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Video: Christopher Wheeldon On 75 Years of the Extraordinary at NYC Ballet Photo by Joshua Wright - January 30, 2024

With a repertory so vast, it is not uncommon for dancers to perform in all the works on a New York City Ballet program. Watch as Christopher Wheeldon remembers figuring in a new kind of triple bill that signified a watershed moment in his choreographic career....

Dances with Robots Releases A Conversation with Catie Cuan Photo by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 01, 2023

Join Sydney Skybetter as he sits down with Dr. Catie Cuan, a pioneer in the field of choreorobotics, in this episode of the Dances with Robots podcast. Discover her personal and professional journey and delve into the question of why dance with a robot. Available now on listening platforms....

Listen: The Conference For Research On Choreographic Interfaces Presents DANCES WITH Photo by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 14, 2023

Dive into the fascinating world of art, technology, and dance with Dances with Robots podcast. Join host Sydney Skybetter, a choreographer and Dean at Brown University, as he explores interdisciplinary practices and the ways artists and technologists navigate the world....

The Conference For Research On Choreographic Interfaces Presents DANCES WITH ROBOTS Photo by A.A. Cristi - November 09, 2023

The Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces (CRCI) presents Dances with Robots: a podcast exploring the intersection of art, technology, and activism. Hosted by Sydney Skybetter and Ariane Michaud, the podcast premieres on November 14, 2023. Join them as they navigate the world through interdisciplinary practice....

Ballet Hispánico Presents Two World Premieres, SOR JUANA By Michelle Manzanales and P Photo by Stephi Wild - February 02, 2023

Ballet Hispánico, the nation's largest Latinx cultural organization and one of America's Cultural Treasures, returns to New York City Center after its critically and publicly acclaimed run of Doña Perón. From June 1-3, 2023, Ballet Hispánico will present a mixed bill curated by Artistic Director & CEO Eduardo Vilaro featuring repertory favorites, two new commissions and an exciting new addition to the repertory. ...

Costas, Renowned Dance Photographer, Announces Release of DANCING WOMEN Photo by Stephi Wild - December 13, 2022

Costas, famed dance photographer, announces his new book DANCING WOMEN, featuring pictures of great female dancers from around the world taken during his 50-year career.    ...

Free Simulcast Announced For Sold-Out REUNITED IN DANCE This Month Photo by Stephi Wild - November 03, 2022

Due to overwhelming demand for tickets, the one-night-only special ballet performance, Reunited in Dance, will be simulcast for free on Segerstrom Center's Julianne and George Argyros Plaza. Reunited in Dance brings together dancers impacted by the war in Ukraine on the stage of the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall November 12 at 8pm....

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Dance Heginbotham, and Liz Lerman Perform in Week 8 of Photo by Stephi Wild - July 13, 2022

The eighth week of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2022 welcomes Hubbard Street Dance Chicago to the Ted Shawn Theatre, from Aug. 10-14. Week 8 of the Festival will also feature Dance Heginbotham on the outdoor Henry J. Leir Stage from August 10-14, and a performance by Liz Lerman with her new evening-length dance theater piece, Wicked Bodies, on the Jacob's Pillow grounds from August 10-13....

Over 1,700 Dancers Compete For Scholarships in Tampa / Gala to Benefit Ukrainian Danc Photo by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 15, 2022

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) – the world’s largest ballet scholarship competition – is hosting  its 2022 Season Finals and Benefit Gala in Tampa, FL through April 19th, 2022....

Youth America Grand Prix Presets Pas De Deux Virtual Competition Photo by A.A. Cristi - June 16, 2020

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) – the world's largest ballet scholarship organization – presents YAGP's Pas de Deux Virtual Competition. Over 12,000 aspiring dancers – ages 9 to 19 – danced at YAGP's 2020 regional auditions around the globe; 34 cities in 14 countries. ...

VIDEO: Misty Copeland Leads SWANS FOR RELIEF Video to Raise Funds For Ballet Dancers Photo by Stephi Wild - May 07, 2020

American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Misty Copeland and former colleague, 'Ballet's Golden Boy' Joseph Phillips, have joined forces with The Entertainment Industry Foundation, with seed funding provided by K Period Media, to launch Swans for Relief...

Youth America Grand Prix to Stream 20th Anniversary Final Round on Facebook Live Photo by A.A. Cristi - April 15, 2020

Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) – the world's largest ballet scholarship competition – will Facebook livestream its 2019 Final Round on Friday, April 17 at 7pm EST and Saturday, April 18 at 7am EST for European and South-Pacific audiences....

ALL ARTS is Now Streaming Ballets for Free, Including ROMEO AND JULIET, JEWELS and Mo Photo by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 30, 2020

ALL ARTS  is providing ballet fans with the opportunity to stream incredible performances for free any time they like!...

Alexei Ratmansky's OF LOVE AND RAGE to be Co-Produced by The National Ballet of Canad Photo by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 23, 2020

Karen Kain, Artistic Director of The National Ballet of Canada, and Executive Director Barry Hughson today announced that Alexei Ratmansky's new full-length work, Of Love and Rage, will be a co-production between the National Ballet and American Ballet Theatre (ABT). The world premiere will be performed by ABT at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa, California, March 5 - 8, 2020. ABT will reprise the work at New York's Metropolitan Opera House June 2 - 6, 2020. Of Love and Rage will mak...

BWW Dance: Rebuke to Blackface, Orientalism, and Racist Equivocation in The Guardian Photo by Juan Michael Porter II - December 20, 2019

'If you ask me if a traditional Swan Lake at the Mariinsky can have a black girl in the corps de ballet, I can tell you honestly that I don't have the answer. But I feel like telling you no.' JC Maillot...

BWW Interview: Cassa Pancho Diversifying Dance and Eliminating Stereotypes Through Ba Photo by Juan Michael Porter II - December 20, 2019

If an audience is full of Black, Brown, Asian or whatever color people, you as a director will think twice about programming La Bayadere or Petrushka. I really believe that....

BWW Review: FACETED PERFECTION IN JEWELS BALANCHINE'S GEM PERFORMED BY THE FAMOUS M Photo by Valerie-Jean Miller - November 08, 2019

ometimes it's nice not to have to follow a dramatic storyline throughout a ballet, and just be able to enjoy the performances, the artistry, the costumes, the captivating choreography and the whole presentation. This, is such a ballet. Before the performance began, there was a wonderful, informative and interesting lecture, or talk, given on the expansive and beautiful mezzanine of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion by Elizabeth Kaye. It's worth the fight through the rush-hour traffic to get th...




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