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Surviving Your Day Job

Healthy ways to work and dance Illustration by Penelope Dullaghan.     Performing is rarely a full-time job. More often, dancers have to put in hours at a day job on their feet or at a desk to make a living. This can take its toll, yet dancers have found ways to make it work, […]

Dancing in the Twittersphere

Alex Wong got his cast off, New York City Ballet’s Kathryn Morgan is heading to Prada, Houston Ballet’s Melissa Hough feels narcoleptic after the fall rep, and Miami City Ballet’s Rebecca King is taking five before a Bugaku rehearsal. How do I know all this? Simple, I follow them on Twitter.   I was born […]

Dance Matters: Give Your Piece a Kickstart

Nicole Wolcott needed walls—large, movable, white ones—for 100 Beginnings, a piece that premieres this month at Dance New Amsterdam. Earlier this year, the co-founder of Keigwin + Company decided to go out on her own after eight years with Larry Keigwin. But without the backing of an established organization, how does one find funding in […]

New York Notebook

    NYCB’s First Fall For the first time ever, New York City Ballet is mounting a fall season. Now you don’t have to wait for Nutcracker to see some of your favorite dancers. The four-week season will include old faves like Serenade (see page 38) and Stars and Stripes from the Balanchine side, and […]