Dance News

Celebrity CREATE Champion presents show

The Celebrity CREATE Competition brought some of the country’s best talent and most innovative choreography together for one night of live performances in 2012 at the Tempe Center for the Arts.

There were 115 choreographers who submitted their work in the hopes of becoming the first ever Celebrity CREATE Champion and a final eight were

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Washington Ballet presents world premiere

The Washington Ballet (TWB) concludes its 2012-2013 season with the world premiere of Artistic Director Septime Webre’s Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises. The new ballet based on Ernest Hemingway’s American classic opens with a preview May 8 and runs May 9-12 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Eisenhower Theater.
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Miami City Ballet/Trey McIntyre Project combo

Miami City Ballet and Trey McIntyre Project offer South Florida dance fans a double-dose of exciting, critically-acclaimed ballet and contemporary dance performances April 26-28 at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale – and all for a low ticket price of $99, which entitles dance aficionados to enjoy Miami City Ballet in the

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Dance Teacher Web LIVE set for July

Dance Teacher Web LIVE Producers Steve Sirico and Angela D'Valda Sirico are excited to host another Conference and Expo on July 26-29 at Red Rock Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada. The event is sure to be unlike any other! Described by past attendees as "the one and only conference truly for dance teachers and studio owners," LIVE brings to life everything that is

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Dance Affiliates publishes historic book

Dance Affiliates, Philadelphia’s leading presenter of world-class dance, has published an informative and historic 155-page book commemorating its rich legacy as one of the few remaining dance-only presenters in the United States.



The book is chockfull of 400 breathtaking archival photographs featuring 175 local, national and

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Jacob’s Pillow awards Michelle Dorrance

Jacob’s Pillow announced Wednesday, April 10 that Executive and Artistic Director Ella Baff will soon present the seventh annual Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award to Michelle Dorrance, an acclaimed tap dancer, choreographer, and Artistic Director of Dorrance Dance. Praised as a “talented choreographer, the most promising one in tap right

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Oregon Ballet Theatre to premiere works

Oregon Ballet Theatre’s upcoming American Music Festival presents two world premieres and one West Coast premiere in an ambitious program that spans a wide spectrum of the country’s musical genres.

To be presented in eight performances between April 18th and the 27th, the three works are not only diverse musically; they represent the

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Tapper Andrew J. Nemr at The Cutting Room

Andrew J. Nemr, protégé of Gregory Hines and a leader in the tap dance world, brings his one-man show to The Cutting Room in New York City this Thursday, April 18. Dubbed as "one of the hardest working tap dancers today" by The New Yorker, Nemr has worked with such luminaries as Les Paul and Savion Glover, and may be found on David Eggar's

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NYCB’s Spring Season opens April 30

New York City Ballet’s 2013 Spring Season will open with a three-week American Music Festival featuring 25 ballets and music by 17 American composers. This festival will also mark the 25th anniversary of the 1998 American Music Festival, during which NYCB presented more than 20 new works to the music of American composers.

The season will

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