Troupe Vertigo launches new tour
The L.A. based circus-dance-theater company Troupe Vertigo recently launched a 10-city tour of its Symphony Cirque Series. In partnership with national symphonies, and in collaboration with famed orchestral conductor Jack Everly, the series brings together expert aerialists, contortionists and acrobats to add breathtaking visual elements to the moving sounds of symphonies in Baltimore, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, Seattle and more cities throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Colorado Ballet will open its 2018-19 Season with the timeless classical ballet Sleeping Beauty. Running October 5–14 at the Ellie Caulkins Opera House, it will feature choreography by Marius Petipa and music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, performed live by the Colorado Ballet Orchestra.
Winifred Haun & Dancers in Chicago will premiere an important new dance, I am (not) this body, in November at the Studebaker Theater. I am (not) this body is a first time collaboration between Artistic Director Winifred Haun and Assistant Artistic Director Solomon Bowser. It explores how we view "different" bodies (the bodies of women, children and people of color).
The Music Center will soon open its 2018-19 dance season with the Los Angeles premiere of Company Wayne McGregor’s Autobiography on October 5-7. The contemporary dance portrait will fuse science and the human form. 
Three renowned dance artists come together for the first time in the premiere of One More Than Two at Teatro LATEA in New York City on September 28-30. A wide-ranging show, One More Than Two will feature tap dance and live accompaniment by 
Yuka Kawazu’s Danse En L’Air brings Love & Memory, an evening of original dance works inspired by the paintings of Meeke Mutter, to Ballet Arts at New York City Center on October 14. The program offers a mix of solos, duets and ensemble pieces choreographed by Kawazu and is enhanced by digital projections of the artwork that prompted them.
Elevate Chicago Dance 2018 is a day of performances, installations, workshops and discussions by 45 Chicago dancemakers. The broadly defined theme of the day explores intersections between Dance, Space, Race and Place. Free and open to the public, it’s set for Sunday, October 21 at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Are you a high school or college student living in North Texas? Then check out this event being presented by American Dance Festival (ADF), Dance Council of North Texas and Collin College in Plano, TX! On Sunday, October 14, the event Dancers Network will include a Countertechnique Masterclass taught by ADF Faculty Member Joy Davis and Scholarship Auditions.
Monsters Dance Conventions is calling dancers of all abilities! In response to overwhelming feedback, it is bringing its eMpower Special Needs Dance Program to as many cities as possible. The program
Steps on Broadway, the internationally-recognized dance training center now in its 39th year, has announced that it has reached an agreement with Joe Lanteri for him to become co-owner of Steps and take the role of executive director. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the month. Carol Paumgarten, who founded the company, will partner with Lanteri to develop and execute the vision and direction to take Steps forward into its next 40 years.
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This week, the 15-time Emmy Award-winning show So You Think You Can Dance presented the finale for Season 15, wrapping up another summer season of exceptional dance with America crowning one lucky competitor as their new favorite dancer. And the winner is…
Directed by Daniel DeFranco, Groove aims to produce positive, fun and memorable experiences for dancers, instructors and families alike. Its 2018-19 Season will feature nine Fall Conventions, 51 Regional Competitions and two National Finals. The Fall Conventions kick off in Milwaukee, WI on October 7.
Acclaimed dancer Daniel Mayo, a member of the BalletX contemporary ballet company since 2014, is now teaching classical dance for the Metropolitan Ballet Company (MBC) Boys’ Scholarship Program during the 2018-19 Season. Mayo gave his final performance for BalletX this summer, and recently joined the MBC faculty in Jenkintown, PA. Trimester 1 commenced Monday, September 10 and marked the launch of the 20th anniversary of MBC’s renowned Boys’ Scholarship Program.
The AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas, Texas will soon launch the 2018-19 Season of The Elevator Project, featuring the work of small and emerging arts groups. The Elevator Project’s new season will feature productions from eight Dallas-based performing arts companies. The five year-old project has been hailed for the resources the Center provides new artists. 
How would you like to experience Christmas in New York City with your dance studio? Seeing the Radio City Christmas Spectacular by the Rockettes and New York City Ballet perform George Balanchine's The Nutcracker? Maybe even hopping over to Broadway Dance Center or Steps on Broadway for a couple classes? 42nd Street Tours & Travel offers countless trips and experiences for student groups!
Karen Peterson and Dancers in Miami is expanding its work by launching an annual international festival and conference of physically integrated dance. This groundbreaking contemporary dance form – inclusive of those with and without disabilities, on stage and in the audience – challenges artistic and societal perceptions of what defines physical beauty and beautiful movement. Forward Motion, as the event is called, will be September 26–29.
Ballet West’s Education and Outreach programs are the most expansive of any ballet company in the United States, serving more than 110,000 students, teachers and community members last year alone. For two decades, one of these initiatives, Inspiring Children About Not Dropping Out, has helped tens of thousands of students find focus and direction by teaching them dance at elementary schools across the state. On September 19, Ballet West celebrates this poignant program with a special luncheon.
The 5th Annual Denver Dance Conference for educators and students will be held November 3-4, 2018. 
At Artistic Dance Exchange (ADE), it’s all about experiences. Directed by Juan Borona and Alex Chan, ADE is uniquely positioned as the only dance convention and competition offering international exchange programs, with students being provided the opportunity to travel overseas and participate in dance festivals/events in London, Spain and Italy. It is ADE’s dedication to the dancer’s experience that has made it one of fastest growing companies in the industry.
Rocky Mountain Ballet Theatre (RMBT) is hitting the road again this fall to “bring Montana to the world” – this time to China and Russia. It also 
It’s that back-to-school time in the U.S. and with that comes back to dance! Are you ready for your best dance year yet? Every August, Dance Informa helps you start your dance year on the right foot with our 
Producer and dancer Antonio Fini presents performances by companies from Italy and the U.S. on August 30 at Ailey Citigroup Theater, NYC. The Fini International Dance Festival Gala Performance follows a full summer of classes and performances in Calabria, Bulgaria and New York.
The Paul Taylor Dance Foundation has announced the death of legendary choreographer Paul Taylor, aged 88. Taylor, a founder and towering icon of America’s homegrown art of modern dance, was at the forefront of the art for decades, and his ideas continue to influence art of the 21st century. On August 29, he passed away in Manhattan due to renal failure.
This fall, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will honor its founder's legacy and carry it forward with a 60th Anniversary celebration titled Ailey Ascending. The celebration begins in September with an international tour, continues over two weekends in October with a Choreography Unlocked festival and reaches a high point with a momentous New York City Center season November 28 – December 30.
As of August 22, former National Ballet of Cuba Principal Dancer Aydmara Cabrera is the new director of Princeton Ballet School, the official school of American Repertory Ballet in New Jersey. The school
After years of dreaming and planning, Misty's Dance Unlimited (MDU) in Onalaska, WI broke ground on building a new state-of-the-art facility last October. This summer, the dance school officially made its move into the new space, named the 
“Hip-Hop On Film,” a series screening 13 movies from the early years of hip-hop, will run at the Film Forum in New York City from Wednesday, September 12 to Saturday, October 20. The series will include an evening with filmmaker-artist-musician-writer Michael Holman and a screening of his one-episode TV show Graffiti Rock as well as Beat Street with its plotline of bringing “street” to upper-crust Juilliard folks.
