(May. 15 2:06 PM) - Gotham Dance Festival returns for two weeks, presenting five programs that feature the work of more than ten choreographers, including a program celebrating the choreographic work of American women, both established and emerging talents. May 30 - June 10, 2012 at The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, NYC. Tickets are $10-$39 and are available at 212-242-0800 or joyce.org.

(May. 15 10:39 AM) - Fire Island Dance Festival, the premier cultural event of the season on Fire Island, returns July 20-22, 2012, for its 18th edition and will feature debut performances and stunning encores by some of the hottest dance companies in the industry, spanning ballet to Broadway, all performed outdoors against the dazzling backdrop of the Great South Bay. The highly anticipated event is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. The weekend kicks off with the Friday night Leadership Event, an intimate evening reserved for Leadership Supporters. The excitement continues throughout the weekend with three Fire Island Dance Festival performances featuring famed and fast-rising dancers.

(May. 15 12:30 AM) - The world-renowned Russian ballet company, Bolshoi Ballet, marks its return to Toronto with SWAN LAKE, a production that celebrated its world premiere by the same company on March 4, 1877.

(May. 15 12:30 AM) - Danza Contemporanea de Cuba dance company return to the UK with a programme including the world premiere of a piece by award-winning choreographer and influencer of modern dance Itzik Galili, and another chance to experience the incredible Mambo 3XX1. They will perform at the Festival Theatre in Edinburgh tonight 15 & Wed 16 May at 7.30pm.

(May. 14 8:54 PM) - The Fountain Theatre’s acclaimed Forever Flamenco! series presents Arte y Pureza Flamenco Company in “Quien Yo Soy” (“This Is Me”), fusing flamenco and jazz at The Fountain Theatre on Sunday, May 27 at 8 pm. Forever Flamenco! is produced by Deborah Lawlor, who created the esteemed Flamenco program at the Fountain more than 20 years ago and has established it as the foremost venue of Flamenco in Los Angeles.

(May. 14 1:04 PM) - Peak Performances has been rapidly making Montclair State University a major cultural destination, even for New Yorkers. Nine premieres including stunning, often startling, new music, dance and theater works by composers David T. Little, Laurie Anderson, Bernice Johnson Reagon, Toshi Reagon; choreographers Benjamin Millepied, Richard Alston, Vusi Mdoyi, Jasmin Vardimon; directors Robert Wilson and Romeo Castellucci are among the highlights of the 2012/13 Peak Performances season. Peak is where exceptions rule.

(May. 14 12:30 AM) - Breakin' Convention, the critically acclaimed international festival of hip hop dance theatre, returns to Birmingham Hippodrome with another line-up of jaw-dropping performances by companies from around the world.

(May. 13 6:52 PM) - Monday May 21, 2012 marks the third production of BC Beat at Cielo (18 Little West 12thStreet). Produced by Jennifer Jancuska and The BringAbout Productions, BC Beat offers the Broadway and dance communities another unique and exciting way to experience dance. Focused on storytelling and set in a club with the best sound system in NYC, BC Beat will feature new work by eight highly anticipated choreographers from genres including musical theatre, contemporary, jazz and tap. Smack in the middle of the club, with the audience surrounding the sunken stage and close enough to touch the dancers, choreographers will present their unique way of storytelling and vision for Broadway’s future.

(May. 12 12:30 AM) - Below lists information regarding pre-performance programs for children and adults taking place at New York City Ballet from today May 12 through May 19. For additional information, visit: www.nycballet.com.

(May. 11 1:21 PM) - Park Avenue Armory will present Trisha Brown Dance Company’s reconstruction of ASTRAL CONVERTED, a groundbreaking work by choreographer Trisha Brown in collaboration with Robert Rauschenberg (visual and costume design) and John Cage (original music) July 10th – 14th, 2012. The piece will be presented in its entirety for the first time in 18 years in Park Avenue Armory’s soaring 55,000-square-foot Wade Thompson Drill Hall. The culminating work in Brown’s Valiant Series, ASTRAL CONVERTED premiered at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. in 1991.

(May. 11 12:30 AM) - Breakin’ Convention is back for the ninth year with the annual May Bank Holiday extravaganza at Sadlers Wells, continuing with a national tour until June. Breakin' Convention is the international festival of Hip Hop dance and as well as breaking and popping, audiences can see different hip hop dance forms including locking and b-boying plus newer styles such as house dance, devised on dance floors and born out of club culture.

(May. 11 12:30 AM) - Festival Ballet Providence closes its 34th Anniversary season with one of the most revered of all classic ballets SWAN LAKE, Friday, May 11 at 7:30P and Saturday, May 12 at 2P & 8P at the Providence Performing Arts Center (PPAC). Tickets are $38 - $68 and are available at the PPAC Box Office, online at www.ppacri.org and by phone at (401) 421-ARTS (2787).

(May. 10 12:54 PM) - Nikki Feirt Atkins, Founder and Executive Director, has announced the formation of American Dance Machine for the 21st Century (ADM21), a new not-for-profit dance company dedicated to "creating a living and vibrant archive of classic and current notable musical theater choreography."

(May. 10 12:08 PM) - The Shubert Organization and Career Transition For Dancers along with the host committee: Josh Bergasse, Caitlin Carter, Charlotte D’Amboise, Krisha Marcano, Kathleen Marshall, Jerry Mitchel, Kirk Sprinkles and Sergio Trujillo welcomed The Broadway Dance Community for a Buffet Dinner & Between-Shows-Get-Together at Sardi’s, Eugenia Room yesterday, May 9, 2012.

(May. 10 11:13 AM) - Howard County Arts Council (HCAC) is pleased to announce that the deadline for applications for the Mark Ryder Original Choreography Grant Program has been extended to June 15, 2012.

(May. 10 6:40 AM) - Pretty Good Girl Dance Theatre will present LUNA, adapted from the novel by acclaimed author Julie Anne Peters, from the 11th to the 13th of May at the Nightingale, Brighton Fringe Festival. The show will also tour 21st - 24th June to the North Devon Theatre Festival.

(May. 10 6:25 AM) - Rolex presents JUMP FOR JOY! A Dance Variety Spectacular - Career Transition For Dancers’ 27th Anniversary Jubilee on Monday, November 5, at 7:00 pm at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street (btwn. 6th and 7th Ave) NYC. Legendary star Angela Lansbury will host. It will be followed by a Supper in The Grand Ballroom at The Hilton New York. America loves variety, and JUMP FOR JOY! provides a fun-filled evening that weaves together all genres and dance styles in an exciting tapestry of quality entertainment. The show is produced and directed by Ann Marie DeAngelo.

(May. 10 12:30 AM) - New York’s Group Theatre Too (GTT) will honor noted choreographer Tony Stevens at the fifth anniversary presentation of the Choreographer’s Canvas tonight, May 10th at the Manhattan Movement and Arts Center.