Dance Today

• September 2015 issue

  

  This is Dance Today’s final issue as a standalone magazine, before it rejoins our sister magazine Dancing Times. So we’re thinking about transitions. Cover stars Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace discuss upcoming stage show The Last Tango, former…
  - 27 Aug 15, 6:09am -
• Free dance lesson with Sinatra: The Man and His Music

  

  In Frank Sinatra’s centenary year, the multi-media concert Sinatra: The Man and His Music has returned to the London Palladium. To celebrate the show, its choreographers will be giving a free dance lesson in London – book tickets for your chance…
  - 26 Aug 15, 6:22am -
• Musicals and dance lessons at Regent Street Cinema

  

  This autumn, London’s Regent Street Cinema will show a series of movie musicals, with a free ballroom dance lesson after every screening.The season opens on September 9 with Singin’ in the Rain, with another classic every Wednesday until Octo…
  - 21 Aug 15, 10:36am -
• Jonathan Ollivier dies in motorbike crash

  

  The dancer Jonathan Ollivier has died in a motorbike accident, hours before he was due to perform in the final show of The Car Man at Sadler’s Wells. He was 38. Ollivier was riding his motorbike in central London on Sunday, August 10 when he…
  - 10 Aug 15, 5:59am -
• The Old Vic 12 - choreographer wanted

  

  Applications are now open for The Old Vic 12, an opportunity for 12 emerging artists to work at the London venue. As part of Matthew Warchus’ first season as director, The Old Vic will select three emerging directors, three writers, three producers…
  - 5 Aug 15, 11:18am -
• August 2015 issue

  

  Youth champions AJ Pritchard and Chloe Hewitt are our cover stars in this month’s issue, which reports on dance from Blackpool to Havana – and reveals our readers’ favourite choreographers…        From initial succ…
  - 4 Aug 15, 12:06pm -
• Strictly sparkle returns to Woburn Abbey

  

  Sixteen sparkling gowns from Strictly Come Dancing will be on display at Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire, from August 15 to November 1.The new exhibition, entitled Strictly Dresses: Woburn Abbey, promises to be the largest and most comprehensive pub…
  - 4 Aug 15, 6:50am -
• New staging of Kiss Me, Kate

  

  A new production of Cole Porter's classic musical comedy, Kiss Me, Kate, an Opera North co-production with Welsh National Opera, promises to heat up stages across England from September 2015.The perfect way to "Brush Up Your Shakespeare", Kiss Me…
  - 31 Jul 15, 9:38am -
• Dancehall in Doncaster

  

  New stage show Dancehall will tell the story of the people of Doncaster who have lived, loved and danced in the town. The show, co-directed by Esther Richardson and Lucy Hind, charts the story of Doncaster from the dancefloor and will be performed at…
  - 31 Jul 15, 8:34am -
• First-time UKA Dance medals for Rueda de Casino

  

  Salsa takes a step forward this month as the London School of Salsa dancers pick up their UKA Dance medals and certificates at a special presentation in Greenwich, south London on July 27 and 28, from 7pm.With a 100 per cent pass rate, and high m…
  - 17 Jul 15, 12:42pm -

danceJournal

Dancing Times

• June 2016 edition

  

  We look forward to a summer of dance this month, from The Australian Ballet – with our cover star Leanne Stojmenov – at the London Coliseum to Fearghus Ó Conchúir’s The Casement Project and choreographer Jessica Lang’s new response to Shake…
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• Bolshoi new season

  

  The Bolshoi Ballet’s 2016 to 17 season will include a celebration of Yuri Grigorivich and plans for a new ballet about Rudolf Nureyev.Provisionally titled Nureyev, this work will have choreography by Yuri Possokhov, working with composer Ilya D…
  - 25 May 16, 8:38am -
• New Casanova for Northern Ballet

  

  Northern Ballet has announced a new ballet about the 18th century’s most notorious lover, Giacomo Casanova. Kenneth Tindall’s new production will have its premiere in Leeds in March 2017, followed by a UK tour.Casanova’s 12-volume memoirs r…
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• May 2016 issue

  

  There are two strands running through the May issue: the Blackpool Dance Festival and an exploration of horror in dance. We speak to a host of ballroom and Latin dancers, preview The Royal Ballet’s Frankenstein and Drew McOnie’s Jekyll and Hyde a…
  - 29 Apr 16, 11:49am -
• An American in Paris in London

  

  Christopher Wheeldon’s production of An American in Paris is coming to London’s West End, with performances at the Dominion Theatre from spring 2017.Inspired by the Oscar-winning film, featuring music by George and Ira Gershwin, the productio…
  - 25 Apr 16, 12:05pm -
• Christopher Marney appointed artistic director of Ballet Central

  

