“The dance program — developed by Pilobolus in a multiyear partnership with Saratoga Performing Arts Center — builds upon Pilobolus’ current education programming, which includes balance and mobility workshops for seniors and in-school youth. The ultimate goal is to expand nationwide.” - Albany Times Union
Jennifer Weber — choreographer of Broadway hit & Juliet and creator of decade-old touring show The Hip-Hop Nutcracker — tried out for every dance company on campus when she arrived at Penn. She was rejected by all of them, so she founded her own — Strictly Funk, still going strong 28 years later. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
The five-year extension of his contract means that Hallberg will stay on in Melbourne at least through 2030. The company has also appointed a new Executive Director: Claire Spencer, former CEO of Arts Centre Melbourne and London’s Barbican Centre and ex-COO of the Sydney Opera House. - Limelight (Australia)
Delgado: “Working on so many projects in the supporting role to Justin has given me such an understanding of his style and his pace. I was so grateful to get the chance to do a co-choreographic process, but it doesn’t feel that different. If anything, it’s just given me more creative agency in the room.” - Dance Magazine
Two decades ago, despite the strength of traditional Irish dancing, the Republic had no national ballet or dance company, a handful of independent troupes and just a few choreographers. Now there are several internationally-renowned dancemakers, a healthy crop of trained performers, and a new national dance company called Luail. - Dance Magazine
“The performance was both a gesture of support and a spiritual offering. One dancer described the event as a way to send energy and love to the Pope through movement. An actor who joined the gathering said the experience deepened his sense of faith and human connection.” - Reuters (Yahoo)
Balanchine’s relevance to visual art is not just in direct collaborations and affiliations with artists in his lifetime. His formal gestures and patterns make him crucial to certain strains of contemporary performance art. - The Art Newspaper
The Royal Ballet principal was performing at Covent Garden one evening in 2019 when — alone onstage in front of over 2,000 people — his Achilles tendon snapped and he fell to the floor, howling in pain and seeing “my career flash before my eyes.” - The Guardian
Wednesday saw the troupe visiting the construction site for a topping-out ceremony, at which the highest steel beam for the building’s roof was hoisted into place. The five-story, 43,000-square-foot dance center, budgeted at $37.5 million, is expected to be ready for move-in roughly a year from now. - The Philadelphia Inquirer (MSN)
“Over the decades, Chicago’s lasting footprint on Broadway has helped make Fosse’s style of dance instantly recognizable. With its sly head tilts, specific hand gestures, turned-in feet, and pinpoint isolations, the choreography emits a sexy coolness that is frequently emulated, both on Broadway and well beyond.” - Dance Magazine
“Dance artists often spout rhythmic medleys of noises and counts during classes and rehearsals. In a wordless art that lacks a widely used form of written notation, these sounds, poetic and onomatopoeic, are strikingly efficient at conveying both what the steps are and how they should be performed.” - The New York Times
Women choreographed 17.8% of the 891 total programs identified in the study, and 35.9% of these programs included choreographers of mixed genders. A breakdown of programming by format further highlights this disparity: women choreographed 30.2% of full-length works and 32.3% of mixed-bill works. - Dance Data Project
“The donation, from the philanthropists Lynne and Richard Pasculano, is the largest Lincoln Center has ever received for programming initiatives. Lincoln Center hopes the gift will help revive the city’s dance industry after the coronavirus pandemic.” - The New York Times
In Austria, teenagers go on YouTube to learn dance moves - but they also “attend multiple lessons at a dance school and receive a stamped certificate of completion after each session.” - Seattle Times (AP)
The nominations, for Best New Dance Production and Outstanding Achievement in Dance, are for the Toronto-based company’s appearance last October at Sadler’s Wells with the production “Frontiers: Choreographers of Canada,” which featured Angels’ Atlas by Crystal Pite, Passion by James Kudelka and islands by Emma Portner. - Ludwig Van
