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Turning Point: COVID Lockdown Has Freed Dance From Its Confines

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

Going Back To Work Might Be A Bit Awkward For New York City Ballet’s Georgina Pazcoguin

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

Remember Waacking? It’s Back

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

Oklahoma City Ballet Sues Insurance Company Over Denied COVID Claims

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

Wayne McGregor: ”We Need, In Dance, To Slightly Rebalance What It Is We’re Watching And What We’re Expecting”

"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

US Post Office Launches Stamps Featuring Tap Dancers

"Today, we are celebrating the American art form of tap dance with these vibrant stamps in the heart of Times Square." - KPVI

Making Dance More Visible At The Venice Biennale – And Always

Royal Ballet choreographer Wayne McGregor is out to change how we all see, and feel, dance, especially after living through the pandemic. - The Observer (UK)

We All See The World Through Our Own Lenses. So What About a Lens of Dance?

As we emerge from the pandemic, we’re not just walking around without masks, we’re learning how to re-enter our bodies. - The New York Times

National Ballet Of Canada Names New Artistic Director

Hope Muir, Toronto-born and currently AD at the Charlotte Ballet in North Carolina's largest city, will succeed Karen Kain at the start of 2022. - CBC

How Young People Are Demanding Change In Dance

I was really inspired by all the young people I saw demanding change, whether in how they were taught dance history, the shoes they were given the option to wear in class, who got hired or admitted into ballet schools and the teachers they would be learning from. - Pointe Magazine

Dancing To Heal From Turmoil And Tragedy

Ari Honarvar, who as a teen danced secretly to get herself through life in post-revolution Iran, writes about how she now leads communal dancing as therapy for Central American asylum-seekers marooned in Tijuana. - Slate

ABT’s “Jeremy Irons Of Dance”

Kevin McKenzie has been with American Ballet Theatre since 1979. "If you do only the classics, you are a museum, so we tried to find choreographers who stretched the limits of the rules. The contemporary works needed to break all the rules." - Seven Days

Eliot Feld’s Successor At Ballet Tech Named

Dionne Figgins, a former Dance Theater of Harlem lead and Broadway performer, will be the new artistic director of the free-of-charge ballet education program, which grew out of Feld's professional ballet company in the 1970s. - The New York Times

Who Should Next Run The National Ballet Of Canada?

Looking beyond the National Ballet, unless one imagines someone like choreographer Crystal Pite wanting to run a big company, there are no obvious standout candidates in Canada. - Toronto Star

How To Transition From Commercial Dancer To Choreographer

"Nine years ago, Del Mak decided he was done performing for artists like Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and One Direction. 'I'd done everything I wanted to, and I was tired of the rat race,' he says. 'My body was starting to hurt.' The next obvious step? Choreography." - Dance Magazine

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