I think that we have adjusted some of our programmatic models. You know, some of the data had been showing us that post-pandemic audiences have been really attracted to going to shows that are recognizable, that they know, that are the classics. - Oregon Public Broadcasting
Susan Jaffe has some ideas, some plans, and some hopes. But “the challenges facing Ballet Theater, which begins its summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House this month, are daunting. Costs are rising, donations have declined and audience habits are rapidly shifting." - The New York Times
"The Paris Dance Project, which Millepied formed last year with Solenne du Haÿs Mascré, is not a dance company, but an organization that creates educational programs and accessible performances. La Ville Dansée ('the dancing city'), part of the Cultural Olympiad ..., is its biggest splash yet." - The New York Times
"Led by director of dance José Martinez, the inaugural ... cohort will include 18 dancers — 9 males and 9 females — ages 17 to 23. The paid contracts will be for two seasons, and they are open not just to current Paris Opéra Ballet School students but to dancers from all backgrounds." - Pointe Magazine
Mr. B's initial plan for Jewels included, along with the now-standard "Emeralds," "Rubies," and "Diamonds," a section titled "Sapphires." Balanchine said he never finished "Sapphires" because the blue was too hard to get across onstage. Yet Lincoln Jones, director of American Contemporary Ballet, is giving it a try. - Los Angeles Times (Yahoo!)
Rosie Herrera, who founded her own company in Miami in 2009, will receive $30,000 in an unrestricted cash reward and $20,000 in programmatic support over two years. The prize, funded by the Knight Foundation, is administered by the National Center for Choreography-Akron. - Miami New Times
"In the decades since she founded Richmond Ballet in 1980, she has grown the organization from a local troupe of 12 dancers with an operating budget of $164,000 to a 20-dancer-strong, internationally recognized company with a budget of just under $7 million." - Pointe Magazine
One mother of two autistic children said, “I’m hoping that what we see here shows that you can do anything, especially in the arts, to make it accessible for all.” - CBC
"Canada’s National Ballet School says it may be forced to rescind or defer offers for its competitive teacher-training program because its status as a career college has caught it in a tangle of jurisdictional red tape over new student immigration rules." - The Globe and Mail (Canada)
"She moves in jaw-dropping ways: unexpected, angular, sometimes comical, intense, mesmerising, with blistering technique. … That’s just her dancing. Then there are the productions – the worlds Molina creates for herself, which stray far beyond flamenco norms." - The Guardian
Now, at just 23, she is a principal dancer with New York City Ballet, approaching the close of a momentous season at Lincoln Center, where her versatility, artistry and jaw-dropping abandon have made her seem like a ballerina superhero. - The New York Times
Because one key witness is ill and has stopped cooperating, the investigation has collapsed, the accused get no chance to clear their names, reformers are seeing their best opportunity for change evaporate, and Irish dancing's governing body has ended up nearly bankrupt. - Irish Independent
There is one immediate step with broad impact: real transparency throughout the dance economy. How can dance organizations do that? By making their annual tax returns available. - Dance Magazine
A three-part Netflix documentary titled Dancing for the Devil looks into a Southern California management company called 7M and its affiliate Christian church, Shekinah. Members, generally separated from their families and friends, post frequent dance videos to TikTok that follow a particular 7M template. - The Guardian
In 2023, 53% of ticket buyers were under age 50, and people in their 30s made up the largest age segment by decade. Five years earlier, in 2018, 41% of ticket buyers were under 50, and people in their 60s made up the largest age segment. - AP
