One of Washington D.C.'s most beloved holiday traditions, The Nutcracker Tea Party helps raise critical funds to support The Washington Ballet's artistic and educational programs.
Taking place Sunday, Dec. 9 at the beautiful Willard Intercontinental Hotel, the tea party admission includes entrance to the company’s 1 p.m.
The Phoenix Public Transit Department is partnering with Ballet Arizona to bring a beloved holiday tradition back to city streets - a decorated holiday bus. The two organizations will launch the Nutcracker Holiday Bus at 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 19 from Phoenix Symphony Hall, located at 75 N. Second Street. Costumed dancers, ballet and city VIPs will be in
John Krasno, a seasoned arts administrator with extensive business experience, has been named the new executive director of Parsons Dance, an internationally renowned contemporary dance company based in New York City.
"I am so happy to join Parsons Dance. This is an incredible opportunity to support a great choreographer in a wonderful
As part of their new exhibit on composer John Cage, choreographer Merce Cunningham, visual artists Jasper Johns and Robert Raushenberg and French artist Marcel Duchamp, the Philadelphia Museum of Art
will be hosting numerous live performances of Cunningham's work through Jan. 16, 2013.
The live dance performances coordinate with the
A total of 254 candidates representing 32 different nationalities applied for the Prix de Lausanne video selections that took place Oct. 25-28. Of the candidates, 81 young dancers representing 19 nationalities were selected.
Of the dancers chosen, 10 were citizens of the United States, including: William Dugan, Nicole Finken, Blake Kessler,
Gotham Arts Exchange recently announced the dance curators for FOCUS 2014, the international platform to promote American dance both abroad and nationally.
FOCUS DANCE at The Joyce Theater will be curated by Laurie Uprichard and DANCE GOTHAM at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts will be curated by Jodee
This holiday season the Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida will once again journey to the Land of the Sweets as they perform an annual audience favorite, The Nutcracker.
This holiday tradition, which depicts the tale of a young girl on Christmas Eve, is also the 15th anniversary of the company. Beginning with a gala on Sunday, Dec. 9,
Recognizing the 20th anniversary of famed ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev’s death, the de Young Museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park recently opened the exhibit Rudolf Nureyev: A Life in Dance.
Organized in collaboration with the Centre national du costume de scène in Moulins, France and the Fine Arts Museums of San
After returning to The Joyce Theater this week for their annual two-week engagement, the renowned Complexions Contemporary Ballet is now performing two world premieres and two New York premieres.
Proclaimed to have "explosive energy, ferocious technique, and eye-watering hyper flexibility" by The New Zealand Herald, Complexions Contemporary
Ballet Hispanico, recognized as the leading Latino dance institution in the United States, will present a mixed bill of tango, jazz and pop on Dec. 1 at The Apollo Theater in Harlem. The evening includes a world premiere, a New York premiere and live music.
Celebrating 42 years of dance and culture, Ballet Hispanico boasts a rich and diverse
Atlanta Ballet will give new meaning to “the magic of the holidays” this December as Artistic Director John McFall ups the ante by adding master illusionist Drew Thomas into the mix for the company’s 53rd production of Nutcracker.
The whimsical holiday tale that follows young Marya’s unbelievable adventure with her
Triskelion Arts presents Jessica Gaynor Dance in the world premiere of Hero from Nov. 15-18 at 8 p.m. at the Aldous Theater in Brooklyn.
Hero,
an evening of new work by choreographer Jessica Gaynor, explores the ideological heroism, physical prowess and secret identities of superheroes. Six dancers each hold a specific attribute that
