By Stephanie Wolf.
In Episode 2 of Ovation TV’s new reality series A Chance to Dance, Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt, known as the BalletBoyz, head to Washington D.C. and Austin, TX for their final rounds of auditions. Their mission: to find the nation’s best, according to Nigel Lythgoe, “undiscovered talent” and form a
Costume Gallery and Twinkle Star Dance™ have partnered to ensure dance studio owners are able to recruit and retain the valuable 2-6 year old dancer population.
Twinkle Star Dance™ is an online subscription-based program that has proven to yield average revenue of $113,000 per season per studio.
Marketing information is
By Stephanie Wolf.
After a Mia-Michaels-focused SYTYCD extravaganza, the competition continues with another week of new routines, new partnerships, guest judges, and special performances. The Top 10 dancers perform in Week 5 of the competition and the pressure is on to win the favor of the viewers.
Joining Mary Murphy and Nigel
By Stephanie Wolf.
After a two-week hiatus, So You Think You Can Dance returns to Wednesday nights with a special evening devoted entirely to the choreographic work of three-time Emmy Award-winner Mia Michaels, showcasing her best routines from the past eight seasons. The Top 14 perform; four will go home and the remaining ten will
By Stephanie Wolf.
We’re sad that the London 2012 Olympics are over. The two weeks of sportsmanship and amazing displays of the human body’s capabilities kept us glued to our televisions around the clock. Yet, there’s a silver lining to the conclusion of the summer games; after a two-week hiatus, So You Think You Can Dance
The Hong Kong Ballet, one of Asia’s premier ballet companies, makes a bold Jacob’s Pillow debut this week, performing a varied program of contemporary ballets in the Ted Shawn Theatre July 18–22.
Directed by Madeleine Onne, former Principal Dancer and Artistic Director of the Royal Swedish Ballet, The Hong Kong Ballet’s
The Chicago Human Rhythm Project (CHRP) has announced the establishment of the American Rhythm Center (ARC), a new initiative to provide a shared, affordable and sustainable education, rehearsal and administrative facility for several leading Chicago arts organizations. This new institution will be located in renovated spaces at Chicago’s historic Fine
Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance is moving into a new home at Westbeth, the former Merce Cunningham Dance Company space. The Center plans to invite guests to special events with the dancers and students in this 3,400 square foot theater. In addition to a new space and expanded activities, the Center is hard at work on the Archive Project, the
An ensemble of 19 talented, ethnically diverse high school dancer/choreographers, under the expert eye of director/founder Alice Teirstein, will
participate in
the 17th year of Young Dancemakers Company, performing their original works in eight free performances in NYC, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx, July 26-August 4th.
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Complexions Contemporary Ballet is looking for female dancers and will hold auditions on Sunday July 29. You must be invited to audition.
To apply send your photo, resume and video link to audition2012@complexionsdance.org and note whether
you’ve seen a company performance in the last 12 months.
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Dance Informa looks forward to being a part of Dance Teacher Summit, July 27-29 at Hilton New York. Take part in a fantastic mix of movement sessions, seminars and workshops led by top master teachers.
New guests artists join returning favorites for the most well-rounded faculty you'll find anywhere. Master dance teachers as well as the best
Shirley MacLaine, philanthropist and entrepreneur Henry T. Segerstrom and dancer turned director Damian Woetzel will be honored at the highly anticipated Dizzy Feet Foundation Celebration of Dance Gala alongside a star-studded roster of performers that includes: Maria Menounos, Derek Hough, Ryan Guzman, Misha Gabriel, tWitch and Kathryn McCormack this
