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The Kennedy Center has announced its 2021–2022 ballet and dance season - beginning in October 2021.

ZARÉLY the international dance and activewear brand is pleased to share over 250 videos of their Worldwide Ballet Class through YouTube.  The classes – originally streamed live and recorded from April 2020 through February 2021 – were introduced during the COVID-19 lockdown to keep dancers around the world working out  and training together. The classes are professional quality and free of charge. 

Oregon Shakespeare Festival today announced that Laura Burgos is the organization’s new Director of Marketing and Communications, effective immediately. Burgos’s new position is the latest chapter in a dynamic career spanning a diversity of performing arts disciplines, organizations, and roles.

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) presents its next Composer to Composer Talk online with Tania León and Angélica Negrón on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 5pm ET.

Jacob’s Pillow has announced the full artist line-up for its 2021 summer Festival—the first to feature both onsite and online programming. Onsite events run June 30-August 29, with online streaming through September 23.

Four professional black dancers living and working in Kansas City will share their journeys on navigating dance careers in the American Ballet World. Each panelist will impart their unique dance experiences, perspectives on diversity, inclusion and equity in ballet and respond to questions from the community.

Black Dance Stories will present new episodes in April featuring Black dancers, choreographers, movement artists, and creatives who use their work to raise societal issues and strengthen their community.

=USITT has announced the formation of the Collier Robert Woods, Jr. Scholarship to support Black and African American students with interests in lighting design and/or theatre production, technology, and associated theatrical fields.

The Juilliard School today announced that its 116th commencement ceremony will be held in person on Friday, June 18, 2021, at 11am, outdoors on the Lincoln Center campus for a limited audience. The ceremony will also be livestreamed for those unable to attend in person.

Verb Ballets dancers, known for their elegance and versatility, will captivate fans with a powerful virtual program on May 14, 2020 at 7:00pm ET, featuring contemporary works by nationally recognized choreographers. For over eleven years of award-winning works, Chicago-based choreographer Stephanie Martinez has moved her audiences along a journey guided by kinetic momentum. The company will debut a world premiere, World of Another, marked by a versatility that expands the boundaries of contemporary ballet movement. Internationally renowned choreographer Christopher L. Huggins is a former member of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Black Girl Magic, but make it CHAOS. Malcom X described the black woman as the most disrespected, unprotected and neglected person in America, and yet, black women are surely at the center of much political progress, artistic genius, and family structure throughout history.

Heading the event will be Grand Marshals  LISA LISA; the Latina Pop Music Legend, Dance Theatre of Harlem founding member and current Artistic Director VIRGINIA JOHNSON; and H.T. CHEN & DIAN DONG, founding directors of Chen Dance Center. 

Celebrating the joy of dance and continuing its storied legacy, Dance Theatre of Harlem has announced a full slate of digital dance events this spring. During a season that would typically be jam-packed with touring engagements leading up to the company’s annual spring gala at New York City Center, DTH Company Artists are set to inspire an even wider audience – online – until New York entertainment venues can safely reopen with greater capacity. 

Today Jacob’s Pillow has announced plans to host a multi-platform virtual and on-site Festival in 2021, undertake substantial renovations to the Ted Shawn Theatre, and complete Vision ’22, a five-year strategic plan established in 2017.

Memoirs of Blacks in Ballet (MoBBallet) announces the Ballet IS Woman Symposium will take place virtually Saturday, March 7, from 12-4:00 p.m. and will feature two panel discussions: 

In honor of Women's History Month, Dance Theatre of Harlem will host Firebird Day, a celebration of its iconic Firebird ballet, on Saturday, March 13.

Today it's all about history-making performer, choreographer, director, costume designer, composer and visual artist, Geoffrey Holder.

Sasha Hutchings (Hamilton, Oklahoma! Fosse/Verdon) and co-host of The Chaos Twins will host HomeGrown: Black Dance History Series, an online event celebrating African influence in American dance. 

Adrian Blake Mitchell, professional male ballet dancer at the Mikhailovsky Ballet Company, will livestream both a Master Class and also will host Westside Ballet's 'Dance Talks' series - Zooming from St. Petersburg on President's Day, Monday February 15, in honor of Black History Month and to support Westside Ballet's ongoing Crisis Relief Fund.

Dance/NYC has announced the full schedule and lineup of speakers and sessions for the 2021 Symposium. The Symposium will take place virtually from Wednesday, March 17 - Saturday, March 20, 2021.

The ASCAP Foundation today announces that it has named Tania León and Betsy Pérez to its Board of Directors.

Right now, 62% of arts and cultural workers are entirely unemployed, including more than 69% of Black and Indigenous artists and artists of color. Creative workers faced an average individual loss of $22,000 each in 2020.

Dance Theatre of Harlem announced today a new slate of digital performances as part of its online streaming series, DTH On Demand, and events, including its annual Founders’ Week celebration, throughout February, the nation’s month to officially and proudly honor Black History.

Dance/NYC announces Jody Gottfried Arnhold as the Lead Dance Advocate of the 2021 Symposium.

The Metropolitan Opera announced today that Marcia Lynn Sells has been named the company's first Chief Diversity Officer. Ms. Sells comes to the Met from Harvard Law School, where, as Dean of Students since 2015, she has led her team in the creation and implementation of a wide range of diversity programs.