 Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company to Present 5th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration at Brooklyn Center by BWW News Desk - November 30, 2017 Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts continues is 2017-18 Kumble Theater season with the acclaimed Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company for its fifth annual Lunar New Year Celebration on Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 3pm.  Wayne McGregor, Dada Masilo, Lar Lubovitch and More Set for Spring/Summer 2018 Season at The Joyce Theater by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2017 Linda Shelton, Executive Director of The Joyce Theater, announced today the organization's programming for its spring/summer 2018 season, kicking off with the celebrated British choreographer and director Wayne McGregor's contemporary dance company, Company Wayne McGregor, performing the U.S. premiere of his latest work, Autobiography.  Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Kicks Off 2017 City Center Holiday Season Tonight by BWW News Desk - November 29, 2017 Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York City Center's Principal Dance Company, returns to the theater's stage tonight, November 29th, through December 31st, 2017.  Ezralow Dance Company Set for Pepperdine's Smothers Theatre This Winter by BWW News Desk - November 15, 2017 Ezralow Dance Company brings its unique mix of contemporary dance and striking visuals to Pepperdine University's Smothers Theatre at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, January 10, for the first performance of 2018 at the Lisa Smith Wengler Center for the Arts.  Emotion Dance to Bring Contemporary Moves to Elizabethtown College by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2017 Emotion, Elizabethtown College's largest student club, presents two hours of contemporary jazz, hip-hop and lyrical dances at 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 8 and Saturday, Dec. 9.  Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble Receives $50K MacArthur Grant for THE MYCELIAL CYCLE by BWW News Desk - November 14, 2017 Chicago Danztheatre Ensemble has announced that they are a recipient of the MacArthur International Collaborations Fund, a $50,000 grant awarded in collaboration with Erica Mott Production and Ezzat Ezzat Contemporary Dance Company for The Mycelial Cycle.  The Chase Brock Experience Offering First-Ever Master Class Intensive for 10th Anniversary by BWW News Desk - November 3, 2017 The Chase Brock Experience (CBE), a Brooklyn-based contemporary dance company, recently announced they will celebrate their 10th Anniversary NY Season at Theatre Row's Clurman Theatre from November 27 - December 9, 2017. To further commemorate the company's first 10 years, CBE is excited to announce that they will offer the first-ever CBE Intensive from December 5 through December 8, 2017.  15th Annual 5X5 Dance Festival Set for University of Saint Joseph by BWW News Desk - October 23, 2017 The celebrated 5X5 Dance Festival brings together choreographers, performers, educators, and students to study and perform. Artists, students, and audiences share their experiences, talents, and inspirations through master classes, workshops, discussions, and performances.  Spelman College Department of Dance Performance and Choreography Teaches Through the Lens of Black Feminist Theory by BWW News Desk - October 11, 2017 Spelman College's newly formed Department of Dance Performance and Choreography has chosen a unique approach to teaching the next generation of dancers, choreographers and change makers by accentuating Black feminist theory. As a result of integrating the works of notable Black feminist writers and activists such as bell hooks and Audre Lordethroughout the curriculum, the department is cultivating freethinkers and intelligent movers interested in becoming influential creators, writers, historians, educators and scholars within the evolving field of dance.  Repertory Dance Theatre's LINK Series to Present BRINE: DISEMBODIED WE by BWW News Desk - September 22, 2017 Repertory Dance Theatre's Link Series presents BRINE: Disembodied We; a dance concert produced by Symmer Andrews, Ashley Creek and Sara Pickett in the Leona Wagner Black Box Theater in the Rose Wagner Performing Arts Center on Oct. 12th at 6:00 and 8:00 pm and Oct. 13th at 7:30 pm. Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Announces 2017-2018 Season by BWW News Desk - September 15, 2017 The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, a renowned international touring dance company led by Chinese American choreographer Nai-Ni Chen, announces an exciting 2017-18 season. BWW Review: AMERICAN DANCE GUILD Celebrates 60 Years for the 2017 Performance Festival by Caryn Cooper - September 14, 2017 On the weekend of September 7-10 2017, the American Dance Guild (ADG) celebrated its 60th anniversary during their annual performance festival at The Ailey Citigroup Theater. This year's ADG Lifetime Achievement Awards went to three outstanding American dance masters: acclaimed and Tony-award winning choreographer, Garth Fagan; dance medicine pioneer and Dean of the American Dance Festival, Martha Myers; and Louis Mofsie, Founding Artistic Director of