The 1965 declaration was absolutist: "No to spectacle. No to virtuosity. No to transformations and magic and make-believe ... no to moving or being moved." Today she says, "Oh no. That was a certain point in art history. ... I never meant it as a doctrine to govern my decisions." - The Guardian
Different layers of soil, ash and guano created a floor that absorbed shocks while emitting resonant sounds when people stomped on it. This ceremonial surface worked like a large drum that groups of 20 to 25 people could have played with their feet. - Science News
In an Austen novel, when the main characters and their love interests dance, they "move to a subtle sensuality that pulses below the surface, creating an irresistible tension." - LitHub
"Oleksandr Budko, 27, has been touring the US with the United Ukrainian Ballet, dancing before audiences of up to 3,000 people with, and without, his prosthetic legs. “This choreography is about the consequences of the war, about how indomitable we are, despite the pain and losses,” he said." - MSN (The Telegraph, UK)
"In general we get in trouble if we don't do it. I've heard that even Alvin himself at some point asked if we could take Revelations out. But they told him what the box office numbers looked like with Revelations and without, and that was a sobering moment." - The Guardian
Julie Wilson's home-based business in suburban northern Virginia is "considered the ballroom dance industry's leading consignment and consignment-rental dress company. Competitive dancers come here from far and wide, as do the frocks. The abiding aesthetic is more is more: feathers, sequins, fringe, crystals." - MSN (The Washington Post)
"Now Morris, long a poked-fun-of example of British eccentricity, is opening up to younger dancers who approach it as a living tradition. For some, this means exploring ways to pull apart and reinterpret the form. And for traditionalists, it means perfecting ancient technique." - The New York Times
"Sunny Choi is now one of the 10 best B-girls in the world, and won silver at the 2022 World Games. Her ascendence comes at a time when break dancing's platform has never been bigger and the stakes have never been higher." - ESPN
The first full fiscal year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw a drop in aggregate spending by the largest 150 classically-based companies of 31.62% from FY 2020 and 39% from FY2019. - Dance Data Project
As dance, the show is simple and unoriginal — yet exceptionally effective. Swift is a pop superstar who dances but is not known for her dancing. - The New York Times
"Around 90 students at the elite school, which prepares young people for careers with leading dance companies, will complete a series of strength tests as part of the study, due to finish in early 2025." - The Independent (UK)
"LGBTQ country dancing is quite old, a joyous four-decade tradition rooted in the love of the dance and the music. And it's finding renewed popularity." - MSN (San Francisco Chronicle)
Jody Gottfried Arnhold taught children in New York City schools before and after she married an extremely wealthy banker; she even created a dance curriculum for the system. She's now been training dance teachers for 25 years and has created and funded advanced-degree programs in dance education. - The New York Times
"The protests centered on vogue as resistance. The dance style, born out of the ballroom scene in Harlem in the 1980s as a source of joy and expression, became a response to a stabbing feared to be an attack on queerness and Blackness." - Los Angeles Times