  Choreographer and dancer Christopher Marney (pictured) has been appointed artistic director of Ballet Central. Marney, who trained at Central School of Ballet, has danced leading roles for Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures, and choreographed for com…
  - 25 Apr 16, 10:59am -
• Royal Ballet 2016-17 plans

  

  The Royal Ballet’s plans for 2016 to 2017 include new works by Crystal Pite (pictured), Liam Scarlett and Wayne McGregor and a new production of Philip Glass’ dance opera Les Enfants Terribles choreographed by Javier De Frutos. The season also ma…
  - 6 Apr 16, 6:56am -
• Dance at the 2016 Edinburgh festival

  

  The Edinburgh International Festival has announced its 2016 programme, with Natalia Osipova, Scottish Ballet and Akram Khan Company. This year’s festival runs from August 5 to 29, with events in opera, theatre and music as well as dance.In the…
  - 6 Apr 16, 6:00am -
• Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes

  

  New Adventures has announced the world premiere of Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes, a new production based on the celebrated film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale.The production will tour the UK…
  - 5 Apr 16, 5:51am -
• Kobborg removed from Bucharest National Ballet

  

  Johan Kobborg has apparently been fired as director of the ballet of the Bucharest National Opera. His name has been removed from the company’s website without comment.Kobborg has posted the following statement on Twitter on April 5:“It is…
  - 5 Apr 16, 5:00am -

Pointe Magazine

• new"My Plate Is Full": Sofiane Sylve on Her New Leadership Roles at Ballet San Antonio and Dresden Semperoper

  

  Sofiane Sylve had huge plans for 2020: Departing her post as a principal dancer at San Francisco Ballet, she embarked on a multifaceted, bicontinental career as ballet master and principal dancer at Dresden Semperoper Ballett, and artistic advisor an…
  - 11 hours ago, 28 Sep 20, 11:00am -
• The Anatomy of Arabesque: Why Placement and Turnout Are Key to Achieving This Crucial Position

  

  Audition for any school or company, and they'll likely ask for a photo in arabesque. The position not only reveals a great deal about a dancer's ability, but it is also a fundamental building block for more advanced movements, like penché or arabesq…
  - 3 days ago, 25 Sep 20, 6:16pm -
• #TBT: Gelsey Kirkland and Mikhail Baryshnikov in "Coppélia" (1976)

  

  Gelsey Kirkland and Mikhail Baryshnikov share the unique experience of having danced at both American Ballet Theatre and New York City Ballet during their careers. The two overlapped at ABT in the mid-'70s, where they developed one of the best-known…
  - 4 days ago, 24 Sep 20, 2:52pm -
• The Bolshoi Is Back Onstage: We Went Inside Bryan Arias' Latest Work

  

  This summer, when parts of the world were slowly emerging from the COVID-19 lockdown, all live performing arts events having been canceled or postponed, choreographer Bryan Arias found himself in Moscow creating a brand-new work for the Bolshoi Balle…
  - 4 days ago, 24 Sep 20, 12:13pm -
• Complexions Contemporary Ballet's Tatiana Melendez Proves There's No One Way to Have a Ballet Career

  

  This is Pointe's Fall 2020 cover story. Click here to purchase this issue.Talk to anyone about rising contemporary ballerina Tatiana Melendez, and one word is bound to come up repeatedly: "Fierce." And fair enough, that's a perfectly apt way to descr…
  - 5 days ago, 23 Sep 20, 10:47am -
• Ask Amy: My Parents Want Me to Get a Job and Cut Back on Dance Classes

  

  I am thinking about pursuing a career in ballet. However, my parents have made it clear that at some point they want me to get a job, which they acknowledge would mean possibly dropping dance, or at least not taking as many classes. I agree that gett…
  - 7 days ago, 21 Sep 20, 3:56pm -
• Catch English National Ballet’s Rising Stars in the Emerging Dancer Competition Livestream

  

  The coronavirus pandemic may have postponed English National Ballet's annual Emerging Dancer competition last spring, but the show must go on—digitally! You can still watch ENB's best and brightest talent during the competition's livestream, taking…
  - 10 days ago, 18 Sep 20, 2:44pm -
• Gaynor Minden's Latest Dancer Lineup Features a Body-Positivity Activist and Its First Guy

  

  Pointe shoe brand Gaynor Minden recently welcomed 32 young dancers to its coveted roster of Gaynor Girls. But this year, the company included two applicants who push the boundaries of what it means to dance on pointe. While both Mason Simon Underwood…
  - 11 days ago, 17 Sep 20, 4:00pm -
• Festival Ballet Providence's New Leap Year Program Gives Dancers Facing a Gap Year a Place to Grow

  

