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You’re about to graduate from high school and know you want to keep dancing. But how, where, and in what environment? Is your goal to dance professionally? And how much of the college experience do you want? From the intensive training of a conservatory to the broad-based academics of dance programs in liberal arts colleges, […]

I get it that not every older dancer is as glorious as Carmen de Lavallade. But Paradigm keeps coming up with some great dancers in its small company. For instance, Karen Brown, whom I never saw when she danced with Dance Theatre of Harlem. Radiant, delicate, and focused. These performers have such vivid eyes and […]

More than any year in recent memory, I was absolutely astonished by certain pieces, so I thought I would start with them.     Please keep in mind that this list is not comprehensive or objective (or orderly) in any way. It reflects only own reactions and is limited by where I was and what […]

BalletMet Columbus artistic director Gerard Charles will become the ballet master of the Joffrey Ballet in Chicago this July. Charles served as the head of BalletMet for over a decade and has been with the company for 26 years. He will continue to work with BalletMet in order to launch its 2012–13 season this August. […]

Ballet Nouveau Colorado  The new leadership team at Ballet Nouveau Colorado is taking the suburban Denver company’s name seriously, bringing new, often technologically savvy approaches to everything from programming to marketing. Exhibit A is its innovative 21st Century Choreography Competition, in which entries are posted on YouTube and voted on by the public. Operating in […]

Judson Caldeira and choreographer Sonya Delwaide perform her new work De la Tete aux Pieds at ODC Theater in San Francisco. Photo by Michael Slobodian, courtesy of Sonya Delwaide De la Tête aux Pieds ODC Theater, california February 26-28, 1999 Reviewed by Rita Felciano San Francisco-Sonya Delwaide’s recent move from her native Québec is good […]