Posted on: 9/13/2019 5:00AM
The Music Center recently joined with civic and community leaders to dedicate The Music Center Plaza, opening the newly renovated, accessible outdoor urban space and recognizing it as “The Plaza for All.” The event culminated a 20-month, $41 million renovation. A roster of distinguished speakers, marked the occasion with a land acknowledgement and special ceremony. The event unveiled the Plaza as a principal public square for Los Angeles County, which provides a place where people can not only dine and gather, but also connect with friends and colleagues.
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Posted on: 9/12/2019 5:00AM
Island Moving Company (IMC), Newport’s Contemporary Ballet announces performance dates for two new productions at the newly restored Newport Congregational Church. An evening repertory show titled “The Nature of Light” and children’s matinee shows of “Alice In Wonderland” will be performed between October 17 - 20.
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Posted on: 9/11/2019 6:00AM
Southern California high school students interested in the performing arts can now apply to be a part of The Music Center’sSpotlight, a free annual arts education and scholarship program. A TMC Arts program, Spotlight offers arts training, experience and workforce development skills taught by professional artists and arts administrators, and awards more than $100,000 in scholarships.
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Posted on: 9/9/2019 2:00AM
Renowned designer Tupac Martir of Satore Studio has created a unique holiday card to benefit the Behind the Scenes charity that is perfect for dancers and dance lovers. Martir has drawn on his experience in working with some of the world’s premiere choreographers and dancers and his love for dance to create a beautifully rendered and visually striking reminder of its magic. Be sure to order the cards before September 30th 2019.
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Posted on: 9/6/2019 2:00AM
The brand Bodiography, has launched its first fitness video, a full-body strength and conditioning program using targeted muscle movements typically performed in ballet, minus the actual dancing! Whether you are looking to rebuild your fitness, rehabilitate or prevent an injury, are new to core training, or need accountability and support to be consistent, Bodiography Fitness and Strength is just the ticket.
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Posted on: 9/5/2019 2:00AM
Boston Dance Alliance’s (BDA) third annual Dancer Health Day, combined with its popular Open Call Audition provide a one-stop opportunity for regional dancers to receive wellness screenings from dance medicine experts and show their moves to regional choreographers looking to cast upcoming performances. This day of “dancer mega-opportunity” is Sun., Sep. 15, 2019 at the Dance Complex, 536 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge.
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Posted on: 9/4/2019 2:00AM
sjDANCEco presents Etched in Time Friday and Saturday, October 18 and 19 at 8:00 pm at California Theatre, 345 S. First Street, San Jose, CA 95113. sjDANCEco’s 2019-2020 season opens with a World Premiere, two West Coast Premieres, a Company Premiere, and a masterwork by José Limón. The program is performed to live music by San José Chamber Orchestra.
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Posted on: 9/3/2019 2:00AM
Join Ballet Under The Stars in September as they kick off the season with free events & dance performances for the whole family in Phoenix and across the Valley.
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Posted on: 8/30/2019 2:00AM
Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Dance Theatre and Deeply Rooted Dance Theater to perform in “Legacy” Friday and Saturday, September 13 and 14 at BAM Fisher, 321 Ashland Place, Brooklyn.
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Posted on: 8/29/2019 2:00AM
The Charleston Ballet’s documentary “Andre Van Damme & the Story of the Charleston Ballet” has received television’s highest award at the 55th Annual Ohio Valley Regional Emmy Awards 2019.
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Posted on: 8/28/2019 2:00AM
Dance for Life, which mobilizes Chicago’s dance community by raising funds to support dance professionals facing critical health issues, and its parent organization, Chicago Dancers United (CDU), announce the appointment of Kesha M Pate to the position of executive director, effective August 1, 2019.
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Posted on: 8/27/2019 2:00AM
San Francisco Ballet (SF Ballet) presents the world premiere of Trey McIntyre’s The Big Hunger, his third ballet for the Company, on February 13, 2020 at the War Memorial Opera House. Inspired by the “big hunger” and “little hunger” philosophies of the bushmen of the Kalahari Desert and set to Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto No. 2, McIntyre’s new piece returns his “highly imaginative, engaging individuality” (Dance Europe) to the Company, following the triumphant debut of his ballet Your Flesh Shall Be a Great Poem at the 2018 Unbound festival, which gave repeat performances at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC and, most recently, at Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London. McIntyre’s The Big Hunger premieres on SF Ballet’s Program 03: Dance Innovations, which also includes Edwaard Liang’s The Infinite Ocean and Harald Landers’ Etudes. Performances will run through February 23, 2020.
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Posted on: 8/26/2019 7:00AM
Winifred Haun & Dancers will hold an Audition for male and female dancers on Sunday, September 15 at the Lou Conte Dance Studio at Hubbard St. Dance Center in Jackson, Chicago. The Company seeks dancers for the September 16 through May 30 contract period. The contract includes Company Class, rehearsal & performance pay, and possible teaching opportunities.
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Posted on: 8/25/2019 2:00AM
The NY Dance and Performance Awards, The Bessies, New York City’s premier dance awards honoring outstanding creative work in the field, have announced the recipients of two special awards. The 2019 Bessie Award for Lifetime Achievement in Dance will go to Joan Myers Brown, Founder and Artistic Director of the Philadelphia Dance Company (PHILADANCO), in recognition of decades of choreographic influence on and support of the work of black American dance artists.
