Hangar B at Floyd Bennett Field, NY, was the stage, and vintage military aircraft were the props, for “Breaking Ground: A Dance Charrette” last week.
For hip-hop dancers and choreographers Tymme and Aury Reitz, dance isn’t the ultimate calling. But it’s a way to achieve the ultimate calling.
This month, the Reitzs’ kicked off their latest project, which partners their dance ministry Word in Motion with a brand new dance and fitness studio, Time 4 Class. This alliance not only gives the Reitzs’ company a new home, but it also provides new opportunities for their community to enjoy dance.
With the company’s work billed as “a comedy ballet of weighty elegance and adorable humour,” the Evgenii Panfilov Russian State Ballet, or the “Big Ballet,” offers classical art from non-traditional performers. 16 dancers make up the Big Ballet, and each one weighs over 200 pounds.
Inspired by a recent “Times Online” article that named the top-five British ballet company websites, I’ve picked my top-five websites for American ballet companies.
Click the title of this post to read the list.
Following in your parent’s footsteps could be difficult if your mother is a professional dance instructor with decades of experience in diverse styles. But Leslea Clark proved that she could keep step with her mother, Pat. And out of this mother-daughter team’s dedication has come Uptown Dance in Belleville NJ.
Today, we’re putting a spotlight on Uptown Dance as part of our feature series “This Season.”
Click on the title of this post to read!
Time is running out for you to win tickets to the premiere of youth dance company Music & Motion’s new work “CONTINENTS: A Global Voyage” in the 2008 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe on Saturday, September 6.
To win, you have to enter by September 3!
Click on the title of this post for entry info.
This is your last chance to win a set of tickets to the premiere of youth dance company Music & Motion’s new work “CONTINENTS: A Global Voyage” in the 2008 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe on Saturday, September 6.
To win, you have to enter by September 3!
Don’t miss out on this chance to see a great performance for free. Click on the title of this post for entry info.
Remember: we’re giving away tickets to the premiere of youth dance company Music & Motion’s new work “CONTINENTS: A Global Voyage” in the 2008 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe on Saturday, September 6.
To win, you have to enter by September 3!
Click on the title of this post for entry info!
Win tickets to the premiere of Music & Motion’s new work “CONTINENTS: A Global Voyage” at Philly Fringe on September 6.
This is your chance to see this fresh youth dance company perform, for free!
Click on the title of this post and enter to win your tickets.
Today, we’re putting a spotlight on Music & Motion Dance Productions for our feature series “This Season.”
Music & Motion Dance Productions is a a fresh, innovative, performance-oriented, youth dance company out of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
You’ll want to learn more about Music & Motion and this dynamic young company’s approachable and inventive dance performances. Click on the title of this post to read more.
This week, DanceHere contributor Kristen had the chance to see “Fela!,” a new musical by Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis. Here, in a special post, we are happy to bring you her review of the show.
Click on the title of this post to read Kristen’s review.
If you’ve memorized every move from the 1987 film “Dirty Dancing,” you now have more than 20 brand new scenes to enjoy in “Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story On Stage.”
The show is playing right now in Toronto, and it makes its US debut in September. Click on the title of this post to find out where, and when, you can catch the new “Dirty Dancing.”
Although the world is focused right now on the 2008 Olympic Games in China, the dancers of the National Ballet of China (NBC), although less known than some Olympic athletes, are also performing feats of physical and artistic strength.
On August 20, you won’t have to travel to see an amazing show. Cirque du Soleil will present “DELIRIUM”, the film, in select movie theaters across the United States and Canada for a special limited engagement, running August 20, 21, 23, and 24.
“DELIRIUM,” part of Cirque du Soleil’s repertoire since 2006, combines dance, music, and circus arts in a vibrant piece of imaginative visual art. Sony Pictures Releasing’s The Hot Ticket now brings “DELIRIUM,” the film, in High Definition, to theaters across North America.
The benefits of seeing “DELIRIUM” in theaters: you don’t have to travel, and you don’t have to pay the high ticket price of a live show.
Click on the title of this post to see “DELIRIUM.”
