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After A False Start, David Hallberg Finally Presents Australia’s First Nationwide Dance Festival

The former ABT star, now artistic director of the Australian Ballet, wanted to bring together leading dance companies from all over the country for a festival.  That gathering, called DanceX, was to open last September but was foiled by a COVID lockdown.  DanceX will happen this October. - The Age (Melbourne)

The Young Muslim Who Defied Her Conservative Community To Master Indian Classical Dance

Mansiya V.P. was three when her mother took her and her older sister to Bharatanatyam lessons. The family persisted despite opposition from the local mosque committee, and, at 27, she's pursuing a doctorate in Bharatanatyam. Now a Hindu temple has refused to let her dance there because she's Muslim. - BBC

At 70, Both Bill T. Jones And Eiko Otake Are Making Some Of The Best Dance Of Their Careers

"(They're) two celebrated dance artists with different styles, temperaments and cultural backgrounds. What they have in common is willingness — hunger, really — to take on weighty issues. Otake has been illuminating the environmental damage caused by nuclear accidents. Jones is intimately connected to the struggle against racism." - The New York Times

Olga Smirnova Opens Up About Walking Away From The Bolshoi Ballet And Running Away From Russia

"My life totally changed in one day. In the morning, I didn't know I was going to leave Russia. And in the night, I was sitting on the plane. ... I never followed politics. But politics became impossible to ignore, which is why I spoke out against the war." - The Guardian

XR (That’s Extended Reality) Arrives On The Dance Scene

"I'm in an abandoned-looking house, where a woman appears like a dancing apparition. Then I'm going down a rabbit hole into a tea party in a bright yellow field. I'm conducting avatars moving to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring; taking a dance class where the teacher is a hologram." - The Guardian

The Choreography That Works On TikTok

Although the dance challenge “aesthetic” has undoubtedly fed the app’s popularity, there’s more going on in the dance world of TikTok. - Dance Magazine

Bolshoi Ballet Performs In Support Of Russia’s War

Among its goals are "support for the Russian audience, those who help our army" and "assistance to evacuees from Donbas", referring to eastern Ukrainian regions controlled by pro-Moscow separatists. - France 24

The Ballet That Almost Didn’t Happen

Music rights were the issue for Christopher Bruce's Rooster, a ballet set to the music of the Rolling Stones. They were cool with the ballet - but in a twist, they didn't own the rights to their own music. - Irish Times

Just Where Do You Put Street Dance?

Neither the art world nor the world of noncommercial dance is much more hospitable to an improvising street dancer, at least not one with Storyboard’s out-of-the-ordinary qualities. - The New York Times

Choreographer Sues Maker Of Video Game “Fortnite” For Stealing His Moves

Kyle Hanagami, a Los Angeles-based commercial choreographer, has filed suit against Epic Games for taking, without permission or compensation, his copyrighted movement from a dance video that went viral and selling it to players of the game Fortnite Battle Royale for their avatars to use. - Radar

Utah Choreographer Hit With Multiple Accusations of Sexual Harassment

When dancer Sybley Wozmak put up an Instagram post about her experience with a well-connected Salt Lake City choreographer, she got 250 responses in just a few hours.  And the consequences began ... - The Salt Lake Tribune

A San Francisco Dance Powerhouse Turns 50

The dance school offers an array of classes that are now both virtual and, finally, in-person. The theater offers some 150 performances a year of dance, music and performance art. The ODC umbrella embraces the Healthy Dancers’ Clinic, which offers free diagnostic services and seminars. - San Francisco Chronicle

A National Geographic Brief History Of Hula

How a sacred Hawaiian dance and music ritual was canceled, commercialized, and finally, revived. - National Geographic

How Much Of Their Work Should Choreographers Post Online?

It’s a complex calculus, asking artists to become experts in marketing, video editing and budgeting, in addition to dancemaking. But when it comes to curating your digital dance footprint, finding the sweet spot between too much and too little can yield a huge payoff, allowing for all kinds of new opportunities. - Dance Magazine

Two Men Are Now Helming Madison Ballet

Ja'Malik, the company's new AD: "A lot of people think is a very elitist art form. It’s only for a certain demographic, a certain sociological background, economic background. ... I just want to help demystify that."- Madison 365

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