I am not sure what happens on this day, but let’s all think about dance together. We think about it all the time anyway. Every year on this day, a different well-known dance artist writes a message to…everyone. Today’s International Dance Day Message is by
Julio Bocca: “Dance is discipline, work, teaching, communication. With it we […]
Happy International Dance Day! That’s right—it’s the day that every UN member state (so official!) celebrates our favorite art form. Sure, we celebrate dance every day. But there are still ways we can join in the festivities: International Dance Day is also the final day of the Youth American Grand Prix competition. Here, a competitor at […]
Did you know that April 29th is International Dance Day? Founded in 1982 by UNESCO’s International Theatre Institute, the date honors the birthday of 18th century ballet pioneer Jean-Georges Noverre. Each year the ITI commissions an artist to create an International Dance Day message for worldwide circulation. This year’s message is from French choreographer […]
The International Association for Dance Medicine & Science offers cutting-edge research, education and training to enhance dancers’ health on a global stage. An annual conference by medical and dance professionals from 35 countries covers the latest advances in this specialty. Attendance is diverse, as more dancers enter the field. Anyone can download resource papers on […]
It was 5:45 pm on Friday, May 2, when Megan Kiskaddon, executive director of Seattle’s On the Boards, learned that the grant for that night’s performance had been rescinded. The show, Miguel Gutierrez’s Super Nothing, had opened just the night before—the same day Dance Magazine debuted Gutierrez’s cover. But the National Endowment for the Arts […]
It’s been 20 years since I stood in a windswept, desolate tract of land in the rugged Irish midlands watching choreographer Michael Keegan-Dolan building a home for himself, near a space for his company, then known as Fabulous Beast Dance Theatre, with his bare hands. “Some people like looking at icebergs, some people like looking […]
The funding freeze that President Trump instituted earlier this week has had ripple effects in the dance community. Choreographer Jody Sperling, whose company Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance often engages creatively with the issue of climate change, was told that the troupe had lost a major State Department grant—just before leaving for the tour that grant […]
Each year the International Association for Dance Medicine & Science Conference gathers medical practitioners, researchers, and educators in the field for four days of sharing and reflection. As a longtime sponsor of IADMS, Harlequin Floors hosted an important discussion on flooring and dancer safety at this year’s October conference in Rimini, Italy. Facilitated by Dance Media writer Kathleen McGuire, […]