Posted on: 1/24/2020 4:00AM
The Steering Committee of the NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, announced today that Lucy Sexton, who has served as Executive Director of The Bessies since 2009, is stepping down to expand her work in cultural advocacy with New Yorkers for Culture & Arts and to pursue new creative projects. She will continue in an advisory role until the end of January 2020. Michele Thompson joins the organization as Interim Executive Director.
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Posted on: 1/23/2020 4:00AM
Pacific Northwest Ballet continues its 47th season with the return of Founding Artistic Director Kent Stowell’s wondrous Cinderella. Cinderella runs for ten performances only, January 31 through February 9 at Seattle Center’s Marion Oliver McCaw Hall.
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Posted on: 1/22/2020 5:00AM
Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance, has announced that Executive Director Amy Fitterer will transition out of her role in December 2020.
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Posted on: 1/21/2020 2:00AM
Project Dance have announced 6 amazing cities in 2020 and is Celebrating 100 events since 2002! Events will take place in HOUSTON, NEW YORK CITY, PARIS, CHICAGO, PITTSBURGH and OKLAHOMA CITY.
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Posted on: 1/20/2020 5:00AM
Cirque du Soleil brings the world of OVO to TALKING STICK RESORT ARENA NC, February 20-23, 2020. OVO is teeming with life. Insects work, play, fight and look for love in a non-stop riot of energy in motion. Their home is filled with biodiversity, beauty, action and moments of quiet emotion. The awestruck insects are intensely curious when a mysterious egg appears, representing the enigma and cycles of their lives.
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Posted on: 1/17/2020 6:00AM
WHITE WAVE is now accepting applications for their 2020 SoloDuo Dance Festival. They encourage emerging and established contemporary choreographers/companies to apply. May 17th & 18th at Dixon Place NYC. Application Deadline is February 10, 2020.
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Posted on: 1/16/2020 5:00AM
POP Performance: Women in Motion, produced by The Bang Group, from Thursday, January 30 to Saturday, February 1 at The Theater at Gibney, 280 Broadway NYC.
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Posted on: 1/16/2020 2:00AM
As part of its 70th anniversary season, English National Ballet celebrates its history with three specially curated gala performances at the London Coliseum on 17 and 18 January 2020.
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Posted on: 1/15/2020 5:00AM
Dancer’s can enjoy 3 days of Tap Master Classes from Saturday, February 15 - Monday, February 17, 2020 at a fundraising event for ATDF's ongoing ADULT education programs at the American Tap Dance Center.
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Posted on: 1/14/2020 6:00AM
The Exponential Festival presents the unique artist Anabella Lenzu as she declares "No More Beautiful Dances," a dance/theater solo in which the spoken word, drawings, and video projections merge to offer a very personal view of femininity and what it means to be a woman today. Anabella Lenzu’s 'No More Beautiful Dances, January 21-23, 2020 at The Brick, Brooklyn NY.
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Posted on: 1/13/2020 5:00AM
Motion State Dance Film Series and Festival launch party is Thursday, January 16 at the Acoustic Java Café and Microcinema, 204 Main St, Providence and it’s Free! Formerly known as Kicking & Screening, the Motion State Dance Film Series presents short dance films from around the world, including France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and the US. Celebrate their new name and the new Motion State Dance Festival coming March 2020, with a launch party to start and end the night! Admission is free, with drinks and treats available for purchase.
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Posted on: 1/10/2020 5:00AM
The CUNY Dance Initiative and John Jay College, in collaboration with Pigeonwing Dance, present the World Premiere of Gabrielle Lamb’s Plexus (a Work in Knots) on Friday, February 7 2020, at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, NYC.
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Posted on: 1/10/2020 2:00AM
After a wildly successful first OBOC in North-America and an equally successful return of the OBOC to Amsterdam in 2019, the OBOC 2020 will take place in both North-America and Europe again this year: from 22 June – 4 July in Montréal and from 25 July – 4 August in Amsterdam.
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Posted on: 1/9/2020 4:00AM
The Joffrey Academy of Dance, Official School of The Joffrey Ballet, is thrilled to have announced the recipients of the tenth annual Winning Works Choreographic Competition: Chanel DaSilva, Tsai Hsi Hung, Pablo Sánchez (recipient of the inaugural Zach Lazar Winning Works Fellowship, named in honor of former Joffrey Board Chair Zach Lazar), and Durante Verzola. Winning Works will be presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Edlis Neeson Theater, 220 E. Chicago Avenue March 20-22, 2020. Tickets are now on sale!
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Posted on: 1/8/2020 5:00AM
Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim NYC, presents West Side Story: Ivo van Hove and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker on Monday, January 27, 2020.
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Posted on: 1/7/2020 4:00AM
Steps on Broadway (Steps), the internationally-recognized dance training center, celebrates its 40th anniversary with a look back at the numerous milestones that mark its distinguished legacy and a look forward to the future of dance education. As a thank you to the loyal dance community, who attend over 260,000 classes annually, Steps is offering dancers a series of opportunities to celebrate beginning in December and culminating in a free dance party in May 2020.
