JOFFREY BALLET DANCE COVERAGE

Velocity to Kick Off Strictly Seattle 2013, 7/26; Community Events Start 7/8

Super-charged Strictly Seattle performances feature six new works by some of Seattle's most celebrated choreographers: 2013 Stranger Genius finalist zoe | juniper, KT Niehoff, Marlo Martin, Mark Haim,... (more...)

American Repertory Ballet Welcomes New Dancers

American Repertory Ballet Artistic Director Douglas Martin is please to announce its 2013-2014 Company Dancers, including the addition of Company Dancer Nanako Yamamoto and the promotion of dancers An... (more...)

BWW Blog: Claire van Bever - Setting vs Creating

As a dancer in a repertory company, you are asked to learn and perform many different pieces over the course of a season. It's a huge change from being a student, where there might only be two or thre... (more...)

Photo Flash: First Lady of the Joffrey Ballet Dame Patricia Kennedy Receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor

With Ellis Island still recovering from the devastating damage of Hurricane Sandy and despite a storm that whipped through New York Harbor with hail and winds that toppled trees, the 27th National Eth... (more...)

EPISODE 31, Lane IN THE BEGINNING... and More Highlight Chicago Dancing Festival 2013, 8/20-24

The Chicago Dancing Festival has announced the programming schedule for its seventh season. Co-produced by internationally renowned choreographer and native Chicagoan Lar Lubovitch and highly esteemed... (more...)

NYC Dance Week Set for June 20-29

Now in its second year, NYC Dance Week, a yearly festival that advocates dance conditioning and wellness, will offer more than 100 FREE and DISCOUNTED dance, fitness and wellness classes over the cour... (more...)

Dance Theatre of Tennessee Set for St. Louis and Philippines Festivals, Summer 2013

Fresh from a successful third season, Dance Theatre of Tennessee (DTT) is poised to add another milestone in its young and exciting history. DTT has been invited to participate in two prestigious danc... (more...)

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Opens the 81st Season with Dance Theatre of Harlem, 6/19

Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH), the groundbreaking and newly revitalized classical and contemporary ballet company, will open the 2013 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival season in the Ted Shawn Theatre Jun... (more...)

American Repertory Ballet to Host DANCER NUTRITION Lecture for On Pointe Series, 5/31

On Friday, May 31, 2013 at 5:15pm, American Repertory Ballet will host a free lecture, 'Dancer Nutrition', as part of its On Pointe Enrichment Series. Artists of American Repertory Ballet and Princeto... (more...)

Mandy Patinkin and Pasadena POPS to Kick Off Zev Yaroslavsky Signatures Series, 6/9

To coincide with the 20-year anniversary of the Ford Partnership Program, which nurtures locally based artists and arts organizations, the Los Angeles County Arts Commission presents the inaugural Zev... (more...)

Photo Flash: First Lady of the Joffrey Ballet Dame Patricia Kennedy Receives Ellis Island Medal of Honor

With Ellis Island still recovering from the devastating damage of Hurricane Sandy and despite a storm that whipped through New York Harbor with hail and winds that toppled trees, the 27th National Eth... (more...)

Regional Dance Company of the Week: Florida Dance Theatre

Florida Dance Theatre, Polk County's only professional dance company and training academy, is celebrating its 18th anniversary. Formerly known as Lakeland Ballet, Florida Dance Theatre was founded in ... (more...)

American Repertory Ballet Performs at NJPAC's Jersey MOVES! Festival of Dance Tonight

American Repertory Ballet will perform in New Jersey Performing Arts Center's second annual Jersey Moves! Festival of Dance. The performance will be tonight, April 27, 2013 at 7:30pm at NJPAC's Victor... (more...)

American Repertory Ballet Announces Princeton Ballet School's Spring Production 2013: SWAN LAKE

Princeton Ballet School, the official school of American Repertory Ballet, will present the full-length classical ballet Swan Lake on May 18, 2013 at the Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trento... (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...)

American Repertory Ballet to Perform at NJPAC's Jersey MOVES! Festival of Dance, 4/27

American Repertory Ballet will perform in New Jersey Performing Arts Center's second annual Jersey Moves! Festival of Dance. The performance will be on April 27, 2013 at 7:30pm at NJPAC's Victoria The... (more...)

BWW Interviews: Lar Lubovitch of Lar Lubovitch Dance Company

One of America's most versatile, popular and highly acclaimed choreographers, Lar Lubovitch leads the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company in New York City, which he founded 44 years ago. Lubovitch's dances ar... (more...)

Faye Miller, Bill Young and More Celebrate Barnard Women Through Dance at Miller Theatre, 4/12-13

Brains, spirited beauty and dancing feet, that's what Barnard women are made of. And the choreographers commissioned to create new works for them - Faye Driscoll, Bill Young, Francesca Harper and Heid... (more...)

Green Space Welcomes Calpulli Mexican Dance, ACB Dance and More, April 2013

Green Space is pleased to offer a diverse roster of new/emerging artists in April. Fertile Ground will present new work by various artists and Take Root will present an evening of work by Calpulli Mex... (more...)

Parsons Dance Performs at the Jorgensen, 4/13

The internationally renowned Parsons Dance will perform five contemporary pieces choreographed by its prolific artistic director, David Parsons, on Jorgensen's stage Saturday, April 13, 2013, at 8 p.m... (more...)

Sally Ann Howes and More Set for Career Transition For Dancers' GLAMOUR AT THE MOVIES Tonight

Career Transition For Dancers presents The Fourth Annual 'HEART & SOUL' Celebration: GLAMOUR AT THE MOVIES dance - Dance - DANCE today, April 4, at Club Colette, 215 Peruvian Avenue in Palm Beach, FL.... (more...)

Juilliard Dances Repertory Features Works by Murray Louis, Paul Taylor, and William Forsythe, Now thru 4/7

Juilliard Dances Repertory presents repertory works by acclaimed choreographers Murray Louis, Juilliard alumnus Paul Taylor, and William Forsythe, tonight, April 3 - Sunday, April 7, in Juilliard's Pe... (more...)

Susan Marshall & Company, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre and More Set for Dance Center's 40th Season

The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago celebrates 40 years as Chicago's leading presenter of local, regional, national and international contemporary dance during its 2013-14 season. (more...)

American Repertory Ballet Announces 'All About Pointe Shoes,' 4/26

On April 26, 2013, American Repertory Ballet will present "All About Pointe Shoes," an On Pointe Enrichment Series event. This lecture-demonstration will cover the ins and outs of pointe shoes from br... (more...)

Faye Miller, Bill Young and More to Celebrate Barnard Women Through Dance at Miller Theatre, 4/12-13

Brains, spirited beauty and dancing feet, that's what Barnard women are made of. And the choreographers commissioned to create new works for them - Faye Driscoll, Bill Young, Francesca Harper and Heid... (more...)