DANCE

 The Ailey company has performed on six continents for millions of people. His 1960 ballet “Revelations" is considered a cultural treasure. - Washington Post

There have been 207 Artistic Directors employed by the Largest 50 US ballet companies to date. Of the 207 Artistic Directors, only 60 have been women (29%), and the remaining 147 have been men (71%). - Dance Data Project

Performance-starved audiences may flock to Lincoln Center after the ABT resumes indoor live performances this fall, the ED says. "There is so much pent-up demand for the performing arts, so much pent-up demand for collective activities and experiences and the joy of celebrating together." - CNBC

Philly didn't invent house, but it made the style its own. The city's home to several professional companies (notably Rennie Harris Puremovement, the world's longest-running street dance troupe), house dance is taught at the University of the Arts, and itinerant parties keep the scene's roots healthy. - KQED

"It is true that the Board approved a resolution to end his tenure with the company," read a statement released by an OBT spokesperson. "This resolution was a thoughtful, considered Board decision with sufficient reason and authority to act." - Portland Tribune

Although "dance uses a progression of steps and movements to resonate with the speed and beat of a piece of music and coordinates the body in a cadenced manner, most African dances are segregated body movements that can be very hard to organize intellectually." - Global Sister Report

Hope Muir: "I feel like more people like me, who weren't necessarily huge stars, are going to end up in these roles, with a somewhat different approach to what ballet can be: more diverse, with more access and transparency about what you are doing." - The New York Times

At 15 she entered the Bolshoi's school; by 17 she was a company soloist. In 2013, aged 19, she claimed she couldn't get solos without paying bribes and left for the Kremlin Ballet. In 2016 she quit again, beginning a professional journey that literally circled the globe. - SeeingDance

For instance, "areas of robotics research like social navigation, where robots update their paths to account for nearby humans’ movements, implicitly build upon dance improvisation." - Scientific American

He danced on his rooftop - and, after losing his health insurance and all his gigs, opened a flower business. - BBC

We have embodied elements of resistance—resisting what a “dancer” looks like, what a dance “should” look like. And perhaps most importantly, we have resisted the isolation and fear of this pandemic. - Zocalo

The 36-year-old soloist has just released a memoir that includes some very candid, and none too flattering, depictions of company life. "The brave thing," she says, "is going to be walking into the rehearsal studio Aug. 3." - The New York Times

The kinetic, flamboyant, arm-waving dance style was born in the Black and Latino gay nightclubs of L.A., spread via the TV show Soul Train, faded away after the 1980s, and found a long-term home in East Asia. - The Guardian

“An all risk policy is to cover any loss that you have during the policy period, unless it is specifically excluded.” - KFOR

"The more we see diverse body types on stage, the more people understand that dance as an expressive art form can have this wide range. It doesn't have to be a narrow version of what a sylph is like." - The Guardian