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Posted on: 1/6/2020 12:00AM
Having delighted audiences of more than 100,000 around the world with tours including Japan, Paris, and Spain, Le Corsaire returns to the London Coliseum (January 8-14). The only UK company to perform the complete work, English National Ballet’s production was staged by Anna-Marie Holmes and features sets by Hollywood designer Bob Ringwood, and a sweeping score performed live by English National Ballet Philharmonic.
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Posted on: 1/3/2020 5:00AM
The Connecticut Dance Alliance (CDA) will host the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Dance on Monday, January 20, 2020 at the Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts in Hartford from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The annual event, which features master classes, seminars and panel discussions, was created by the CDA to honor and celebrate Dr. King’s legacy and teachings, as well as the significant contributions made by people of color to the world of dance.
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Posted on: 1/2/2020 6:00AM
Featured at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival 2019, Arlington, VA based Jane Franklin Dance, returns to Theatre on the Run with Bordercommencing January 25th for a 3 week run. In this movement theatre work, individuals describe barriers experienced through career, racial, gender or ethnic prejudice. Find threads of isolation residing alongside the urge for belonging, told through personal stories, movement and visual art. Set is by Scenic and Projections Designer for Theater and Opera, Jonathan Dahm Robertson.
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Posted on: 1/1/2020 6:00AM
The Bang Group presents POP Performance: Women in Motion from Thursday, January 30 to Saturday, February 1 at 8pm at The Theater at Gibney, 280 Broadway (entrance at 53A Chambers).
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Posted on: 12/31/2019 12:00AM
The 48th Prix de Lausanne jury panel will be presided by Frédéric Olivieri, Director of the Scala in Milan and Prize Winner of the Prix de Lausanne 1977. Among the artistic collaborators, Nicolas Le Riche, Etoile of the Paris Opera Ballet and actual Director of the Royal Swedish Ballet, will be the coach for the male candidates’ variations. During the Interlude, the performance will be the 3rd edition of the Partner School Choreographic Project, choreographed by Mauro Bigonzetti, with 26 of the world’s best students reunited in Montreux for a unique creation, as well as a performance by dancers from the Royal Ballet School of London. The registrations for the 2nd edition of the Summer Intensive – European Preselection are open.
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Posted on: 12/30/2019 5:00AM
Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim NYC, presents a Dance Commission Preview: Les Ballet Afrik and Ephrat Asherie Dance on Monday and Tuesday, January 13 and 14, 2020 at 7:30pm.
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Posted on: 12/27/2019 5:00AM
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre presents a Winter Open Rehearsal, a preview of their upcoming World Premiere of Hindsight, on Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at The Ailey Studios, 405 W. 55th Street, NYC. This free, behind-the-scenes view into the creative process will be followed by a wine and cheese reception.
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Posted on: 12/26/2019 5:00AM
An Nuo, Chinese choreographer and Artistic Director of AN NUO SPIRITUAL DANCE & ART, will return to New York City January 13-19 with ICEBERG · EXPLORATION, a full-evening dramatic dance musical exploring the Arctic and ice as a powerful force of nature. Written by An Nuo & Linda Burson and directed by An Nuo, performances will take place at Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave, NY.
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Posted on: 12/25/2019 5:00AM
The full schedule for the Dance Camera West Festival to be presented in January 9-11 2020, in Los Angeles at REDCAT, CalArts' downtown center for contemporary arts L.A, is now available!
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Posted on: 12/24/2019 5:00AM
Nancy Karp + Dancers' premiere of piano piano in February 2020 at the Dresher Ensemble Studio in West Oakland, California. The work invites audiences through the building’s hallways, balconies, and central floor space. The dancers’ relationship to the architecture and the many spaces that appear to be “fixed,” will inform how the piece emerges. Audience seating is designed to view the work’s many angles.
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Posted on: 12/23/2019 5:00AM
The Marblehead School of Ballet announces Anita Novins of Salem, Massachusetts celebrated her 100th birthday on December 5. Novins worked for nearly 20 years at the Marblehead School of Ballet (MSB) as the dance studio's office manager and retired at age 97.
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Posted on: 12/20/2019 4:00AM
Valentina Kozlova's Dance Conservatory of New York returns to Symphony Space with Kozlova's charming one-hour production of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Winter Suite," Friday December 20 at 5 PM and Saturday December 21 at 3 PM.
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Posted on: 12/19/2019 5:00AM
Baruch Performing Arts Center and Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre present the World Premiere of Hindsight, in celebration of the company's 20th Anniversary, from March 5-7, 2020 at 7:30pm at Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue (25th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues), NYC.
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Posted on: 12/18/2019 6:00AM
The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center announced that tickets for PJ Masks Live!, sponsored by Children’s Health, are on sale NOW! PJ Masks Live! will perform two shows on Monday, January 20, 2020 at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. at the Winspear Opera House in the downtown Dallas Arts District.
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