The Limón Dance Company returns to The Joyce Theater in New York City with a major revival of Limón's magnificent Missa Brevis, set to Zoltán Kodály's “Missa Brevis in Tempore Belli”. The company will be joined by international guest dancers Carolina Avendano and Terry Springer from Venezuela's CoreoArte and Kirsten Foote and Julian Nichols from Canada.
Webster University and Newsam Aerial Dance have announced the Aerial Dance for Dancers Summer Workshop, an educational opportunity for students and teachers in St. Louis, Missouri this June 16 and 17.
San Francisco Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet, a classic portrayal of tragedy and romance, will once again grace the big screen for a special limited run on Mother’s Day weekend – May 12, 13, 15 and 16. Audiences in select theatres nationwide will experience the passionate choreography by SF Ballet Artistic Director and Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson and celebrated score by Sergei Prokofiev as part of Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance.
Nominations in 26 competitive categories for the 72nd Annual Tony Awards were announced by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Katharine McPhee on Tuesday, May 1. The nominees were selected by an independent committee of 43 theatre professionals. The two musicals Mean Girls and SpongeBob SquarePants led the group of Tony-nominated shows with 12 nods each.
Featuring a carefully curated lineup of Nashville premieres and a dynamic musical selection, Nashville Ballet will present Modern Masters on May 4-6 at TPAC’s Jackson Hall. The program will include dance icon Jiří Kylián’s Six Dances, Tony Award-winning director and choreographer Christopher Wheeldon’s Ghosts and Western Symphony by George Balanchine, commonly known as the father of American ballet.
Winifred Haun & Dancers and New York’s BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance will present two works each on May 3 and 4 at Hamlin Park Studio Theater in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood
. This joint program will be the first time BodyStories performs in the Windy City.
The Juilliard School in New York announced earlier this month that Alicia Graf Mack, former leading dancer of Dance Theatre of Harlem and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, will become director of the Juilliard Dance Division on July 1, 2018. Juilliard Dance is widely recognized as one of the most prestigious training programs in the world, offering instruction in both ballet and modern techniques.
Ballet Arizona has announced its season finale production, the world premiere of Eroica, the latest grand work from acclaimed Artistic Director Ib Andersen. Audiences are invited to experience the beauty of the Arizona desert, Andersen’s Ballet Arizona company and Beethoven’s Third Symphony in a production that promises to speak directly to the soul. Eroica will be performed May 15-June 2 at Desert Botanical Garden.
Introducing Hugo Brument, a dancer from France who just performed in a production of West Side Story by Sioux City Symphony in Iowa. Brument, who originally came to America to attend The School at Jacob’s Pillow’s Musical Theatre Dance Program, now lives in NYC and works with DPR Dance Company.
Six years after winning the Best Choreography Award from the Austin Critics Table, Tapestry Dance Company’s April Fools is now headed back to the stage! The encore performances will pull out all the stops to showcase the diverse talent of Tapestry.
United Dance Merchants of America (UDMA) seeks nominations for its 2018 Teacher Impact Award. Dance teachers who go above and beyond for their students, who encourage their students to succeed in dance and life, should be submitted before the deadline on April 30.
Imagine Ballet Theatre, an Ogden, Utah-based ballet company, is bringing spring to the stage of Peery’s Egyptian Theatre with its upcoming whimsical production including Fairyopolis, Mad Rush and Bartok Dances. It will also present a work by PALS, dancers with special needs.
TAKE Dance, the New York City-based contemporary dance troupe led by Artistic Director/Founder Takehiro Ueyama, emerges again as a luminary force with Anamnesis. This moody and exhilarating evening of dance highlights the choreographic voices of three members of the TAKE Dance family: Takehiro Ueyama, Jill Echo and Brynt Beitman.
Dance/USA, the national service organization for the professional dance field, will host its 10th Annual Conference in sunny Los Angeles, CA from June 6-9, 2018. Those in the dance industry are invited to join their colleagues for four days to network and learn from nearly 500 dance professionals including executive directors, artistic directors, emerging arts leaders, artists, agents, company managers, presenters, development and marketing staff, and more.
