Tomorrow night, Friday May 4, Igor Konyukhov will premiere a new baroque opera at the Angel Orensanz Center, NYC. The Armida Project combines rarely-performed music from Italian baroque operas, innovative electronic compositions and dance in a story centered around the character of Armida.
The show features an international cast of singers and
The American Tap Dance Foundation (ATDF) will present the Spring Gala 2012 at the Peter Norton Symphony Space – Leonard Nimoy Thalia, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, NYC on Tuesday, April 24th at 6:30 pm. Tommy Tune will host the evening of fun, film and fancy footwook honoring the tap dance faculty of the organization.
This benefit supports
CONTRA-TIEMPO latin dance theatre of LA is auditioning for two male dancers for touring, local performance/gigging, and arts residency work for the 2012/13 season. The company seeks dancers with strong Salsa (leading) skills, with additional experience and skill in either modern/contemporary, hip hop, house, Afro-Cuban, West African and/or stepping.
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Stars of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, young dancers from The Ailey School and, for the first time ever, students from AileyCamp will come together for a spectacular one-night performance on Tuesday, May 8th at 7pm on the world famous Apollo stage.
Led by new Artistic Director Robert Battle, the Spring Gala Benefit performance will be at
Renowned contemporary choreographer Tessandra Chavez has joined the faculty for The PULSE on Tour dance convention. Tessandra will join the faculty this Summer in Vegas and New York and on the 2012-2013 international tour.
Most recently, Tessandra has appeared on So You Think You Can Dance as a choreographer as well as associate choreographer
Taylor 2, dancemaker Paul Taylor’s second company, will hold an open audition on Sunday, May 13, 2012, at the Paul Taylor Dance Company’s headquarters, 551 Grand Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Mr. Taylor is seeking one man to join the 6-member Taylor 2.
Interested applicants should complete an audition request form. To
Dance Parade New York is the only dance organization in the world to exclusively celebrate and showcase the diversity of dance, and marks its sixth year this Saturday, May 19.
The Dance Parade commences at 1pm at Broadway and 21st Street, traveling 2 miles south through Union Square, turns east onto St. Mark’s Place and ends in Tompkins
New York City Ballet principal dancer Jenifer Ringer, who was featured in our March Edition’s “Dancing Through Pregnancy” just had her baby. Jenifer had a little boy and named him Luke.
To see Jenifer’s interview about dancing during pregnancy visit www.danceinforma.com/USA_magazine/dancing-through-pregnancy
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For the sixth year, Dance Council of North Texas & Dallas Summer Musicals will join forces to present National Tap Dance Celebration—"Where the Shoes Meet the Blues", an annual event honoring an original dance form created in America from May 22 -26.
Five evening performances before this season's hit Broadway show, Memphis, will be
For the third consecutive year, stars are coming out to support the increasingly popular Brooklyn-based dance company, Something Positive, for a one-night concert event titled Ancestral Chant – The Celebration Continues on Saturday, June 9, at Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts (Long Island University Brooklyn Campus – Flatbush Avenue between
A celebration of Australian and New Zealand culture will be held this weekend at the Polo Fields, Cumming, Georgia (north of Atlanta). Down Under Fest will feature a variety of performers, events, exhibits, animals and unique cuisine, as well as showcase New Zealand traditional dance company Kahurangi Maori Dance Theatre.
Performing throughout
CORE Performance Company dancers and Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur students will present ArtWalk on Friday May 25 at 5-10pm at CORE Studios, Decatur, GA. ArtWalk will kick off the Decatur Arts Festival on Memorial Weekend. The dancers will move in the space, acting as models for the artists who will sketch them. Jannie High, photography student at AIA-D,
