Chicago-based Cerqua Rivera Dance Theatre will present its 15th Anniversary Fall Concert Series at Ruth Page Center for the Arts Theater on September 14-15. In addition to celebrating 15 years of dancing, artistic excellence and community engagement, the concert series also marks the retirement of longtime company member Kate Dempsey.
The San Francisco Dance Film Festival will kick off next Thursday, September 12 with a collection of international screendance shorts being shown at The Roxie Theater. The program lineup includes a total of 70 films from around the globe during four days of film premieres, parties, social events and panel presentations.
General Mischief Dance Theatre, based out of the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, will premiere Three If By Air on September 21-22. Three if by Air is a brand new production featuring aerial adventures, mind-bending yogis and the world premiere of Suite Shel, a trio of dances inspired by the poems of Shel Silverstein.
CityDance Resident Artist Sarah J. Ewing is premiering her dance work Australia Home Land at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts on the Millennium Stage in Washington D.C. on September 5 and 6 at 6 p.m. The performance is free to the public.
The Australian Ballet School, a world-renowned centre for elite vocational classical dance training, has announced recruitment plans for the next director of the school of The Australian Ballet. The recruitment process has begun following the decision of current Director Marilyn Rowe to retire at the end of 2014.
Alonzo King LINES Ballet, the internationally celebrated contemporary ballet company, will embark on a fall tour on September 12, with performances in California, Israel and France.
Along with many other choreographic works that Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will present during its season at New York City Center this December 4 to January 5, the company will present the world premiere of contemporary choreographer Aszure Barton’s LIFT.
Ballet Magnificat!, America’s premier Christian ballet company, will perform its classic work Deliver Us! on September 17 at the Charles W. Eisemann Center for Performing Arts in Richardson, Texas. Choreographed by Jiri Sebastian Voborsky, Deliver Us! is one of the company’s most popular and longest touring ballets.
The 18th Annual International Ballet Festival of Miami (IBFM) is scheduled to launch on Thursday, August 29 and will continue through Sunday, September 8, with performances and an array of other activities in various venues throughout Miami-Dade County in Florida.
Joe Goode Performance Group, a dance and theater company based in San Francisco, will present the world premiere of Joe Goode’s Hush on September 26- October 5. Co-produced by Z Space, the work follows the interlocking stories of six characters as they are alternately hushed or become “hushers” themselves.
Atlanta Ballet’s Centre for Dance Education will host its second annual Healthy Living Day on Sunday, Sept. 8 from noon to 6 p.m. at its Michael C. Carlos Dance Centre in West Midtown Atlanta. The event is a part of the Centre’s initiative to promote sustainable lifestyles and will include nutrition seminars, food demonstrations and free dance classes.
Internationally acclaimed tap dance virtuoso Savion Glover returns to Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College in November to open their 2013-14 season with a one-night-only engagement of his new show, Savion Glover's STePz. Mr. Glover and his ensemble of dancers (TLHS) will take tap dance to new heights!
The feature-length documentary Strength and Beauty will be premiering in London, England at the Portobello Film Festival on September 3. The film examines the lives of three ballerinas working at North Carolina Dance Theatre in Charlotte, NC. Each dancer, which is at a different point in their career, opens up about their struggles with weight, motherhood and maintaining personal relationships.
In its first large-scale entertainment sponsorship, Bloch recently announced that it is a participating sponsor in the 2013 Live Tour of the hit Fox TV series So You Think You Can Dance. Bloch will provide apparel and shoes for the Top 10 tour dancers from Season 10 while they are performing live across the US. The tour begins October 1, hitting 42 cities through November 27.
United Dance Merchants of America (UDMA) will present new dance seminars during the organization’s Dance Resource and Costume Shows, coming to Atlanta, Ga, Meadowlands, NJ and Chicago, IL in October.
New York City Ballet will open its 2013-14 season on Tuesday, September 17 with six performances of Peter Martins’ full-length production of Swan Lake. The fall season will continue through Sunday, October 13 with performances of 17 additional ballets, including both classics and world premiere works by Benjamin Millepied, Justin Peck and Angelin Preljocaj.
Peridance Capezio Center has just opened the call for presenters for the 2014 APAP Showcases. Dance companies and choreographers can submit an online application until the deadline of September 15.
CostumeManager.com rolled out a revolutionary new feature on August 4 at the Dance Teacher Summit in New York City. The company's new Storefront feature is a free, flexible and hassle-free online experience where studios can sell and manage their inventory of dancewear, costumes and accessories without any fees.
Ballet in Cleveland, a new organization seeking to facilitate and host ballet events in Cleveland, Ohio, will present master classes led by ballet dancer Dorothea Garland on Sunday, September 15 at the Gund Dance Studio inside Playhouse Square.
Hundreds of hip-hop dance crews competed in Las Vegas last weekend at the World Hip Hop Dance Championships. But by far, one of the most sensational and unique groups performing was the world's oldest hip-hop group – better known as “The Hip Op-eration Crew.” Hailing from a small New Zealand island, the crew sure knows how to get their swagga on.
Legendary ballet instructor David Howard sadly passed away on Sunday, August 11 at 75 years old. Celebrated for the legacy he left behind, Howard taught hundreds of dancers over the years. His classes and training seminars attracted attention worldwide.
Wendy Whelan, principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, has joined forces with notable male dancers and choreographers Kyle Abraham, Joshua Beamish, Brian Brooks and Alejandro Cerrudo to create and co-present Restless Creature, premiering at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival on Wednesday, August 14.
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has announced its updated programming for the company’s Fall Series, to open Season 36 at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance in Millennium Park on October 10–13. It will feature choreography by Alejandro Cerrudo, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek and Robyn Mineko Williams.
This October, The Washington Ballet will open its 2013-14 Season with Giselle, one of the world's most famous 19th-century romantic ballets. Created at the very height of the romantic era, Giselle is an extraordinary story of absolute love, unconditional devotion and the power of redemption set to Adolphe Adam's poignant score.
The Senior Vice President of Universal Studios Japan® has arranged his audition team to include Salt Lake City as one of the 10 cities they visit on the world wide audition tour! Other cities include Las Vegas, Hollywood, Chicago, Orlando and New York.
Jersey Tap Fest, New Jersey's sole dance festival featuring world-class tap faculty and classes, celebrates four years on August 22-25 in Bloomfield, NJ. The four-day festival that sold out last year will offer more than 30 tap dance classes and a main stage celebration event entitled TAP ‘N TIME.
The inaugural edition of the Hudson Valley Dance Festival, a unique evening of world-class dance performances, will arrive Saturday, October 12 at the Historic Catskill Point. The event is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, and will include performances by the Stephen Petronio Company and Evidence, A Dance Company, amongst others.
Ballet Academy East has announced auditions for the 2013-2014 Pre-Professional Division, for students aged 7-18, to be held on August 28 and September 16. The academy’s curriculum includes technique classes, pointe, partnering, variations, stretch, men's weight training, modern and character.
In September, Houston Ballet will launch into its 2013-14 season with a mixed repertory program of premieres by emerging and established choreographers. In this Four Premieres program, audiences will see a new work created for the company by famed choreographer James Kudelka, Intimate Pages by British master Christopher Bruce, and world premieres by Garrett Smith and Melissa Hough.
Ballet West’s Artistic Director Adam Sklute has announced the appointment of First Soloist Christopher Sellars as the new Interim Director of Ballet West II. Sellars will take the reins in this additional capacity on August 5 for the 2013-14 season.
