News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in February 2023
Here are the latest promotions, appointments and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from February 2023.
News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in January 2023
Here are the latest promotions, appointments and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from January 2023.
Dianne Walker on the New Generation of Female Tap Dancers
Tap dance is a form of dance once dominated by men. However, today it is dominated by women.
8 Dance-Centric Juneteenth Celebrations to Check Out This Weekend
Dance organizations across the country have been planning ways to celebrate Juneteenth since well before it was declared a federal holiday by Congress this week. June 19 marks the date on which news of the Emancipation Proclamation reached Galveston, TX, more than two years after the Civil War was declared over and enslaved people in […]
The Upsides—and Pitfalls—of New York's Initiatives Getting Dancers Performing Again
A year after the COVID-19 pandemic shut down theaters and studios, two government initiatives are offering New York’s arts community opportunities to present in-person events: New York City’s Open Culture program and Governor Andrew Cuomo’s New York Arts Revival program. New York City’s Open Culture Program Passed in New York City Council in December by […]
News of Note: What You Might Have Missed in January 2021
Here are the latest promotions, appointments and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from the last month. Comings & Goings Australian Dance Theatre artistic director Garry Stewart will step down at the end of 2021. Christine Windsor has retired from Sarasota Ballet after 14 seasons. Bashaun Williams will leave Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company at […]
Ayodele Casel Is Proving Tap’s Power to Speak to Social Justice—and Spark Serious Joy
In fall 2016, Ayodele Casel received a call from the director of Spoleto Festival USA, asking if she could present a show as part of its summer 2017 programming in Charleston, South Carolina. She didn’t hesitate to say yes. Although she had recently premiered a new work, While I Have the Floor, and even performed it […]
Celebrate National Tap Dance Day with American Tap
Thirty years ago, U.S. Joint Resolution 131, introduced by congressman John Conyers (D-MI) and Senator Alphonse D’Amato (R-NY), and signed into law by President G. W. Bush declared: “Whereas the multifaceted art form of tap dancing is a manifestation of the cultural heritage of our Nation… Whereas tap dancing is a joyful and powerful aesthetic […]