  A new training program at Festival Ballet Providence called Leap Year is welcoming pre-professional and professional dancers who don't have a studio or company to dance for this season.The endeavor is the brainchild of Kathleen Breen Combes, FBP's ex…
  - 12 days ago, 16 Sep 20, 12:22pm -
• Dancing With Eczema: More Than a Minor Irritation

  

  For dancers dealing with eczema and skin sensitivity, ballet poses some unique challenges. I have struggled with both my whole life, and sometimes my eczema is all I can see when I look in the mirror. The condition causes dry, irritated, rash-like pa…
  - 13 days ago, 15 Sep 20, 4:13pm -

Tippy Toes Ballet Blog

• Five Benefits of Ballet for Children

  

  Take the time to enrol your child in ballet class. Every single time you leave the house and dash to ballet class will be another day you give your child a creative outlet. Ballet for children adds confidence, exercise, focus, culture, and bonding. I…
  - 27 Jan 15, 3:39pm -
• Step of the Week: Plié

  

  Step of the Week!Our step of this week at Tippy Toes Ballet is a plie. What is a plie?.................Well a plié [plee-AY] is one of the more basic steps in ballet, but it’s arguably the most important as its often the beginning and ending of th…
  - 23 Jan 15, 3:03pm -
• Step of the week: 1st Position in Ballet

  

  Our step of this week at Tippy Toes Ballet is 1st position.There are five different positions of the feet in ballet that define standard placements of feet on the floor. 1st position is when the toes point in opposite directions, with heels touching.…
  - 16 Jan 15, 6:00am -
• The benefits of dance for young children

  

  With dance children not only learn how to have fun and be creative, they learn so many great attributes. Kids dance class is one of the best ways to get out all of that energy whilst learning discipline.One of the most rewarding things that a parent…
  - 15 Jan 15, 1:18pm -
• Bloch Paris Teacher Shoes Review

  

  Within the last couple of years I have had problems with my achilles, so I have had to start wearing shoes with a heel since I teach quite a few classes a week.  I have tried a few different makes of teaching shoes, but so far have found these Bloch…
  - 10 Jul 14, 5:51am -
• Move Dancewear - Great dance wear at great prices!

  

  Move dancewear has launched it's very own range, and if you are looking to kit your child or yourself out in dance wear for any dance class, there is no need to look any further.The quality of the fabric is beautiful. I wore the Caprice Leotard and f…
  - 4 Apr 14, 8:48am -
• Ballerina Pop Up Shop

  

  I have opened a facebook shop. I am having a lovely time sourcing beautiful ballet items for little ones! If only we could wear tutu's all the time!My facebook page is always open, and items can be bought with paypal or bank transfer, and posted out,…
  - 23 Mar 14, 2:46pm -
• Beautiful Ballet Hair Accessories

  

  Take a look at these gorgeous hair accessories for children and adults. Baby Pink Hair clipsThese are hand made by dancer Natasha Creek, who is currently studying at the Royal Academy of Dance in London.Having dance and teaching experience, she know…
  - 13 Feb 14, 7:12am -
• The Perfect Ballet Gifts

  

  Recently I came across some gorgeous gifts from Dancemania that would be ideal for mum’s little dancers; ideal for keeping them inspired when in and out of the studio. Or even a perfect idea for goodie bags if you are holding your own ballet party…
  - 26 Aug 13, 2:26pm -
• Cinderella Ballet Workshop in Hitchin, Hertfordshire!

  

  We are holding a magical Cinderella Ballet Workshop on the 15th August for 3-7 year olds.We are so excited about all the Cinderella fun we can have! Plans are already underway as to what props we will be using, and what lovely sparkly items we might…
  - 27 Jul 13, 8:35am -

