Big Dance Season At Scottsdale Arts Includes Martha Graham Dance Company by BWW News Desk
- January 08, 2025 When it comes to dance performances, 2025 is going to be a big year at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts. All performances will be held in the Virginia G. Piper Theater at Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts.
Royal Academy Of Dance Appoints New CEO, Elizabeth Honer CB by BWW News Desk
- January 08, 2025 The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) has announced the appointment of its new Chief Executive, Elizabeth Honer CB, who will take up the position from 21 January 2025. Elizabeth succeeds Tim Arthur who stood down from the role at the end of 2024.
Central Indiana Dance Ensemble To Host 25th Anniversary Gala by BWW News Desk
- January 06, 2025 Central Indiana Dance Ensemble is celebrating 25 years of providing cultural and educational enrichment to the central Indiana community. To commemorate the 25th anniversary, Central Indiana Dance Ensemble will be hosting an Anniversary Gala.
NJPAC Hosts Winter Of Dance Featuring SWAN LAKE, Nai-Ni Chen, and More by Blair Ingenthron
- January 05, 2025 State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine, MOMIX, and Nai-Ni Chen Dance will appear on the NJPAC Stage this Winter, with performances running January through February 2025. Learn more about the upcoming productions here!
CHLOE IN MANHATTAN THE MUSICAL SERIES Releases Second Episode by Miranda Stück
- January 01, 2025 New York, NY – 'Chloe in Manhattan,' the dynamic new series featuring Chloe Tucker Caine from Netflix's 'Owning Manhattan,' continues to capture hearts with the release of its second episode, 'Chloe's Big Break.' This episode delves deeper into Chloe's journey as she takes bold steps into the competitive realm of New York real estate, inspired by her dreams and ambition.
Video: Matthew Bourne's SWAN LAKE Returns to Sadler's Wells by BWW News Desk
- December 26, 2024 Get a first look at footage of Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, now playing at Sadler's Wells. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets here!
Review: THE NUTCRACKER at the the Artscape Theatre Centre Is a Lush, Festive Treat by Jaime Uranovsky
- December 24, 2024 In December 2022, I had the honour of seeing Veronica Paeper and Cape Town City Ballet’s THE NUTCRACKER. The same talented production team returns this season to stage this timeless ballet again. The result is just as beautiful as when I watched it two years ago.
While this year’s production takes place in the Theatre rather than the larger Opera House, the production does not lose any of the magic from the 2022 production.
Review: THE HARD NUT Brings Delightful Dance and Debauchery to BAM’s Stage This Holiday Season by Carissa Chesanek
- December 22, 2024 These days the Nutcracker can take many forms, from funny to sultry, and everything in between. That is the case with The Hard Nut presented by BAM and Mark Morris Dance Group in Brooklyn. Based on the book by E.T.A. Hoffmann, The Nutcracker and the Mouse King, this dance performance is a fun and wacky time for all, including family and children even with those sexual innuendos thrown in there for the adults.
Heather Robles Steps Down As Executive Director Of The Bessies Awards After 15 Years by BWW News Desk
- December 20, 2024 Heather Robles, who has been an integral part of The Bessie Awards for the past 15 years and has served as its Executive Director for the last four, is stepping down from her role. Learn more about Robles and the organization.
Review: ALVIN AILEY at New York City Center is Doing its Best Work by Lora Strum
- December 20, 2024 There is no better time to be had than what The Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre offers audiences at its five-week residency at the New York City Center. The show, which consists of a rotating roster of new, returning and classic works, should be mandatory holiday viewing. It is White Christmas or The Rockettes, but for audiences who want less razzle dazzle and more joy, depth and authenticity.
THE NUTCRACKER 26th Anniversary to be Presented at Nunnbetter Dance Theatre by BWW News Desk
- December 19, 2024 Nunnbetter Dance Theatre began offering dance classes in Bergenfield, NJ in 1998. Since then NDT has also produced a full scale production of The Nutcracker. Purchase tickets to this year's production!
Review: HEXEN, AN ANCESTRAL WITCH PLAY at The El Portal Theatre by Valerie-Jean Miller
- December 18, 2024 Thru an intricately woven saga spanning many eras of time, the Star of HEXEN, An Ancestial Witch Play, Dreya Weber, an actress, singer, dancer, writer, lyricist, director and aerial artist, takes us on a magical, mystical series of events beginning many centuries ago with three of her ancestors she came to know as Hildegard (1580-1658), Hypatta (370-415 AD) and Cherry Rose Susanna (1889-1953). Her knowledge of these three was obtained through her mother’s research into their family’s mattrilinial lineage.
As her strength, energy, skill, and lightness of being embody each character from her distant past, we come to know their ties to Dreya, through the many creative, explorative scenarios presented.
MEETING OF MINDS Receives National Recognition With Chamber Music America Award by BWW News Desk
- December 17, 2024 Musiqa, NobleMotion Dance and the University of Houston IUCRC Brain Center have been awarded Chamber Music America's 2025 Interdisciplinary Collaboration of the Year for “Meeting of Minds”, a joint production with music by Anthony Brandt, choreography by Andy Noble and Dionne Sparkman Noble, visual design by Badie Khaleghian, and brain-computer interfacing (BCI) under the direction of Jose Luis Contreras-Vidal.
LA BOHEME, THE NUTRCRACKER and More Holiday Programming Now Streaming On Carnegie Hall+ by BWW News Desk
- December 17, 2024 Carnegie Hall+—Carnegie Hall's video streaming channel—invites music lovers to celebrate the holiday season with a curated selection of operas, ballets, concerts, and films, perfect for viewing at this festive time of year.
Fired Dancers Reach $500K Settlement With Dallas Black Dance Theatre by Joshua Wright
- December 17, 2024 Ten dancers fired by the Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT) in August will receive over $500,000 in compensation and a personal apology from the company's leadership, according to the union representing the dancers, the American Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA).
Photos: Nashville Ballet Presents NASHVILLE’S NUTCRACKER by BWW News Desk
- December 17, 2024 Tickets remain for Nashville Ballet's beloved holiday classic, Paul Vasterling’s Nashville’s Nutcracker, now underway at Tennessee Performing Arts Center’s Jackson Hall. See photos!