The Charleston Ballet, the official West Virginia State Ballet, recently premiered a new documentary detailing the company’s history. Entitled "Andre Van Damme and The Story of the Charleston Ballet", the film was presented at the West Virginia Culture Center on Saturday, March 24 by Education and the Arts Secretary Gayle C. Manchin and three-time Emmy Award-winning director Deborah Novak.
World Dance for Parkinson's Day is set for April 28-29, 2018! A global collaboration organized by a diverse group of partners in 16 countries, this event will celebrate the range of programming, research collaborations and community initiatives and engagements that dance organizations and individual teaching artists are delivering worldwide for people with Parkinson's.
Atlanta-based dance photographer Richard Calmes has produced his fourth book of select dance images that he shot over the past four years. The book, titled Moving Moments, joins three previous collections depicting the beauty and athleticism of dancers in the studio, in nature and in urban settings.
Theatre Under The Stars (TUTS) recently announced that its upcoming production of Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Oklahoma!, which kicks off the theatre company’s 50th Anniversary Season in September, will be an artistic collaboration with Houston Ballet.
Dance Against Cancer Producers Erin Fogarty and Daniel Ulbricht have partnered with the American Cancer Society to present the eighth annual fundraising event on Monday, May 7, 2018. Once again, the gala benefit will bring together artists from leading dance companies from New York City and beyond for a night of performances and world premieres.
Leading dance flooring company Stagestep celebrates its partnership with Starwest Studios in Burbank, California. Stagestep, which has provided an expansive selection of wood and Marley flooring surfaces, subfloors and maintenance products for more than 45 years, previously installed a gorgeous 3,800-square-foot sprung wood dance floor at Starwest.
Jacob Jonas The Company—the 21st Century dance company that quickly gained attention for its blend of contemporary ballet, breakdance and acrobatic movement—will bring back its new event To the Sea: Dance Concerts on the Pier this month. As part of the 17th Annual Dance Camera West Festival, To the Sea will be presented free to the public on the West End of the Santa Monica Pier. It will show individual choreographers and dance companies from all genres performing beside the Pacific Ocean.
The dance community lost another icon as pioneering African-American dancer, choreographer and teacher Donald McKayle passed away at age 87 on April 7, 2018. Named by the Dance Heritage Coalition as “one of America's Irreplaceable Dance Treasures: the First 100”, McKayle danced in and directed modern dance companies, productions on Broadway, and worked on a multitude of films and television shows.
The television series Eye on Dance, a production of the nonprofit organization Arts Resources in Collaboration, Inc., was recently designated “an irreplaceable national dance treasure.” It has announced that it will soon host a video screening and discussion on The Rite of Spring on April 12 in NYC.
Three-time Emmy Award-winning choreographer Debbie Allen is back for the third season with her popular Dance Sundays at The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts in Beverly Hills, CA. On April 8 from 12 to 2 p.m., Salsa Sunday returns with Allen and Lyrik Cruz teaching.
The Radio City Rockettes will soon be holding Spring Auditions for the 2018 Christmas Spectacular production. The auditions will run from Monday, April 16 to Wednesday, April 25 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
Nearly 60 students from Title I schools in the area of Charlotte, North Carolina will bring to life a fresh interpretation of Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring accompanied by Charlotte Ballet dancers and the Charlotte Symphony on April 6-7 at Belk Theater.
For its final performances of the 2017-18 Season, Oklahoma City Ballet will bring a triple bill to the stage on April 13-15. It will headline with Jiří Kylián’s Petite Mort, then present Helen Pickett’s lively Petal and a premiere by Artistic Director Robert Mills.
Youth Protection Advocates in Dance (YPAD) recently announced that its pioneering Certification Program is now available as an online, self-driven training course! Dance studios, choreographers, dance educators, judges, costume companies, competitions, conventions, dance-related organizations and dance parents can all take part in this amazing education.
Children's book writer and illustrator Leda Schubert has published a beautiful picture book telling the little-known story of Raven Wilkinson, the first African American woman to dance for a major classical ballet company and an inspiration to Misty Copeland.
Texas Ballet Theater (TBT) will present a mixed repertoire by TBT Artistic Director Ben Stevenson. Stevenson will re-stage his moving Mozart Requiem together with his new ballet, Martinů Pieces, on March 29-31 at Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth.
