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San Francisco Ballet kicks off the new cinema series, Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance, with Artistic Director & Principal Choreographer Helgi Tomasson's Romeo & Juliet on September 24 at 7:00pm.

Pearl, a new multi-cultural dance play inspired by the life of Pearl S.

The Chicago Dancing Festival, the nation's largest dance festival, proudly announces repertoire for its 9th annual series with George Balanchine's Allegro Brilliante (performed by Miami City Ballet in its Chicago Dancing Festival debut), Mark Morris' Sandpaper Ballet (Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, 2015

KANSAS CITY, MO (July 7, 2015) — Kansas City Ballet will present the 5th Annual KC Dance Day at the Todd Bolender Center for Dance & Creativity on Saturday, Aug.

While Irish Dance is an art that enjoys a history as impressive as its hypnotic fury of feet echoing off the stage, a new production has turned the age-old form into the most exciting Irish dance performance ever to be experienced and will take the stage of Hershey Theatre on Friday, March 18, 2016

Chez Bushwick's 2Night Show July will feature the original work of three movement-based artists whose final performances are the product of collaboration with contemporary live sound on July 9 and 10 at 7:30PM, at CPR - Center for Performance Research.

Pratidhwani - a Seattle area based organization of South Asian performing artists - will present Dance Like a Man – a play in English by Mahesh Dattani, produced in collaboration with ACTLab, in the Bullitt Cabaret at ACT Theatre in downtown Seattle.

Following its successful, sold-out festival of ballet in 2013, The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) will once again present a two-week long season of America's most exciting contemporary ballet companies and choreographers.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival announces today that Ella Baff, Executive and Artistic Director of Jacob's Pillow, has accepted a new position as Senior Program Officer for Arts and Cultural Heritage at The Andrew W.

Friday at New York Live Arts reintroduced audiences to the virtuosity and individuality that sets Zvi Gotheiner's company apart from many of his contemporaries.

On Thursday, October 8, 2015, WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates the 15th Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF) with a Gala Opening that heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in New York.

ProArteDanza, Toronto's highly acclaimed dance company that seamlessly blends ballet and modern dance, has announced programming for its 2015 Season.

When the Sadler's Wells (now the Royal Ballet) first performed "Cinderella" on its triumphant 1949 debut performance at the old Metropolitan Opera, John Martin, the eminent New York Times dance critic, was not engrossed.

On the morning of June 5 at the Actors Fund Nursing Home in Englewood NJ, the Jazz and Tap teacher Phil Black passed away after fighting Parkinson's disease for over 20 years.

Mark Stuart Dance Theatre (MSDT), has announced the launch of it's third fundraising campaign on Kickstarter – and it started with a bang on Monday, with matching pledges that immediately guarantees the company at least $20,000 of the $37,000 they have set as their goal.

Broadway performer, Julie Pappas Smith, a North Shore native, returns to the Marblehead School of Ballet (MSB) in Marblehead, Massachusetts this summer to teach two master classes, floor-barre and musical theatre jazz.

The Hartt School Community Division (HCD) Dance Department presents Giselle, a ballet by Adolphe Adam, on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 2 p.

The North Shore Civic Ballet (NSCB), a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, announces that Michaiah Fernandes has been awarded a scholarship to attend the Marblehead School of Ballet's (MSB) 2015 Summer Intensive in Marblehead, Massachusetts.

?Jersey Tap Fest, NJ's sole dance festival featuring world-class tap faculty and extravaganza, celebrates its sixth year, August 13-16, 2015 in Roselle Park and Bloomfield, NJ.

At the matinee performance of Swan Lake on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, Misty Copeland spread her wings, giving her first New York City performance of Odette-Odile in ABT's Swan Lake, choreography by Kevin McKenzie after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, to the glorious music of Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky.

Ballet NY will present the world premiere of What Ever, choreographed by Medhi Bahiri, as well as works by John Butler, William Forsythe and Stanton Welch, July 9 - 11 at Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street (at 9th Avenue).

Following two sold-out engagements in both 2013 and 2014, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival presents tap sensation Dorrance Dance with famed singer/songwriter Toshi Reagon and her band BIGLovely in the return of The Blues Project, July 1-5 in the Ted Shawn Theatre.

Life in Trouble is a coming of age comedy about a young man growing up in the mid 90's, battling the times, his circumstances, and cultural perceptions while pursuing his dream of becoming a profession artist.

Stella Abrera and Misty Copeland have been promoted to the rank of Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre and Skylar Brandt, Thomas Forster, Arron Scott and Cassandra Trenary have been promoted to Soloist effective August 1, 2015.

Baboró, Ireland's flagship international arts festival for children and families, is delighted to announce one of the highlights of the 2015 programme.