Are you a high-school-aged dancer with your sights set on a professional career? The annual program by the National YoungArts Foundation—which helps affirm and nurture performers’ exceptional talents—could be a serious launchpad for your future. A recent YoungArts dance winner. Photo by Jason Koerner, Courtesy YoungArts. Each January, YoungArts finalists gather for a week of master classes […]
Misty Copeland in Swan Lake. Photo by Darren Thomas/QPAC Misty Copeland’s rise to principal status and stardom this year has thankfully prompted conversations about race and ballet. It’s also prompted excitement around the idea of “firsts,” though often mistakenly. Misty is the first African American female principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, and this is […]
In 2017, we celebrate Rennie Harris, Marika Molnar, Linda Celeste Sims and Diana Vishneva. Join us to celebrate with live performances and special guests at New York’s Ailey Citigroup Theater on December 4. For the first time, this year’s event will donate proceeds to the Harkness Foundation for Dance to fund a newly-created award for […]
Southern California becomes a destination for world-class training. Southern California gets a bad rap. It may be a destination for commercial dance careers, but when it comes to classical and contemporary dance, it’s long been overlooked. Former New York City Ballet star Jenifer Ringer sums up the prevailing myth: “In New York City, there […]
Complexions Contemporary Ballet at the Joyce. Photo by Ruth Fremson, via The New York Times. After 20 years in New York City, Complexions Contemporary Ballet has chosen Atlanta as its new home. According to a story published yesterday on ArtsATL, Dwight Rhoden, who directs Complexions with Desmond Richardson, said the southern hub was chosen because it is […]
How has the rising popularity of competitions affected the concert dance world? Backstage at Youth America Grand Prix finals. Photo by Kyle Froman. Showstopper hosts more than 50 events each year. Photo courtesy Showstopper. A disembodied voice calls out a number, name, age and title of the dance. Out of the wings comes an expert […]
Uliana Lopatkina and Andrey Yermakov in Hans Van Manen’s Trois Gnociennes. Photo © Mikhail Logvinov. The Benois de la danse is a major international dance prize for ballet professionals but little known in the States. Produced in cooperation with the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow, this year the nominees include dancers from Italy, Germany, the U.S., […]
Calling all high school dancers! Applications for the National YoungArts Foundation’s annual awards are online. Dancers and choreographers of any style can apply through a video audition for a chance to win up to $10,000. Eventually, the prestigious U.S. Presidential Scholars in the Arts are chosen from the list of YoungArts finalists. To apply, you […]
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