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Posted on: 8/23/2019 2:00AM
The Prix de Lausanne announces the names of the six preselected candidates to participate in the next competition. The dancers have been chosen after the first Summer Intensive organized by the Fondation en faveur de l’Art Chorégraphique and after the 5th Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Competition. The dancers will take part in the 48th Prix de Lausanne in Montreux from February 2nd to 9th, 2020.
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Posted on: 8/23/2019 12:00AM
The Kathryn Posin Dance Company is proud to announce that it has been invited to open the 2019-20 Dig Dance Season of the 92nd St. Y with three premieres: Evolution: The Letters of Charles Darwin, Triple Sextet to Steve Reich's Pulitzer Prize-winning "Double Sextet," and Memoir.
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Posted on: 8/22/2019 2:00AM
Continuing its commitment to UK touring and presenting world-class ballet to the widest possible audience, Autumn 2019 sees English National Ballet present three acclaimed ballets, Cinderella, Le Corsaire, and Nutcracker, on tour in it’s 70th Anniversary Season. 17 October – 30 November 2019.
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Posted on: 8/21/2019 6:00AM
MOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet (MOVEIUS), creating a path for ballet to speak to political and societal issues, will perform a trio of climate-inspired works to The Ailey Citigroup Theater, September 23-25, 2019. Movement for Change is part of the high-profile New York Climate Week which starts with the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Change Summit 2019.
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Posted on: 8/21/2019 2:00AM
The CUNY Dance Initiative and John Jay College, in collaboration with Mari Meade Dance Collective/MMDC, present the World Premiere of immigration stories on September 13, 2019 at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater in NYC.
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Posted on: 8/20/2019 2:00AM
The nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center and Dark Circles Contemporary Dance announced today that tickets for Pete: A New Dance Musical are on sale. Conceived and choreographed by internationally award-winning choreographer and founder of Dark Circles Joshua L. Peugh and inspired by J.M. Barrie’s iconic novel Peter Pan, Pete: A New Dance Musicalwill run from September 12 through September 15, 2019 in Hamon Hall located in the Winspear Opera House in the downtown Dallas Arts District.
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Posted on: 8/20/2019 2:00AM
This September, American Repertory Ballet will be starting a new chapter. The company will become a Founding Resident Company of the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC) and will also be embarking on a new era of artistic growth.
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Posted on: 8/19/2019 2:00AM
The Martha Graham Dance Company announces the 2019–20 season of its popular Studio Series, which offers audiences a behind-the-scenes look at the work of the Company in the intimate setting of the Martha Graham Studio Theater in New York. The events in the Studio Series revolve around The EVE Project, the Company’s season theme celebrating female empowerment and the 100th anniversary in 2020 of women’s right to vote.
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Posted on: 8/15/2019 9:00AM
BalaSole Dance Company, presents the 20th NYC Season Concert of BalaSole in "GAMME," a new program of solos in a broad range of dance styles, music choices and artistic voices, August 16 & 17, at Ailey Citigroup Theater, NYC.
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Posted on: 8/13/2019 6:00AM
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York City Center’s Principal Dance Company, returns to the theater’s stage from December 4, 2019 to January 5, 2020. Artistic Director Robert Battle leads Ailey’s 32 extraordinary dancers during this annual five-week engagement, which has become a joyous holiday tradition.
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Posted on: 8/12/2019 5:00AM
Dance Vision Awards 2019 will be held in Los Angeles, CA and hosted by Karina Smirnoff with co-host Tony Donolani from Dancing With The Stars. The Dance Vision Awards will be held on August 27th, 2019 and recognizes excellence, achievement and creativity in the National, International ballroom world and Dance Sport Communities.
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Posted on: 8/9/2019 7:00AM
The world-renowned Martha Graham Dance Company announces the second season of The EVE Project, a two-year initiative celebrating female empowerment and the upcoming 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote. The season kicks off in August and includes performances in 13 cities across the U.S. Works from some of today’s top choreographers will be presented, and the classic repertory features Martha Graham’s heroines and anti-heroines—all with an underlying statement about female power.
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Posted on: 8/8/2019 5:00AM
The Illinois Arts Council Agency is pleased to announce the release of Fiscal Year 2020 guidelines and application materials for its open deadline programs. Grant requests for fiscal year 2020 will be accepted until funds are fully committed or by May 15, 2019 for activities occurring through August 31, 2020. Applications must be received no less than 8 weeks prior to the project start date.
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Posted on: 8/7/2019 12:00AM
At the end of July 2019, the Bolshoi Ballet and Orchestra will travel to London to perform from the 29th July to the 17 August in Covent Garden. The Bolshoi Ballet will return to the Royal Opera House with the Orchestra for another exciting three-week season of spectacular ballets presented by Victor Hochhauser.
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Posted on: 8/6/2019 5:00AM
International sock and fitness accessories company, Thirty Three Threads has signed a distribution agreement with non-slip Pilates Reformer towel maker, Salt & Honey. Thirty Three Threads will now sell Salt & Honey’s microfiber grip products via more than 4,000 of its accounts throughout the US and Canada. This builds on more than fifteen years of Thirty Three Threads leading the way in creating and supplying premium brands and innovative products for the boutique fitness market.
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Posted on: 8/5/2019 6:00AM
Heidi Duckler Dance’s (HDD) new work Stay Awake, is a part of HDD’s MoveWell@MLK artist residency, and will take place on August 24 at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital.
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