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Just Where Do You Put Street Dance?

Neither the art world nor the world of noncommercial dance is much more hospitable to an improvising street dancer, at least not one with Storyboard’s out-of-the-ordinary qualities. - The New York Times

Choreographer Sues Maker Of Video Game “Fortnite” For Stealing His Moves

Kyle Hanagami, a Los Angeles-based commercial choreographer, has filed suit against Epic Games for taking, without permission or compensation, his copyrighted movement from a dance video that went viral and selling it to players of the game Fortnite Battle Royale for their avatars to use. - Radar

Utah Choreographer Hit With Multiple Accusations of Sexual Harassment

When dancer Sybley Wozmak put up an Instagram post about her experience with a well-connected Salt Lake City choreographer, she got 250 responses in just a few hours.  And the consequences began ... - The Salt Lake Tribune

A San Francisco Dance Powerhouse Turns 50

The dance school offers an array of classes that are now both virtual and, finally, in-person. The theater offers some 150 performances a year of dance, music and performance art. The ODC umbrella embraces the Healthy Dancers’ Clinic, which offers free diagnostic services and seminars. - San Francisco Chronicle

A National Geographic Brief History Of Hula

How a sacred Hawaiian dance and music ritual was canceled, commercialized, and finally, revived. - National Geographic

How Much Of Their Work Should Choreographers Post Online?

It’s a complex calculus, asking artists to become experts in marketing, video editing and budgeting, in addition to dancemaking. But when it comes to curating your digital dance footprint, finding the sweet spot between too much and too little can yield a huge payoff, allowing for all kinds of new opportunities. - Dance Magazine

Two Men Are Now Helming Madison Ballet

Ja'Malik, the company's new AD: "A lot of people think is a very elitist art form. It’s only for a certain demographic, a certain sociological background, economic background. ... I just want to help demystify that."- Madison 365

It’s Not Easy To Make A Story Ballet About Evita Perón

Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, the Colombian-Belgian choreographer of Doña Perón for Ballet Hispánico, talks about such challenges as making the central character compelling when she has done many objectionable things and completely avoiding Andrew Lloyd Webber's show. - Pointe Magazine

A Dance Company Finds Its Way After The Sudden Death Of Its Founder

When Nai-Ni Chen died in a swimming accident in Hawaii last December, her company's executive director — also her widower, Andrew Chiang — was unsure whether to disband the company or attempt to keep it alive. Gia Kourlas reports on the trio of women Chiang turned to. - The New York Times

A New Generation Of Women Choreographers Arrives On Australia’s Stages

In the decade before the pandemic, male choreographers were getting three times the number of commissions female ones got from major companies in the country. That's one issue that was looked at carefully during the pandemic, and we're starting to see results. - The Age (Melbourne)

With The Kiev City Ballet In Their Unexpected Exile

The company left Kyiv for a tour in France one day before Putin's army invaded. The city of Paris has given them a residency at the Théâtre du Châtelet, and nobody knows how long it will last. Here's a photo journal of their stay so far. - National Geographic

A Ukrainian Dancer Has Died Of Injuries Suffered From Russian Artillery Fire

"The 43-year-old principal dancer with the National Opera of Ukraine is the latest of several celebrities in the country that have been killed since the Russian invasion began last month." - Washington Post

Disney Apologizes Again, This Time For Hosting A Racist Dance Set

The dance performance "from a Texas high school’s drill team was laden with Native American stereotypes, including repeated chants of 'scalp them!'" - The Daily Beast

Remembering Dance Critic Clement Crisp, 95

Crisp's dance reviews for the Financial Times – "the pink 'un" – from 1970 until 2020 were legendary for their passionate fastidiousness about ballerinas and high style, their acuity about rising talents and the difficulties of creativity, and – often – their ferocity, when he saw something he thought a blight. - The Arts Desk

How Brooklyn Mack Suddenly Found Himself In Charge Of A Ballet Company

The company is the one where Mack first studied, Columbia Classical Ballet in South Carolina. Last fall, artistic director Radenko Pavlovich visited his hometown, Sarajevo — and never came back, becoming ballet master there and recommended his star pupil to fill in at CCB for the season. - Free Times (Columbia, SC)

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