National Dance Institute Announces New Executive Director by BWW News Desk
- January 11, 2022 National Dance Institute (NDI), the arts education organization that delivers award-winning dance and music programs to thousands of children worldwide, announced that Juan José Escalante has joined as Executive Director.
Full Circle Productions Awarded Grant From The Ford Foundation by BWW News Desk
- January 07, 2022 Full Circle Productions announce they have been awarded a grant from the Ford Foundation to support the creation of the United Hip Hop Vanguard, a network of leaders and cultural workers who will host program activities that will support and reverse the past two decades of erasure within the national Breakin (Breakdance) community.
Ailey Artistry Brings Dance To The People In Person, Online, And Through A National Television Network Broadcast by BWW News Desk
- January 05, 2022 From January 11 through May 8, audiences across the country will have the opportunity to experience the extraordinary artistry of Ailey with a cornucopia of performances and programs, including two national tours—by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Ailey II—as well as the nationwide broadcast of the acclaimed documentary film AILEY, with its immersive portrait of dance pioneer Alvin Ailey, and the continuation of Ailey All Access, the organization's digital programming for all audiences.
VIDEO: Get A First Look At Royal Ballet's Streaming THE SLEEPING BEAUTY by Alan Henry
- January 03, 2022 Journey with The Royal Ballet to an enchanted world of princesses, fairy godmothers and magical spells in this landmark production of Petipa’s classic ballet, to Tchaikovsky's glorious music.
Designer Lez Brotherston Honored with Order of the British Empire by BWW News Desk
- January 02, 2022 New Adventures has just announced that Associate Artist and Tony and Olivier Award Winning designer Lez Brotherston on his Order of the British Empire in The Queen’s New Year Honours 2022 for services to Dance and Theatre.
RIVERDANCE Dancers Team Up With Scientists to Investigate Physical Effects of Professional Dance by BWW News Desk
- December 28, 2021 The investigation, led by the University of Chichester, aims to understand the physiological exertion of professional dance to help enhance training and prolong the careers of performers. Researchers from the first-of-its-kind study are measuring the physical efforts of the famed Irish production’s full cast during its UK-wide tour, which is part of its 25-year anniversary.
VIDEO: The Royal Ballet's Marianela Nuñez Performs From GISELLE by BWW News Desk
- December 23, 2021 The Royal Ballet has posted a clip from its production of Giselle, currently streaming on demand online. In the clip, watch principal dancer Marianela Nuñez as she performs the Myrtha Queen of the Willis Variation in The Royal Ballet's atmospheric production of Giselle.
WHITE WAVE Dance Announces Call For Choreographers For 21st Annual DUMBO Dance Festival by BWW News Desk
- December 22, 2021 WHITE WAVE Dance has announced a call for choreographers for the 21st Annual DUMBO Dance Festival virtually from June 23-26, 2022. WHITE WAVE scours the globe in search of today's most innovative dancemakers, both emerging and established, and brings them to one extended weekend.
Debbie Allen Announces First Global Streaming Of Her HOT CHOCOLATE NUTCRACKER by BWW News Desk
- December 22, 2021 Emmy Award winner and Kennedy Center Honoree Debbie Allen and the Debbie Allen Dance Academy (DADA) are thrilled to announce the first on-demand global streaming of the award-winning family spectacular 'Hot Chocolate Nutcracker' December 24 to January 1.
VIDEO: First Look at COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet at The Joyce by BWW News Desk
- December 20, 2021 Founded in 1994 by master choreographer Dwight Rhoden and the legendary Desmond Richardson, COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet returns to The Joyce to serve up thought-provoking and entertaining contemporary ballet performed by acclaimed dancers.
Mark DeGarmo Dance Launches Its 2022 Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change by BWW News Desk
- December 20, 2021 Mark DeGarmo Dance launches its transcultural transdisciplinary Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change to an international audience on Zoom with performances featuring global performing artists from New York and Los Angeles.
BWW Review: LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO at The Joyce Theater by Cindy Sibilsky
- December 17, 2021 Nightcrawlers (NY Premiere) is a moody piece showcasing three couples in hot pursuit filled with passion, drama, and stunning choreography by Peter Anastos. The performance is as uproariously funny as it is dazzling to watch, they fling themselves at each other, swap partners, fly through the air, trot like a pony, and are swept across the floor.
Tiler Peck On Returning To New York City Ballet's THE NUTCRACKER by BWW Special
- December 15, 2021 Tiler Peck has been a principal dancer with New York City Ballet (NYCB) since 2009. You might have seen her on Broadway in On The Town as Ivy Smith or in The Music Man as Gracie Shinn. She starred as Marie in the World Premiere Kennedy Center production of Little Dancer. It was that performance that made me and a lot of others in this area take notice of Ms. Peck not only as a dancer, but as a strong actress and singer.
iHeartDance NYC and Ballet and Beyond NYC Give The Gift Of Dance Education This Holiday Season by BWW News Desk
- December 14, 2021 In partnership to raise funds to subsidize the costs of ballet training to local children living in underserved communities, the evening will offer guest performances from dancers from film, Broadway, American Ballet Theatre, Dance Theater of Harlem and more, while spotlighting the students of Ballet and Beyond and their aspirations of becoming the dancers of tomorrow.
20th Anniversary Dance Camera West Fest Will Be Presented in January by BWW News Desk
- December 14, 2021 Dance Camera West (DCW) will screen the top 75 films selected from a record number of 400 submissions from around the world at LIVE IN PERSON events at two esteemed Los Angeles performance and film venues across the city.
Mark DeGarmo Dance Announces Salon Series For Social Change 2022 by BWW News Desk
- December 13, 2021 Mark DeGarmo Dance announces its 12th Annual Virtual Salon Performance Series for Social Change 2022, a sharing of 24 curated original transcultural transdisciplinary works-in-progress by 28 dance artists in eight countries, seven U.S. states, and NYC.
BWW Review: The Luminous and Exhilarating Luminario Ballet Presents HARD AS A ROCK at Avalon Hollywood by Valerie-Jean Miller
- December 12, 2021 The evening, at the fabulous Avalon Hollywood, which used to be where they filmed The Hollywood Palace back in the day, filled with pizazz, fabulous old Hollywood theatre decor, gorgeous people on and off stage, awards and honors given in appreciation, former honoree recipients in attendance, and spectacular, titillating and awe-inspiring, boundary-pushing performances
BWW Review: ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER: BATTLE 10TH ANNIVERSARY at City Center by Cindy Sibilsky
- December 11, 2021 The season features premieres, favorites, and a “greatest hits” retrospective of Robert Battle’s choreography. Battle 10th Anniversary is a sample platter of current Artistic Director River Battle’s decade in that role. Like a master chef, the selections of his dance offerings spanning ten years are palatable and varied yet complimentary.
The Broad Stage Presents SACRE BY CIRCA February 2022 by BWW News Desk
- December 10, 2021 The Broad Stage presents Sacre by Circa Contemporary Circus, one of the world's leading performance companies, for two performances Friday, February 4 and Saturday February 5 at 7:30pm.
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Announces The Bridge Classes, December 13-16 by BWW News Desk
- December 10, 2021 NAI-NI CHEN DANCE COMPANY Announces The Bridge Virtual Dance Institute of boundary-breaking dance experiences Free One-Hour Company Class on Zoom Open to All Dancers at an Intermediate to Advanced Level December 13-16, 2021.