"Part of a new generation of dancers embracing fluidity of gender roles in salsa dancing, (Audrey Guerrero and Angie Egea) perform and teach classes in Austin, Texas. They are known in the dance community as Angie & Audrey, a.k.a. 'The Kueen & Queen of Non-Binary Afro-Latin Dance.'" - KQED (San Francisco)
The company, founded by former Ballet West principal Derryl Yeager and his wife, Cheryl, was unusual in having as its annual cash cow not The Nutcracker but a Halloween production titled Thriller. Rather than undertaking a laborious search for a successor, the Yeagers are simply retiring. - KSL (Salt Lake City)
The director of the Birmingham Royal Ballet says it's because dancers leaving the academy haven't spent as much time training with each other as they did before COVID - and he claims they're just not ready for complex ballets. - The Stage (UK)
The ballroom competition was also for dancers with prosthetic limbs, and was the first adapted competition in the U.S. One dancer's parent: "It's nice to see the U.S. catching up to what the rest of the world is doing." - NPR
Luke Murphy's Volcano is "performed for an audience of eight, with each audience member in an individual booth." Sure, "it looked like 'financial madness,' but with Covid restrictions it 'actually became feasible' (because of support from the Arts Council, the festival and others)." - Irish Times
Eric Otto, who has danced and choreographed at companies throughout the eastern and Midwestern US, begins his term this fall. Much of the Toledo Ballet's activity is focused on teaching, and Otto literally grew up at a successful ballet school, one run by his mother. - The Blade (Toledo, OH)
The upshot of all this change is the emergence of a company that is more diverse, and more versatile, than ever before. Taylor dancers are ready to take on the movement style of any creator, and to tackle works from different eras and traditions. - Dance Magazine
Not exactly, no (certain headlines notwithstanding). What the Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds (Britain's only dance conservatory that's not in London) has done is to stop requiring prospective students to include ballet in their auditions. (It is, after all, a school of contemporary dance.) - Classic FM (UK)
"Revolutionary at the time – and still cutting edge — Zollar's choreography synthesizes movement from modern dance and traditional folk African dance styles with the kind of text and shouted language the company describes as 'the urgent dialogue of the 21st century.'" - NPR
Kermani, 71, is a leading dancer and choreographer in Pakistan. "Over the decades, Kermani has defied rising Islamic conservatism in her country to perform publicly, earning criticism, threats and accolades" - and she's not slowing now. - Scroll
"While breakers around the world ramp up their training, the organization recognized by the IOC to conduct the program, the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF), faces the unprecedented challenge of bringing a dance form to the Olympic stage." - Dance Magazine
The project by the nonprofit Dance/NYC "seeks to understand who makes up the dance work force and the social and financial hardships that these workers face. The data will help identify economic gaps and opportunities for fair wage standards and other policies across the sector." - The New York Times
People described Michael Jordan's basketball moves as "balletic," and sometimes said Kobe Bryant "tap-danced" his way to the net - but those were metaphors. Or were they? - The Sports Rush
"This pattern of movements can be used by one forager bee to tell other bees where a food source is located. ... An international team of researchers set out to see if a similar system could be used by robots and humans in locations ... where wireless networks aren't available." - New Atlas
And the result is a viral video set in a beautiful environment: "The performance takes place in Swords Castle, an early medieval castle in Swords, Dublin." - Classic FM
