WORKING WOMEN, a program of works by female choreographers including Kate Weare, Camille A. Brown, Carolyn Dorfman and Monica Bill Barnes, comes to The Joyce Theater in New York City for a four-performance run of new works and audience favorites from January 30 - February 3.
Benjamin Millepied, renowned for his career as a former principal at New York City Ballet, was announced as the new director of dance for the Paris Opera Ballet on Thursday, January 24 at the Palais Garnier. He will start his new designation in the fall of 2014.
Louisville Ballet is offering audiences a first look at new pieces created and performed by the artists of the company on Jan. 24 – 26 at 8 p.m.
While Friday and Saturday performances are sold out, tonight’s performance has tickets remaining.
According to a recent Twitter announcement, So You Think You Can Dance stars Stephen "Twitch" Boss and Allison Holker are engaged. Now two of the hottest commercial dancers are preparing for their first dance – as a married couple.
Five years have passed since the mercurial Count Dracula last sauntered onto the Atlanta Ballet stage, but the seductive vampire is back just in time for Valentine’s Day, beginning Feb. 8 at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre.
The Irondale Center in Fort Greene, Brooklyn recently announced the performance schedule for FLICfest’s third season on January 24–26 and January 31–February 2. Founded and curated by Jeramy Zimmerman, FLICfest 2013 will present 12 full-length works by 14 choreographers as well as a late-night cabaret.
The School at Jacob's Pillow will host its first New York City master class auditions for this summer’s programs on Saturday, January 19 for the Jazz/Musical Theatre Dance program and Sunday, January 20 for the Contemporary program.
Ballet Hispanico, recognized as the premier Latino dance institution in the United States, will join other entertainers this Sunday, January 20 at 7 p.m. to perform at an event honoring the presidential inauguration. The company will perform an excerpt from Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro's Cuban-inspired Danzón.
The English National Ballet School will present its first international summer course at The Ballet Theatre of Toledo studio in Holland, Ohio this year. The deadline to apply is January 31.
New York City Ballet’s 2013 winter repertory performances will begin today, Tuesday, January 15, by kicking off an All-Tschaikovsky/All-Balanchine program consisting of Serenade, Mozartiana and Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2. The season will continue for six weeks, through Sunday, February 24, with performances of 24 different ballets from NYCB’s repertory.
Buglisi Dance Theatre celebrates its 20th anniversary with a week at The Joyce on February 5-10. Choreographer Nacho Duato will be represented with solo excerpts from his Arenal and Katarzyna Skarpetowska will premiere a new solo as well as dance with the company in Suspended Women.
The 12th Annual Barefoot Brigade Dance Festival has expanded to include 17 guest companies from throughout Texas and the local region. With an emphasis on new works and artistic collaborations, the festival kicks off this weekend and runs through January 26.
Miami Momentum Dance Company, one of the oldest and most established contemporary dance companies in the Southeastern U.S., returns for its 31st year to South Florida from Jan. 5 –May 13 with breathtaking performances that have made Momentum a Miami-Dade County Performing Arts institution.
FOCUS 2013, a festival celebrating U.S.-based dance, introduces a new program and stage to its annual platform, FOCUS 2013: FOCAL POINT, comprised of three programs each curated by a different dance artist. FOCAL POINT will be presented Friday, January 11 through Sunday, January 13 at The Ailey Citigroup Theater.
Five years after its Seattle debut, Jean-Christophe Maillot’s Roméo et Juliette returns to Pacific Northwest Ballet this February, first in Seattle and then in New York City. As the unforgettable three-act interpretation of Shakespeare’s great love story, the contemporary ballet Roméo et Juliette is sure to dazzle and amaze.
New and exciting contemporary dance takes the stage when Hubbard Street Dance Chicago performs at Cal Performances on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 1 and 2. The company will bring three premiere works to Berkeley, including a world premiere created by Alonzo King and performed by a group of 28 dancers from both Hubbard Street and King’s company, Alonzo King LINES Ballet.
New modern dance company Nickerson-Rossi Dance will present fresh contemporary works at Palm Springs Art Museum’s Annenberg Theater on January 15, 2013.
Baryshnikov Arts Center’s spring season kicks off January 9 with Emily Johnson. Co-presented by Performance Space 122 as part of the 2013 COIL festival, the Minneapolis-based choreographer and 2012 Bessie award-winner returns to New York with her company, Catalyst, to perform the NYC Premiere of Niicugni.
Five young performers will debut their works in dance and music at the Lincoln Center Institute this January 18–20. Recent graduates of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, these artists will perform in culmination of their six-month Kenan Fellowship in New York City.
Miami City Ballet, Florida’s internationally acclaimed company, will present Euphotic, the world-premiere of an explosive, innovative work by British choreographer Liam Scarlett. The ballet opens Friday, January 11 in Miami and concludes Program II: Tradition and Innovation – which also features master works by George Balanchine and Marius Petipa.
Beginning in January, the Harlequin Floors Scholarship Program moves to TheWorldDances.com as a monthly video contest. Each month in 2013, four winners who submit dance videos will be awarded $250 each to put toward their dance dreams.
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre recently announced its benefit gala White Night III, a moveable performance soiree set for Saturday, February 23, 2013.
The Dallas Conservatory and Dallas Youth Ballet announce their spring and summer 2013 auditions to be held on January 6, 2013 for ages 8-22.
On January 30, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, one of the world’s most popular dance companies, will embark on a 21-city U.S. tour hitting major markets such as Atlanta, Miami, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Chicago, Los Angeles and Boston, among many others.
Lineage Dance Company will present the 6th Annual Pasadena Dance Festival on April 22-27, 2013. Held at the Lineage Performing Arts Center in beautiful Old Pasadena and culminating at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium on Saturday, April 27, the festival brings together dancers and choreographers from across the region.
Project Dance recently announced that it will host its New York City signature event in nine major cities in 2013. The event, which occurs over a three-day weekend, includes dance classes, motivational forums, networking and a free all-day dance concert held in a prominent downtown location. This year’s cities include Orlando, Houston, New York, London, Kansas City, Atlanta, Hong Kong, Phoenix and Puerto Rico.
Nestled in the beautiful Berkshire Hills of Western Massachusetts, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival recently announced the 2013 festival schedule, which includes 350 free and ticketed dance performances, talks, classes and exhibits from June 15 to August 25, 2013.
On Thursday, December 20th, California Ballet will welcome the military community into its holiday home, the San Diego Civic Theatre, for the 3rd Annual Military Night.
Full Radius Dance, an Atlanta-based modern dance company, returns to the stage in mid-January to present the world premiere of Touch, a work focused on the science, emotion and memory of touch.
FOCUS DANCE is a part of FOCUS 2013, a national platform promoting American dance both abroad and nationally. The weeklong event, taking place January 8-14, 2013, presents performances of U.S.-based dance companies during the annual Arts Presenters Conference in New York City. This year, FOCUS DANCE presents four programs featuring eight choreographer's works.
