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As Australian Dance Theatre's Melbourne season of Proximity approaches, leading performer Kimball Wong has receiced theAustralian Dance Award for Most Oustanding Performance by a Male Dancer. After a ten year absense, Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) returns to Arts Centre Melbourne next Thursday 15 - Sunday 18 August.

The world's leading artists will present and explore new work in a tap dance global mix at TAP INTERNATIONALS, tonight, July 11 at Symphony Space, (PJ Sharp Theater), 7:30pm. The production is part of the week-long annualTAP CITY Festival (July 6-13), presented by the American Tap Dance Foundation in Tap's home town, New York City.

To quote William Shakespeare, 'Though she be but little, she is fierce.' True for all the performers of Ballet Tech on stage Saturday afternoon at the Joyce Theater. Eliot Feld created a full-time, tuition-free dance program for fourth through eighth graders, whose hard work exceeded expectations of audience members.

After a 10-year absence from Melbourne, Australian Dance Theatre returns with the technologically remarkable Proximityfrom Thursday 15 - Saturday 18 August at Arts Centre Melbourne's Playhouse. Proximity is presented by Arts Centre Melbourne following the production's critically acclaimed debut at the 2012 Adelaide Festival and a European Tour in early 2013.

PHILADANCO returns to the Kimmel Center for Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, today, April 19-21, 2013. In keeping with PIFA's theme, Where In Time Would You Like To Be, PHILADANCO is excited to debut Christopher Huggins' newly commissioned ballet, 'The Big Bang.'

The theme of inquiry is particularly evident in the thirtieth season celebration, Play and Play: An Evening of Movement and Music, presented at The Joyce Theater. Play and Play is, as it turns out, a masterfully assembled works-in-progress showing of two current pieces, "Ravel: Landscape or Portrait?" and "Story/."

PHILADANCO returns to the Kimmel Center for Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, April 19-21, 2013. In keeping with PIFA's theme, Where In Time Would You Like To Be, PHILADANCO is excited to debut Christopher Huggins' newly commissioned ballet, 'The Big Bang.'

American Ballet Theatre's Opening Night Gala at New York City Center tonight, October 16 will celebrate the 70th anniversary of Agnes De Mille's Rodeo with a special tribute to the ballet's premiere.

American Ballet Theatre's Opening Night Gala at New York City Center on Tuesday, October 16 will celebrate the 70th anniversary of Agnes de Mille's Rodeo with a special tribute to the ballet's premiere. ABT's Opening Night Gala will also include performances of Mark Morris's Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes, a pas de deux from James Kudelka's Cruel World, and the Company premiere of the pas de deux from George Balanchine's Stars and Stripes.

R.Evolución Latina's Choreographers Festival is running full swing right now, and we couldn't be more excited.

R.Evolución Latina's Choreographers Festival is running full swing right now, and we couldn't be more excited.

MIAMI CITY BALLET ends its landmark 25th Anniversary Season in South Florida with the company premiere of John Cranko's acclaimed, full-evening production of ROMEO AND JULIET, the world's most famous love story, set to the thrilling score by Sergei Prokofiev. Budgeted at over one million dollars, with an ensemble cast of more than 35 dancers, ROMEO AND JULIET promises to be the crowning highlight of MIAMI CITY BALLET'S extraordinary anniversary season, featuring four company premieres, a record number of dancers (50) and the return of live music with The Opus One Orchestra, 42-56 musicians strong, under the baton of maestro Gary Sheldon, supported by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge.

In the past year-and-a-half of interviewing actors and dancers for our 'A Life in the Theater' and 'This Dancer's Life' series, I've been struck by something very interesting: While actors love to talk about themselves and what makes them do what they do, dancers tend to be more circumspect and to the point. This week's featured dancer, for example, the beautiful, ethereal, other-worldly Sadie Bo Harris - one of the prima ballerinas of Nashville Ballet - answers our questions with a disarming brevity, cutting to the chase and giving us a sharply focused view of her life as a dancer.

R.Evolución Latina's Choreographers Festival is running full swing right now, and we couldn't be more excited. With auditions out of the way and the show fully cast, rehearsals are now underway. With all of this activity, we have a few new exciting announcements that we'd love to share.

R.Evolución Latina's Choreographers Festival is running full swing right now, and we couldn't be more excited.

MIAMI CITY BALLET ends its landmark 25th Anniversary Season in South Florida with the company premiere of John Cranko's acclaimed, full-evening production of ROMEO AND JULIET, the world's most famous love story, set to the thrilling score by Sergei Prokofiev. Budgeted at over one million dollars, with an ensemble cast of more than 35 dancers, ROMEO AND JULIET promises to be the crowning highlight of MIAMI CITY BALLET'S extraordinary anniversary season, featuring four company premieres, a record number of dancers (50) and the return of live music with The Opus One Orchestra, 42-56 musicians strong, under the baton of maestro Gary Sheldon, supported by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, as part of its Knight Arts Challenge.

Jacob's Pillow Dance, international arts presenter and home of America's longest-running dance festival, now offers a curated online selection of informative and entertaining PillowTalks. Based in Becket, Mass., Jacob's Pillow hosts more than 160 free pre-show talks, post-show interviews, and hour-long PillowTalks during its annual Festival. PillowTalks are a series of hour-long moderated discussions with choreographers, performers, historians, filmmakers, and experts in the arts and related fields.

Jacob's Pillow Dance announces the conclusion of an artistically and fiscally successful Festival, complete with record-breaking attendance numbers and increased ticketed income. Executive Director Ella Baff maintained her continued commitment to presenting work that challenges and excites audiences, presenting diverse dance artists, world premieres, U.S. debuts, live music, and exclusive programs from around the globe. Fifty-three dance companies and more than 400 dance artists from Australia, Canada, the Republic of Georgia, India, Israel, Thailand, Spain, Sweden, and across the United States participated in the 78th season. This year, Jacob's Pillow hosted more than 89,000 free and ticketed visitor experiences, the highest visitor experience numbers in Pillow history.

Popular with both critics and audiences, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago returns to Jacob's Pillow August 25-29 in a stirring Festival 2010 finale.

Popular with both critics and audiences, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago returns to Jacob's Pillow August 25-29 in a stirring Festival 2010 finale.