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The upcoming performance of Winning Works: Choreographers of Color Award by The Joffrey Academy of Dance has changed venues due to last week's electrical fire at the Harris Theater, an event unrelated to the Winning Works production.

Tap dance prodigy, actor and choreographer SAVION GLOVER taps his way across stage in his engaging new work, STePz, a Bay Area Premiere.

The upcoming performance of Winning Works: Choreographers of Color Award by The Joffrey Academy of Dance has changed venues due to last week's electrical fire at the Harris Theater, an event unrelated to theWinning Works production.

The 2014-2015 Season marks a milestone for Oregon Ballet Theatre as it celebrates a quarter century of entertaining, exciting, and inspiring audiences in Portland and around the world.

The World Premiere of Stories From the Night Before, a new evening of dance theater created by Maurice Brandon Curry, Chair of the Dance Department of Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, will be presented on Sunday and Monday March 16 and 17 at 7 PM at New York University's Skirball C

Continuing its first season under the leadership of new Artistic Director José Manuel Carreño, Ballet San Jose will present an unprecedented four Company Premieres on its March 21-23 program including a range of ballets by Paul Taylor, Vicente Nebrada, Igal Perry and Dwight Rhoden.

The Jefferson Performing Arts Society floored the judges at the National Performing Arts Festival in Orlando over the weekend with their pitch-perfect performance of 'Shrek the Musical,' winning the Judges' Choice award and earning the chance to perform for the Disney public at large Sunday evening.

For DIRECTOR'S CHOICE, the fourth program of Pacific Northwest Ballet's 2013-2014 season, Artistic Director Peter Boal selects from his roster of acquisitions and increases them by one: The captivating mixed-bill program will feature a much-anticipated world premiere by Alejandro Cerrudo, resident c

Ballet NY presents its 2014 Season, including In the Garden of Souls, the company premieres of Kinderszenen, Dreams, and excerpts from Urban Study, from April 15-17, 2014 at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street, NYC (at Ninth Avenue).

Celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2014, Australia's multi- award winning dance theatre company Bangarra Dance

Balanchine once said, "See the music, hear the dance".

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Jessica Lang Dance performed in New York City this week at the Joyce Theater and it did not disappoint.

Danceworks 2014: 'HOT BUTTONS,' a rich tapestry of contemporary and modern dance forms, will be presented at Northwestern University from Feb.

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Repertory Dance Theatre's signature event and FUNdraiser, Charette, returns to the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center for the ninth consecutive year today, February 22, 2014, hosted by the formidable (and hilarious) Sister Dottie S.

RiverCenter for the Performing Arts celebrates Valentine's Day with a performance of Giselle by the Moscow Festival Ballet, tonight, February 22nd at 7:30 p.

Fans of Denver's renowned Cleo Parker Robinson Dance performances are in for a special blend of nostalgia and modern dance with this year's 'CLEO ON CLEO: Voices of Yesterday and Tomorrow.

Dance NOW! Miami brings 'Light Rain', a seminal work of the Joffrey Ballet to life at the Colony theatre alongside Diego Salterini's 'OCEANICA' and Hannah Baumgarten's 'Water's Edge, the Long Walk' to complete 'IL MARE' the company's ambitious 18 month project of water themed works.

La Guardia Performing Arts Center presents Valerie Green/Dance Entropy in Begin.

Dance Theatre of Tennessee offers the perfect post-valentine celebration with 'East Meets West,' a diverse and eclectic line-up of some of the most celebrated Asian choreographers in the world.

On the heels of a highly successful run of George Balanchine's 'The Nutcracker', Oregon Ballet Theatre will show a multitude of facets with REVEAL at the Keller Auditorium, today, February 22 - March 1, 2014.

Miami's own Robert Battle, Artistic Director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, along with Gabrielle Union, Tracy Wilson Mourning, and BET CEO and Ailey Board member Debra Lee met up following today's Alvin Ailey free student performance.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will present three performances by the acclaimed dance company Pilobolus on Friday and Saturday, March 28-29.

FirstWorks and American Dance Legacy Initiative, in collaboration with Artists and Scientists as Partners, Brown University, and Mark Morris Dance Group, have formed a partnership to present Widening the Circle: Intersections of Art, Science and Community.