Dance News

New dance documentary to premiere soon

The feature-length documentary Strength and Beauty will be premiering in London, England at the Portobello Film Festival on September 3. The film examines the lives of three ballerinas working at North Carolina Dance Theatre in Charlotte, NC. Each dancer is at a different point in their career ranging from their first year to their fifteenth. They open up

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Bloch sponsors SYTYCD Live Tour 2013!

In its first large-scale entertainment sponsorship, Bloch recently announced that it is a participating sponsor in the 2013 Live Tour of the hit Fox TV series So You Think You Can Dance.

Bloch will provide apparel and shoes to the Top 10 tour dancers from Season 10 of the Emmy Award-winning show to wear while performing live on tour across the

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UDMA offers dance seminars at fall shows

This fall, United Dance Merchants of America (UDMA) will present new dance seminars during the organization’s Dance Resource and Costume Shows, coming to Atlanta, Ga, Meadowlands, NJ and Chicago, IL.

UDMA’s 20th Anniversary Dance Resource and Costume Show, which is free and open to all dance teachers and studio owners, will visit

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NYCB opens four-week fall season in Sept.

New York City Ballet will open its 2013-14 season on Tuesday, September 17 with six performances of Peter Martins’ full-length production of Swan Lake. Set to Tschaikovsky’s score and featuring sets and costumes by the acclaimed Danish painter Per Kirkeby, the production was last performed by NYCB in the fall of 2011 to sold-out houses.
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Open call for 2014 APAP applications!

Peridance Capezio Center has just opened the call for presenters for the 2014 APAP Showcases, with performances scheduled for the weekend of January 10-12, 2014 at the Salvatore Capezio Theater.

Peridance Capezio Center's fully curated APAP Showcases are designed to feature a high-caliber array of artists and dance companies to the Association

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CostumeManager.com rolls out Storefront

CostumeManager.com rolled out a revolutionary new feature on August 4 at the Dance Teacher Summit in New York City.

Paul Henderson, CostumeManager.com's Founder and President, said, "Storefront promises to revolutionize the way dance instructors and studio owners communicate ‘dress code’ and recital costume necessities to their

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Dorothea Garland to lead Cleveland classes

In celebration of its performance at the Ohio Theatre on September 19, New York City's Ballets with a Twist will hold master classes for young dancers on Sunday, September 15 at Playhouse Square's Gund Dance Studio.

Presented by Ballet in Cleveland, a new organization seeking to facilitate and host ballet events in Cleveland, Ohio, the classes

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Hip Op-eration Crew takes Vegas by storm

Hundreds of hip-hop dance crews competed in Las Vegas last weekend at the World Hip Hop Dance Championships. But by far, one of the most sensational and unique groups performing was the world's oldest hip-hop group – better known as “The Hip Op-eration Crew.”

The Hip Op-eration Crew hails from the New Zealand island of Waiheke

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Celebrated ballet teacher passes away

Longtime ballet instructor David Howard sadly passed away this past weekend at 75 years old. Celebrated for the legacy he left behind, Howard taught hundreds of dancers over the years.

Howard’s career first took off when he began performing in radio shows and commercials as a child. He then trained at the Cone Ripman (now Arts Educational)

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SYTYCD Season 10: The Top 8 Perform

By Stephanie Wolf.

It was getting down to the nitty-gritty this week on Fox’s Season 10 of So You Think You Can Dance, as the final eight dancers took the stage to compete for America’s votes.

The evening started with a quirky, burlesque group routine choreographed by Mia Michaels. It highlighted how contemporary heavy

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