With the third anniversary of the hurricane Katrina disaster approaching on Aug. 25, Terpsicorps dancers’ recent presentation of “Hurricane & other forces of nature” at the Diana Wortham Theatre in Asheville, NC, was a timely performance of a powerful piece.
Dance lets us communicate across social, economic, and language barriers. And at the Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, the dancers from Janis Claxton Dance are proving that movement communication can also connect humans with other species.
Click on the title of this post to read more about “Enclosure 44 - Humans.”
What is the greatest challenge facing you as a dancer?
“Gravity”, Jeanne Robinson might say. This former dancer and teacher—now a writer and choreographer—has explored the idea of weightless dance for decades. And she is one of the few people who have actually performed in the zero-gravity environment high above ordinary stages.
Click on the title of this post to read about Jeanne Robinson and “The Stardance Experience.”
If you’re in New York, you’ll want to make time this week for the free performances and classes from Ailey II.
This event celebrates Ailey’s 50th anniversary, and it works to fulfill Ailey’s desire to “bring dance back to the people.” Classes and performances begin on Tuesday, August 5.
Click on the title of this post for all of the information on this event.
We hear about the performances and the work of dancers from around the world, and we want to share what we find!
Today, we’re featuring the choreography of Christine Hassid.
Click on the title of this post for more…
You might often feel like you’re wrestling with your body during dance class. You want to push yourself into a perfect turnout. You discipline your muscles to perform flawless pirouettes.
But in rehearsals at AXIS Dance Company, Inflight Dance Company, Keshet Dance Company, or Propeller Dance, dance isn’t about forcing your body to obey technique. It’s all about embracing your body’s ability for creative movement. And for the dancers in these companies, passion overcomes any physical limitations.
These dancers have a special knowledge of movement. That’s because they practice as dancers with disabilities.
Click on the title of this post for the entire article…
Yo-el Cassell doesn’t hear in the same way you or I or most other people do. He hears with his hands.
Cassell, a dancer and the artistic director of YC Movement Theater, was born with a hearing impairment that has turned out to be a blessing in many ways. In fact, if it hadn’t been for his hearing impairment, he may never have learned the art of dance and movement.
Click on the title of this post to read more about Cassell, and to find out how you can see him present a new work on August 20, 2008 at The Depot Theatre in Westport, New York.
The powerful new musical Fela!, written by artistic masters Jim Lewis and Bill T. Jones, will premiere on July 29 at 37 Arts in New York City, New York for a limited off-Broadway run.
Fela! tells the story of Fela Kuti, the famous Nigerian Afrobeat musician and human-rights activist who fought to empower the deprived Nigerian people through his music and his life.
Click on the title of this post to read more about Fela! and find out when you can see this show.
If you want to enjoy yourself and still make the most of your vacation fund, add CityParks Dance, a project by New York City’s CityParks Foundation, to your list of summer stops.
Last year, Chicago Tap Theatre (CTT) audiences saw The Hourglass stomp, riff, and tap down villains in the company’s “The Hourglass in the Stop-Time Chronicles,” a comic book tap opera. Now, the CTT has reintroduced their tap heroine in a new show, “The Hourglass and the Poisoned Pen.”
Recently, we had the chance to speak with CTT’s artistic director Mark Yonally about “The Hourglass” and about his approach to tap. Click on the title of this post to read our entire article, and to find out how you can see “The Hourglass and the Poisoned Pen.”
Do You Want to be Noticed?
We want you to know what is happening in the dance world and when it’s happening! So, we’re putting together a calendar of your performances, workshops, and special events.
Do you think your dance company or studio should be featured on DanceHere?
So do we!
Submit your group to be featured in our new series of posts, “This Season.”
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Knowing that the American Dance Festival is offering performances from Battleworks, the Martha Graham Dance Company, Ailey II, and David Parsons for its 75th Anniversary, I’ve wanted to get a peek at some of these shows.
Read the rest of this post for a few of my favorites.
Dance is an art. But sometimes, the world of technology can bring audiences into a new appreciation for the beauty of a performance. UNC Charlotte’s Dance.Draw program is exploring this unification of art and science.
Click on the title of this post to read the rest of our article on Dance.Draw.