the renowned Thunderbird American Indian Dancers who have sustained the legacy of indigenous American Indian dances for the past 54 years. Abrons Arts Center to Present Tele-Violet's THE POWER OF EMOTION: THE APARTMENT by BWW News Desk - September 6, 2017 Abrons Arts Center will present the world premiere of The Power of Emotion: The Apartment (October 11-21), directed by Katherine Brook for her female-centered company, Tele-Violet. Beijing Dance Theater to Tour Outside Asia for the First Time with THE GOLDEN LOTUS by BWW News Desk - September 5, 2017 The Beijing Dance Theater presents The Golden Lotus, October 4, 5 and 6 at Mississauga's Living Arts Centre for its second Canadian stop in its first-ever tour outside of Asia. BWW Interview: Christine Dakin and Her Recent Dance Projects by Marina Kennedy - August 11, 2017 Broadwayworld.com caught up with Christine Dakin to learn about some of her recent performances, collaborations, and works in progress. Christine's true passion for her art and her desire to bring exciting projects to the world of dance is truly inspirational. BWW Interview: Discussing the D.E.P.T.H. of Dance Education with CAROLYN DORFMAN by Caryn Cooper - June 8, 2017 Carolyn Dorfman Dance prides itself in being a multi-ethnic dance company that is dedicated to the creation and presentation of contemporary dance that reveals the individual uniqueness and commonality of the human experience. Her choreography has been known to be bold and dramatic that connects life and movement. It also broadens students' knowledge and appreciation of dance in the classroom, in after school programs and curriculum building throughout communities across the country while speaking to contemporary issues. IONA Contemporary Dance Theatre To PAINT BY NUMBERS, 6/9-18 by Molly Tracy - April 27, 2017 IONA Contemporary Dance Theatre delves into the creative action of dance and painting, set to live music by the Quadraphonix in 'Paint By Number,' scheduled for June 9, 10 and 11 and June 16, 17 and 18 at Ward Gateway Center, 333 Ward Avenue in the former Sports Authority building. Lydia Johnson Presents MOVING FORWARD, 4/28 by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2017 Choreographer Lydia Johnson will present her Lydia Johnson Dance on the 92nd Street Y's 'Moving Forward - Women Ballet Choreographers East and West' in two performances, Friday April 28. Jersey City Theater Center Presents THE DISRUPTION PROJECT, 5/5 by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2017 Dance is soon destined to disrupt Jersey City with original choreography deliberately designed to do just that. Parsons Dance Kicks Of 2017 Season At The Joyce Theatre With Three World Premieres, 5/16-5/28 by BWW News Desk - April 26, 2017 Parsons Dance – under the Artistic Direction of David Parsons – will kick off its 2017 season, dedicated to the life and legacy of the company's great friend and dance advocate Alexander J. Dubé,at New York City's historic Joyce Theater from May 16 – May 28. New Victory Slates Free VICTORY DANCE Series by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2017 This July, The New Victory Theater will present its fourth season of Victory Dance, the theater's initiative to provide FREE dance performances to kids in New York City day camps, school and youth programs over the summer. DanceWorks Presents the U.S. Premiere of GLORY, April 28 by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2017 DanceWorks, Toronto's longest running contemporary dance series, proudly presents cutting-edge Vancouver dance company Shay Kuebler Radical System Art in its Toronto premiere with the startlingly athletic Glory. Choreographed by Artistic Director Shay Kuebler, it uses a mixture of martial arts, hip-hop and contemporary dance to explore the glorification of violence in our media-drenched culture. This multi-media work runs Friday April 28 and Saturday April 29 at 8pm nightly at Harbourfront Centre Theatre as part of the NextSteps series. Review Roundup: Dance Theatre Of Harlem by BWW News Desk - April 25, 2017 Dance Theatre of Harlem returned for their annual NYC season at the New York City Center, April 19-22, 2017. Some highlights of the season included a special performance by Grammy-Winning Recording Artist India.Arie, NY as well as premieres by Robert Garland, Francesca Harper, and José Limón, and other favorites by Dianne McIntyre and Darrell Grand Moultrie. BWW Review: Ballet Hispanico Fuses Latin and Contemporary Dance with a Flare by Rose Marija - April 21, 2017 BWW Review: Ballet Hispanico Fuses Latin and Contemporary Dance with a Flare BWW Review: Bringing the Issues Front and Center with MJM DANCE in MONOPOLY: THE LANDLORD'S GAME by Caryn Cooper - April 20, 2017 MJM Dance, under the artistic direction of Megan J. Minturn, presented their first evening-length piece entitled Monopoly: The Landlord's Game April 13-14, 2017 at the Mark Morris Dance Center. Here, Ms. Minturn in collaboration with her dancers- Leah Antonellis, Michelle Applebaum, Kelli Chapman, Cantata Chen Fan, Anna Johannes, Mara Katz, Chie Kurokawa, and Beverly Lopez, came together to tell the little known history of the game of Monopoly while exposing the injustices of our society and economic system. |
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