GALA DANCE COVERAGE

Photo Flash: American Ballet Theatre 2013 Opening Night Gala - Red Carpet!

American Ballet Theatre celebrated the opening of the 2013 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House with a one-time-only opening night gala performance on Monday, May 13th. Mrs. Michelle Obama, C... (more...)

Regional Dance Company of the Week: Alameda Civic Ballet, CA

Alameda Civic Ballet was founded in February 2003 and achieved non-profit 501(c)(3) status as a charitable organization in November of 2004. The goal of the company is to create and present quality co... (more...)

Patti LuPone, Bebel Gilberto, Paul Taylor Dance, BROADWAY'S NEXT H!T MUSICAL and More Set for Scottsdale Center's 2013-14 Season

Tickets for Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts' new 2013-14 season will go on sale to the public on Saturday, May 11, at 10 a.m. Among the offerings are 75 awe-inspiring live performances of da... (more...)

Photo Flash: AILEY AT THE APOLLO Spring Gala

On May 7th, Ailey returned to Harlem's world-famous Apollo Theater for a one-night-only event which featured performances by the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, rising stars of Aile... (more...)

ADC Jubilee Gala and Spring Fundraiser GIVING BACK AND MOVING FORWARD to Benefit NAA, 5/3-4

Amalgamate Dance Company (ADC) is not your typical dance company. Moving beyond concert dance as a beautiful art form to watch to dance for a purpose, ADC presents 'Giving Back and Moving Forward' as ... (more...)

VIDEO: Sneak Peek - Kaeja d'Dance's X-ODUS and CRAVE in Rehearsal

In just a few weeks, Toronto's Kaeja d'Dance, the award-winning company led by husband-and-wife choreographers Allen and Karen Kaeja, presents the world premiere of X-ODUS and Crave, a new double-bill... (more...)

Cast Announced for ABT's 2013 Spring Season at Met Opera House, Beg. 5/13

Casting for the first two weeks of American Ballet Theatre's 2013 Spring Season at the Metropolitan Opera House was announced today by Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie. (more...)

First Lady of the Joffrey Ballet Dame Patricia Kennedy to Receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor

An Ambassador for World Peace, Patricia Kennedy designed the Peace One Earth Medallion in 2008 as a tribute to our soldiers from past and present conflicts. The distinctive design of the medallion exp... (more...)

Bay Area Dancers Unite for DANCES FROM THE HEART 2 REAF Benefit Tonight

Dancers from major Bay Area Dance companies will unite for a passionate evening of 'DANCES FROM THE HEART 2,' presented by the Richmond/Ermet AIDS Foundation (REAF), tonight, April 28, 2013 - 7:30 pm ... (more...)

10 Hairy Legs to Make NYC Debut at NY Live Arts, 5/30-6/2

Randy James' new dance company, 10 Hairy Legs, will have its New York City Debut at New York Live Arts, May 30, 31, June 1 at 7:30 pm and June 2 at 2:00 pm. (more...)

Nimbus Dance Works Presents DANCE SPEAKS OUT: LYNCHTOWN/THISTOWN, Beg. Today

The result of several years of planning, Dance Speaks Out: Lynchtown/Thistown is a multi- faceted project that brings Nimbus Dance Works into collaboration with The Charles Weidman Dance Foundation to... (more...)

Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation Hosts Annual Benefit

Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation (SNDF) recently hosted its annual Benefit Concert where more than 500 attendees enjoyed performances by the dance school's top ensembles. The gala fundraiser was the cul... (more...)

Ballet Hispanico 2013 Spring Gala Raised More Than $1 Million

Ballet Hispanico raised more than $1 million in support of the company's important artistic and educational work in New York City and around the country at their 2013 Spring Gala on Monday, April 8, 2... (more...)

Cirque du Soleil, SMASH Choreographer Josh Bergasse and More Set for BROADWAY & BEYOND! Jubilee, 10/8

Rolex presents BROADWAY & BEYOND! Celebrating Theatre & Dance - Career Transition For Dancers' 28th Anniversary Jubilee on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at 7pm at New York City Center, 131 West 55 Street (... (more...)

American Repertory Ballet Gala Honors Princeton Ballet School's Maria Youskevitch Tonight

Maria Youskevitch, longtime faculty member at Princeton Ballet School, is one of this year's American Repertory Ballet Gala Honorees, and is the recipient of this year's Audree Estey Award for Excelle... (more...)

Nimbus Dance Works to Present DANCE SPEAKS OUT: LYNCHTOWN/THISTOWN, April-June 2013

The result of several years of planning, Dance Speaks Out: Lynchtown/Thistown is a multi- faceted project that brings Nimbus Dance Works into collaboration with The Charles Weidman Dance Foundation to... (more...)

Devon Carney and Yves de Bouteiller Join Faculty for Shreveport Ballet Summer Intensive, 7/22-26

Devon Carney, Associate Artistic Director of the Cincinnati Ballet, and Yves de Bouteiller, former principal dancer of the Milwaukee Ballet and Ballet du Nord, will be on the faculty for the Shrevepor... (more...)

Photo Flash: Preview ON DISTANT SHORES, BOLERO and More in RIOULT Dance NY's 2013-14 Season

RIOULT Dance NY, a leading American modern dance company with a classic sensibility, has announced its eight-performance New York Season June 4-9, 2013 at The Joyce Theater. The Season includes the Wo... (more...)

New York City Ballet Announces 2013-14 Season

New York City Ballet's 2013-14 Season at Lincoln Center will feature performances of 50 ballets in celebration of New York City Ballet's 50th anniversary at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, whi... (more...)

BWW Reviews: The Joyce Theater Foundation Spring Gala

Gala occasions for dance companies are usually about packing in as many stars as possible who then oblige the audience by showing off with excessive pyrotechnics. The Joyce Foundation Spring Gala, hon... (more...)

10 Hairy Legs, Elisa Monte Dance, Joseph Mills and More Set for New York Live Arts' 2013 Theater Access Program

New York Live Arts announces the 2013 Theater Access Program - a comprehensive rental program that provides performance space and resources to a diverse group of self-producing artists of all discipli... (more...)

BWW Interviews: Tiffany Rea Fisher

Tiffany Rea Fisher is the Associate Artistic Director of the Elisa Monte Dance. She received her BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College SUNY, where she co-founded ForArts, the school's... (more...)

Jacob's Pillow Dance Award Goes to Michelle Dorrance

Jacob's Pillow announces today that Executive and Artistic Director Ella Baff will soon present the seventh annual Jacob's Pillow Dance Award to Michelle Dorrance, an acclaimed tap dancer, choreograph... (more...)

Nederlands Dans Theater Performs 3 NY Premieres, Beg. Tonight at Joyce Gala

Not only the Girl with a Pearl Earring, the International Court of Justice, the Royal Family, and the best herring sandwich in the world, but most important to dance lovers, The Hague is home to one o... (more...)

National All Stars Project Gala Raises $2M For Afterschool Youth Development Program

All Stars Project President & CEO Gabrielle L. Kurlander; Newark Mayor Cory Booker; D&B Chairman and CEO Sara Mathew and Ernst & Young Vice Chair Kate Barton joined 500 business leaders, donors and yo... (more...)