The dances they make “hinge on an evocative, slippery-fish ambiguity. Their dreamlike montages are often turbulent and disorienting, but can also feel unnervingly familiar.” - The New York Times
This latest list of the 150 largest (by expenditure) U.S. ballet and classically-based companies includes comparative rankings by company revenue, and surplus or deficit status. - Dance Data Project
“Hands not only guide the eye but are the body’s finishing touch. ... They also offer a way into how to look at a dancer — and a dance. A dance isn’t just about what you see. It’s what you internalize: emotionally, intellectually, sonically, spiritually. Those hands? They lead the way.” - The New York Times
For 30 years the Twin Cities-based company has focused on the choreography of its founder and artistic director, Mathew Janczewski. Beginning this season, Arena is switching to a repertory model, keeping older works by Janczewski in its portfolio but adding new pieces by other choreographers. - The Minnesota Star Tribune (MSN)
But perhaps the most important thing these two artists had in common was the fact that they each left the Soviet Union in search of artistic opportunity. Balanchine left in 1924 and Baryshnikov in 1974, exactly fifty years later. - Hudson Review
Julianna Slager, artistic director of Chicago’s Ballet 5:8, crunched the numbers and realized that using the dancers to do administrative office work which had been done by part-time non-dancing employees would be no more expensive and, since benefits would be included, would make a huge difference in the dancers’ lives. - Dance Informa
“Black Swan felt magical to me. It offered this picture of being in New York and dancing for a professional company. I don’t remember being alarmed or scared. Which is pretty funny, now.” - The New York Times
“Platforms such as TikTok, YouTube and Instagram … (have) given access to many different forms of dance styles, and it’s had an impact on the years-long process of training. While students find inspiration, instructors worry they might hurt themselves by moving too fast.” - The Minnesota Star Tribune (MSN)
“It has been over a year since Minnesota Dance Theatre paused its performances and shifted its focus onto its school. On Wednesday, MDT announced that not only is it moving to a new home …, but it also plans to … (launch) a new professional company in about 10 years.” - The Minnesota Star Tribune (MSN)
The western Massachusetts dance festival had originally called off performances only for this past weekend following the death of production manager Kat Sirico in a workplace accident. But an announcement on Wednesday said that "the Jacob’s Pillow Board of Trustees and institutional leadership has decided that Festival 2025 will not continue." - CBS News
In a statement, the school said: “(Research) has led us to conclude that, in our specific context, young dancers may benefit from more time to develop before entering full-time vocational training. Students who begin full-time training slightly later, when they are more physically and emotionally prepared, are more likely to thrive long-term.” - Bachtrack
Lily Hyde: “They have appeared in contemporary ballets, such as Christopher Wheeldon’s Corybantic Games and Wayne McGregor’s Woolf Works, but are by no means at the heart of the narrative. … I have concluded that there is not one problem responsible for this imbalance – there are several.” - Gramilano (Milan)
Production manager Kat Sirico and an intern lost control of a dolly carrying heavy platforms. Sirico tripped and fell, and the dolly and platforms fell on Sirico. All performances were canceled over the weekend. - The New York Times
Over the years, Fortnite has found itself in hot water for adding in-character dances that bear striking similarity to ones created by professional dancers, and it’s happening yet again. Felix Burgos is suing the video game over alleged theft of a dance he choreographed. - Vice
“The nineteenth century (was) this tumultuous period of emergence in the arts, sciences, in education, politically, culturally. … Something that came to the fore was the issue of systematization: putting information into classifications, and various kinds of taxonomies. … You can see this also in dance in the period, particularly in ballet.” - JSTOR Daily
