"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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, the Colombian-Belgian choreographer of Doña Perón for Ballet Hispánico, talks about such challenges as making the central character compelling when she has done many objectionable things and completely avoiding Andrew Lloyd Webber's show. - Pointe Magazine
When Nai-Ni Chen died in a swimming accident in Hawaii last December, her company's executive director — also her widower, Andrew Chiang — was unsure whether to disband the company or attempt to keep it alive. Gia Kourlas reports on the trio of women Chiang turned to. - The New York Times
In the decade before the pandemic, male choreographers were getting three times the number of commissions female ones got from major companies in the country. That's one issue that was looked at carefully during the pandemic, and we're starting to see results. - The Age (Melbourne)
The company left Kyiv for a tour in France one day before Putin's army invaded. The city of Paris has given them a residency at the Théâtre du Châtelet, and nobody knows how long it will last. Here's a photo journal of their stay so far. - National Geographic
