-Professional Division session takes place July 20–31; and Mature H.O.T. Women takes place July 6–31.
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater is adapting its Summer Dance Intensive (SDI) to a virtual format in 2020 to enable the program to continue while keeping students, staff, and community members safe and in compliance with the phases of reopening the city of Chicago and state of Illinois. The Youth Division session takes place July 6–17; the Pre-Professional Division session takes place July 20–31; and Mature H.O.T. Women takes place July 6–31.
Coffee and dance class with a friend this week? It's time to move again purely for the joy of it. Dance a new style this week, try a new class. We have a fresh list of ideas for you below!
English National Ballet’s ‘ENB at HOME’ programme continues to provide free access to full-length ballets and online content, providing ways for people to keep fit and active during this time and keeping ballet accessible to everyone, everywhere. Through their Wednesday Watch Parties, which are a part of ENB at HOME, English National Ballet invites audiences around the world to enjoy never before seen full-length recordings of Company performances. Following a short break, Wednesday Watch Parties will return with a celebration of Sir Kenneth MacMillan, by streaming two of his productions on Wednesday 17th June for Song of the Earth and Wednesday 24th June for Manon.
Ok, so theatres and studios are still not back to normal, but that doesn't mean we can't enjoy dance across the USA! Here's a list of online classes and performances you can experience with a friend from the comfort of your home this week.
Red Clay Dance Company (RCDC), a nonprofit dance company that creates and performs a diverse repertoire of Afro-contemporary dance, is stepping up in the fight against the threat of COVID-19 in its community with the Dance Pamoja Challenge, a 12-month project beginning June 1 that focuses on controlling blood pressure, building resilience, and preventing death from COVID-19 among African-American families living on Chicago’s South Side.
During the pandemic, the Highland Park Arts and Cultural Council continues its tradition of celebrating the first Friday of each month with its neighbors — albeit socially distanced — on June 5 from 6-7:30 p.m. With a focus on artistic activities centered around the community, including local artists and businesses, First Fridays Highland Park events range from poetry slams to dance lessons to karaoke nights to this event featuring local comedians, who have made national names for themselves: John "J. Bell" Bell, Mike Bonner and Coco the Comedian. Partnering with WHPR TV 33, this event will be broadcast across six radio and digital platforms.
On June 7 at 7:30pm EDT, Works & Process at the Guggenheim will present the premiere of Storm as part of the Works & Process Artists (WPA) Virtual Commission Series. A direct response to the pandemic, the initiative was launched to financially support artists and nurture their creative process during these challenging times by granting over $150,000 in commissioning funds to artists who have been featured at Works & Process. Artists from a wide variety of genres have been commissioned to create new works, less than 5 minutes long, while social distancing, that premiere on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube (@worksandprocess).
Experiencing the movements of dance class and performances on offer right now speak to something deep inside all of us. Don’t miss the creative moments on offer this week that we have listed below.
Kinesis Project Dance Theatre's Board of Directors presented Kinesis Project's Annual Spring Gala in a virtual realm on Friday, May 8, 2020, raising more than $10,000 in support of its mission of building and presenting dances that challenge public space and engage diverse communities. The evening was broadcast via Zoom to an audience of nearly one hundred live viewers throughout the country.
We may be apart but can still dance together! What a week ahead for taking an online dance class from the comfort of your home! We have a great list of classes to try and also some amazing virtual dance competitions to check out this week!
Tune in May 21st at 8PM for the High School Edition and May 22nd for the College Edition of BroadwayWorld's NEXT ON STAGE - a new, online musical theatre singing competition for student performers sponsored by Broadway Records!
Stephen Petronio Company is proud to announce a series of online programming created and organized in the wake of the global pandemic. Running May 13–June 14, 2020, the online season includes the premiere of two new works, archival streams, and conversations. All events are free.
It is recommended that people take care of themselves by exercising regularly, stretching, taking deep breaths, or meditating according to The Center for Disease Control, the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). We have put together a list of dance and wellness experiences that you can watch, listen and enjoy this week.
Dance Camera West is a Los Angeles based dance film festival. They have announced the DCW2020 Virtual Film Festival will be launched Thursday May 14 to Monday June 1, 2020 on OVID.tv.
Everything can change in a day with Bethel Conservatory of the Arts (BCA), who are giving away $24,000 in scholarship funds. Which means for the first 24 people to be accepted to BCA's LINK Dance Program, they will win a $1000 scholarship towards their education.
