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Bustling festivals, fresh premieres, unexpected team-ups—the dance scene is only burning brighter as we enter the final weeks of summer. Here are our top picks for August.

As I have asked myself and my collaborators the question “How are we gonna dance again?,” we at my collective, SLMDances, have taken the ongoing public health crisis as a call to action to fundamentally reconsider our behaviors for the care of ourselves and all those we come into contact with.

COMPETITIONS Act 1 Talent Director: Katie Rustowicz 909-360-3455 [email protected] act1talent.com Age Divisions: Preview (Beginner), First Act (Intermediate), Second Act (Advanced), Spotlight (Dancers w/Disabilities): Minis (5 & Under), Petite (6–8), Juniors (9–11), Teens (12–14), Seniors (15–18), Adult (19) Top 5 Tour Cities: Redondo Beach, CA; Austin, TX; Portland, OR; Indianapolis, IN; Minneapolis, MN American Ballet Competition […]

What’s next for the dance world? Our annual list of the dancers, choreographers and companies that are on the verge of skyrocketing has a pretty excellent track record of answering that question. Here they are: the 25 up-and-coming artists we believe represent the future of our field. Photo by Jayme Thornton Evan Ruggiero Evan Ruggiero’s […]

At some point in your career, you’ve probably used an ice pack or heating pad to alleviate post-rehearsal aches and pains. But some popular new therapies take these temperature-based recovery practices to extremes. Could cranking up the intensity equal better results? Whole-Body Cryotherapy The treatment: Two to four minutes in an upright chamber cooled to […]

Balanchine and Stravinsky. Cunningham and Cage. Graham and Copland. Twentieth-century dance was dotted with memorable partnerships between musicians and choreographers that wrought magical, full-bodied, brilliant works. Today’s composer-dancemaker duos, though, have gone in a decidedly different direction. In ever-growing numbers, mainstream musicians are this century’s dance collaborators. Sufjan Stevens has aligned himself with New York […]

As COVID-19 shut down schools and businesses across the world, just about every upcoming dance performance was canceled. Dancers who spent weeks (and sometimes months or years) rehearsing were suddenly unable share their work with live audiences. But our field is nothing if not creative. Many have quickly adapted and found ways to put their […]