World of Dance

• Jun Quemado Choreography “Dangerously” @charlieputh
  Haven’t posted in a few months and I thought it was time for a new video! “Dangerously” by Charlie Puth […]The post Jun Quemado Choreography “Dangerously” @charlieputh appeared first on World of Dance.
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• POPPIN JOHN | RIHANNA’S GUN
  Learn from Poppin John at http://www.LEARN2BUST.com INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/poppinjohnsbk Booking email: http://www.xceltalent.comThe post POPPIN JOHN | RIHANNA’S GUN appeared first on World of Dance.
  - 1 Jun 16, 10:37pm -
• JUST SMOKE AND MIRRORS | POPPIN JOHN | TROY BOI
  Learn from Poppin John at http://www.LEARN2BUST.com INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/poppinjohnsbk Booking email: http://www.xceltalent.com Music: “The Force” by TroyBoi http://www.soundcloud.com/TroyBoi http://www.twitter.com/troyboimusic htt…
  - 19 May 16, 3:36pm -
• THE CYPHER Pt. 2 | Poppin John | Madd Chadd | Poppin Hyun Joon
  Learn to dance from Poppin John at http://www.learn2bust.com Booking: http://www.xceltalent.com instagram: http://www.instagram.com/poppinjohnsbk Madd Chadd channel http://www.youtube.com/maddchadd Poppin Hyun Joon channel […]The post THE CYPHER P…
  - 11 May 16, 5:07pm -
• Rihanna – Needed Me | @RickyCole_mwc Choreography @Rihanna
  Got To Teach and Host at The Rise Dance Co. last weekend in Gilbert Arizona, Thank you to all who […]The post Rihanna – Needed Me | @RickyCole_mwc Choreography @Rihanna appeared first on World of Dance.
  - 6 May 16, 5:30pm -
• PANDA – Desiigner (Dance TUTORIAL) | @MattSteffanina Choreography
  “PANDA” Dance TUTORIAL | Choreography by: Matt Steffanina ▶ Watch the FULL Dance Video: https://youtu.be/uFO4Riu5DjU ▶ INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/MattSteffanina | http://instagram.com/DanceTutorialsLive […]The post PANDA – Desiigner…
  - 3 May 16, 1:28pm -
• OnGoing Thing 20syl #WODDALLAS #GADGIKSOLO @armando_decoy_munoz
  #WODDALLAS #GADGIKSOLO Please follow me on Instagram @armando_decoy_munoz 19 year old dancer. This is my World Of Dance Solo Competition […]The post OnGoing Thing 20syl #WODDALLAS #GADGIKSOLO @armando_decoy_munoz appeared first on World of Dance.
  - 30 Apr 16, 3:30pm -
• Solo Dance Competition | #WODDallas #GadgikSolo feat. Joe stylezzz | ongoing thing – 20syl
  Shot & Edited by: Joey “JAM” Mandal (@joeythejam) from Step X Step https://www.youtube.com/user/stepxstepdanceThe post Solo Dance Competition | #WODDallas #GadgikSolo feat. Joe stylezzz | ongoing thing – 20syl appeared first on World of Dance.
  - 30 Apr 16, 3:13am -
• SOLO Dance Competition | #WODDallas #GadgikSolo feat. Outrage | Ongoing Thing – 20syl
  SOLO Dance Competition | #WODDallas #GadgikSolo feat. Outrage | Ongoing Thing – 20syl.. Whats up guys, I understand this upload […]The post SOLO Dance Competition | #WODDallas #GadgikSolo feat. Outrage | Ongoing Thing – 20syl appeared first on…
  - 30 Apr 16, 2:34am -
• BuddyLove | #WODDallas #GadgikSolo Ongoing Thing-20syl
  THE NEXT SOLO CONTEST IS HERE! Enter for your chance to win a trip to perform at WOD DALLAS! This […]The post BuddyLove | #WODDallas #GadgikSolo Ongoing Thing-20syl appeared first on World of Dance.
  - 30 Apr 16, 12:51am -

Dance Spirit

• newThe Dancer's Guide to Maskne

  

  Having to wear a mask is a small price to pay to finally be back dancing with partners other than our family members and pets. But we won't lie: Masks are uncomfortable. If you've experienced "maskne"—increased irritation and acne from frequent mas…
  - 11 hours ago, 28 Sep 20, 11:08am -
• Dear Katie: I'm Not Feeling Motivated—How Can I Push Through a Slump?

  

  In our "Dear Katie" series, Miami City Ballet soloist Kathryn Morgan answers your pressing dance questions. Have something you want to ask Katie? Email dearkatie@dancespirit.com for a chance to be featured!Dear Katie,After so many months trying to tr…
  - 3 days ago, 25 Sep 20, 1:35pm -
• 5 Black Women on the Obstacles of Dancing While Black

  

  Civil rights leader Malcom X famously said that "the most disrespected person in America is the Black woman." Decades later, those words still resonate. And the dance world isn't immune to subjecting Black women to unfair treatment. After all, it was…
  - 4 days ago, 24 Sep 20, 2:12pm -
• "DWTS" Week 2 Recap: The First Cut is the Deepest

  

  Well, we've officially made it to week two of "Dancing with the Stars," pandemic edition! And with no bedazzled face masks in sight, we can only assume that the "DWTS" team's #SocialDisDancing protocol is holding up. Pause for (pre-recorded, because…
  - 5 days ago, 23 Sep 20, 11:23am -
• The Truth About Soreness: Answers to All Your Burning Questions

  

  We all know the feeling: You wake up the day after class or rehearsal just to find that you literally. cannot. move. To answer all your burning (pun intended!) questions about the way-too-relatable topic of soreness, Dance Spirit enlisted the experts…
  - 6 days ago, 22 Sep 20, 11:22am -