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New York Notebook

      Girls ReJOYCE Four of NYC’s most promising young choreographers share a week at the Joyce—and they are all WOMEN!! The highly theatrical Camille A. Brown performs a new duet with the fabulous Juel D. Lane, and shows a new ensemble piece titled City of Rain. Andrea Miller adds guest dancers from Ballett […]

Vital Signs

Modern Meets Ballet in SLC In a rare example of genres crossing, Ballet West artistic director Adam Sklute has invited his local counterpart in modern dance, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company artistic director Charlotte Boye Christensen, to make a piece on his company. The commission shares the Innovations program with premieres by 2007 “25 to Watch” choreographer […]

ODC Fosters Artistic Community for San Francisco and Beyond

Brenda Way founded ODC/Dance in 1971 on the basis of one guiding question: “How can we help create a culture of art and art appreciation?” More than 50 years later, the depth of her organization’s programming speaks to Way’s community-based mission. ODC is a company, a school, a performance space and a dancer health clinic, but it’s the sum of […]

Frank William Shawl, 1931-2019

Frank William Shawl, dance artist, educator and cofounder, along with the late Victor Anderson, of Shawl-Anderson Dance Center in Berkeley, California, died peacefully at his home on Friday, October 4, 2019 at the age of 87. Born in New Jersey in 1931, Shawl was a beloved and revered teacher, dancer and choreographer in the San […]

Cincinnati Ballet Shows Even More Love for Women Choreographers This Season

At Cincinnati Ballet, the 2017–18 season boasts that 8 out of the 15 company productions are from female choreographers. For the past five seasons, Cincinnati Ballet had devoted one program a year to works by women, which allowed for a directed conversation about the need for female voices. “People always responded strongly to that series, […]

Cincinnati Ballet Bets on Women Choreographers

Cincinnati Ballet has announced their 2017-18 season, and it looks like artistic director Victoria Morgan is making a statement about gender equality with her programming choices: Of the 15 works being presented this season, 8 are choreographed by women. Kate Weare, Penny Saunders, Jennifer Archibald, Johanna Bernstein Wilt and Heather Britt are creating world premieres […]