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Second Hand Dance is leading the way in bringing dance activities into libraries through performances and workshops.

The Abrons Arts Center in Manhattan will host the premier of the first annual Queer New York International Arts Festival with performances and installations from artists around the world, beginning today, June 7.

This summer, from June 28th-July 5th at the Sheraton NY just north of Times Square, 1,500 student dancers from across the United States (ages 7-18) will attend the New York City Dance Alliance National Season Finale which last year awarded a grand total of $2.

Dance/NYC presents the launch of Connect the Blocks: Resource Sharing in NYC Dancewith a town hall hosted by Performance Space 122, 150 First Avenue (Entrance on E.

Houston Ballet took top honors in two categories in the Crystal Awards, recognizing marketing excellence: Marketing Campaign- Non Profit for the marketing campaign for performances of Houston Ballet's holiday favorite The Nutcracker; and Product or Service Brochure- Two or more for Houston Ballet's

Jacob's Pillow announces today that Executive and Artistic Director Ella Baff will present the sixth annual Jacob's Pillow Dance Award to Kyle Abraham, an acclaimed contemporary dancer, choreographer, and Artistic Director of Abraham.

Besides providing EDM lovers their fix of quality music, Armada is also hosting its own events.

Ballroom with a Twist, a brand new theatrical dance production, comes to San Francisco's Marines' Memorial Theatre (609 Sutter St.

Northrop Concerts and Lectures at the University of Minnesota today announced the recipients of the 2012 McKnight Artist Fellowships for Choreographers and the McKnight Artist Fellowships for Dancers.

KEIGWIN + COMPANY (K+C) returns to The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, NYC, for its annual weeklong season including the World Premieres of two new dances on June 12 - 17, 2012.

Gotham Dance Festival returns for two weeks, presenting five programs that feature the work of more than ten choreographers, including a program celebrating the choreographic work of American women, both established and emerging talents.

The Fountain Theatre's acclaimed Forever Flamenco! series presents San Francisco-based Caminos Flamencos in an evening of flamenco collaboration and soniquete with a select group of world-class artists.

Cornish Junior Dance Company will perform at the Erickson Theater on June 9 and 10, 2012.

The Fountain Theatre's acclaimed Forever Flamenco! series presents Arte y Pureza Flamenco Company in "Quien Yo Soy" ("This Is Me"), fusing flamenco and jazz at The Fountain Theatre tonight, May 27 at 8 pm.

The Rudenko School of Dance presents its 44th annual performance in Santa Barbara at the Marjorie Luke Theatre, tonight, May 26, 2012 @ 7pm.

Breakin' Convention, the critically acclaimed festival of hip hop dance theatre, pops and locks its way into the Lyceum Theatre from today 25 - Saturday 26 May, with more jaw-dropping performances from local and international artists.

Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine and Liana Churilova, recognized today as the world's most exciting rhythm dance team, will join the superstar cast of six couples in the ballroom extravaganza show 'We Are The Champions' that returns to the Westchester Broadway Theatre in Elmsford for one performance on Tuesd

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA), NYC's foremost progressive dance education and performance center, announces two June workshops aimed at providing dancers the opportunity to learn vibrant performance-enhancing tools.

The Joyce Theater will present Shatala Shivalingappa, one of the world's most intriguing artists, making her Joyce debut with the New York premiere of Namasya - a program of four solos including works by Ushio Amagatsu and Pina Bausch - this summer from June 27 - July 1.

Loosely based upon the fear-mongering tale of Chicken Little, The Private Life of Chickens 'follows the lives of four, feisty fowls as they struggle with the end of the world.

Gotham Dance Festival returns for two weeks, presenting five programs that feature the work of more than ten choreographers, including a program celebrating the choreographic work of American women, both established and emerging talents.

To coincide with Isadora Duncan's 135th birthday May 26, 2012, Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company honors the mother of modern dance by offering a week of performances tonight, May 22 through May 26.

PRESSING EMPTY is a character-based physical, contemporary dance theatre work that uses marriage to examine choice, emptiness and awkward timing.

Celebrating eight decades of dance from around the world, the 2012 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival will officially commence with an 80th Anniversary Season Opening Gala on June 16.

Zurückgekehrt von seiner repräsentativen Japan-Tournee, tanzt das Wiener Staatsballett vom 23.