Academy of Dance

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Battery Dance will present its 45th Annual Festival at Wagner Park, featuring a week of free nightly performances, community workshops, and a one-night commemorative show marking the U.

More than 700 students from London boroughs and Essex performed in STEP AROUND TOWN, part of the Royal Academy of Dance's Step into Dance programme, the UK's largest inclusive dance programme for secondary school students.

In New York, awards season rolls on: Schmigadoon! and Ragtime led the 70th Annual Drama Desk Awards, Dorian Award nominations have been announced, and John Lithgow is slated for a lifetime achievement honor.

The Royal Academy of Dance announced the judges and faculty for THE FONTEYN 2026, with Dame Darcey Bussell, Francesca Hayward, and Kevin O'Hare among those evaluating competitors at London's Coliseum.

Joburg Ballet Academy will present its 2026 Debut Dancer Bursary Award at the Roodepoort Theatre, featuring 10 finalists aged 13-14 competing before a panel of judges from the Cecchetti Society and Royal Academy of Dance.

This week's theater news spans awards season milestones, legal disputes, labor tensions, and the business challenges facing the art form on both sides of the Atlantic.

The Muny announced the principal cast for MEET ME IN ST.

As New York prepares for the 2026 Tony Award nominations and honors the recent Lucille Lortel winners, producers are facing tough questions about whether traditional 8 PM curtain times are driving audiences away.

Elmhurst Ballet School will present its Silver Swans Summer Retreat, a multi-day programme for adult dancers blending dance, wellbeing, and community in a supportive environment.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is April 28, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

On the industry and international fronts, American Dream mall in New Jersey prepares to open a 3,000-seat performing arts center ahead of the FIFA World Cup, UK theater organizations call for ticket resale price cap legislation ahead of the King's Speech, and the Royal Academy of Dance receives a tw

The Royal Academy of Dance received a two-year grant from The Headley Trust to provide bursary support for UK trainee dance teachers enrolled in ballet teaching and graduate teaching diploma programs.

The Muny announced the principal cast for HAIRSPRAY, opening its 108th season at Forest Park.

Hundreds of secondary school students from five London boroughs will perform in STEP AROUND TOWN events in April and May 2026, part of the Royal Academy of Dance's Step into Dance programme.