BREAKING POINTE

What did our critic think of FJK DANCE: RAISING THE ARAB VOICE IN CONTEMPORARY DANCE at New York Live Arts? For their ninth season, FJK Dance presents three company signature works by Artistic Director Fadi J. Khoury, each rich with contemporary and visual arts, reflective narratives, and an overarching motif of peace building....

​​​​​​​Norte Maar, a Brooklyn-based arts organization dedicated to the creation, promotion, and presentation of collaborations in the visual, literary, and the performing arts, presents the tenth anniversary season of Counterpointe10, March 24-26, a curated performance series of newly commissioned choreographic works by female dance artists. ...

​​​​​​​ Dance Lab New York (DLNY), the unique artist-centered and artist-led choreography incubator founded by Broadway veteran and choreographer Josh Prince, celebrates its 10th anniversary this season. ...

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Announces The Bridge Virtual Dance Institute of boundary-breaking dance experiences Free One-Hour Company Classes on Zoom Open to All Dancers at an Intermediate to Advanced Level October 10 & 12, 2022....

Westside School of Ballet announces long time beloved teacher, Joan Bayley, passed away on January 5th 2022, just shy of her 102nd birthday. Often called “The Greatest Dance Teacher There Ever Was,” the dance world was forever changed for the better because of Joan Bayley. (“Joan.”)...

One ballerina's video is going viral on TikTok after she shared her emotional reaction to owning pointe shoes that match her skin tone. Kira Robinson opened her brown pointe shoes on camera, saying, “I finally got brown pointe shoes, and this is so exciting because it means that I don’t have to pancake my shoes anymore. I can just have them brown already.”  ...

Winter in New York City is not known for being particularly steamy (though the unseasonably mild weather this year gives one reason to pause), but there is always Complexions Contemporary Ballet's season at the Joyce Theater to turn up the heat to a feverish, sweltering boiling point! For the 26th season, the company revived recent seminal works -- Bach 25 and Woke -- alongside favorites spanning from 1994 to a brand new solo in Essential Parts, which acted as a 'Greatest Hits' compilation for t...

Ballet Hispanico announces ChoreoLab: Emerging Artist Workshop, a Two-Week Program running June 22-July 2, 2020 for ages 18+ A unique, holistic program, which shapes hirable, competitive dancers who are ready to advance their careers. Audition for ChoreoLaB in NYC! https://www.ballethispanico.org/classes/choreolab...

Battery Dance Festival's Tuesday and Wednesday night performances proved that choreography is only as wonderful as its music is rich. Led by Buglisi Dance Theatre, Ballet Nepantla, Vanaver Caravan, Ballet Boy Productions, and Battery Dance Company, this fact was never far from the concertgoers' minds as they swooned blissfully to fantastic dancing coupled with brilliant music....

James Whiteside, ballet's most daring principal artist known for his theatrical and technical versatility, has lots to celebrate this fall. On the heels of a recent Guinness World Record-breaking segment on national television, American Ballet Theatre will bring Whiteside's Vail Dance Festival Commission, New American Romance, to New York City this Fall season,October 23, 25 and 27 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center....

​​​​​​​Norte Maar, a committed Brooklyn-based think-tank dedicated to the creation, promotion, and presentation of collaborations in the visual, literary, and the performing arts, presents the seventh season of Counterpointe, a curated performance series of new choreographic works by female artists and the pointe shoe....

Bay Area Dance Week, one of the nation's largest, most inclusive celebrations of movement and dance, returns this April 26 - May 5, 2019, to hundreds of venues throughout the Bay Area. Each year the Bay Area Dance community throws open its doors and invites the public to experience its rich and vibrant dance scene, completely free of charge....

Ballet Hispánico, America's leading Latino dance organization, announces this year's School of Dance 2019 Summer Programs. The Ballet Hispánico School of Dance is a leading center of excellence in dance education accessible to the community at large. Located at 167 W. 89th Street, NYC, the School offers something for students of all ages....

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