{Dd} Preview: Matthew Donnell’s Chapeau Show
Matthew Donnell’s first one-man Chapeau Show is sure to be, as he says so himself, “fun, safe, and not silly."
View Article{Dd} Exclusive: Library Dances Brings Books to Life
When Cecily Stewart was a 2nd grader in Santa Barbara, CA, she attended a performance of State Street Ballet at her school. She knew then and there that she wanted to dance professionally, and indeed...
View ArticleHello to All That, Everything, and More
Much has been published in recent months and years about the inevitable departure from New York City by young artists. The recent wave reliably cites Didion, whose famous 1967 piece, Goodbye To All...
View Article{Dd} Preview: Alexandra Pinel’s ‘What the heck is this Karate?’
When Alexandra Pinel, the director of Urban Matter, presented a segment of her choreography a year ago, she found the title for her new piece. “What the heck is this? Karate?!?” shouted a lady who...
View Article{Dd} Exclusive: Spotlight on Colorado Ballet’s Kevin Gael Thomas
Colorado Ballet’s Kevin Gael Thomas is a dancer that is easy to spot — he’s the one passionately dancing every role he’s cast in, a dancer who doesn’t just thrive on the art form, but one whose a...
View ArticleAtlanta Ballet’s Christine Winkler embarks on exciting new horizons
Retirement has a much heavier and dire impact on a dancer’s life than it might on the lives of other professionals. A dancer devotes his or her entire existence to this art form. Female ballet dancers...
View ArticleDIY dance companies offer artists new summer experiences
{Dd} chatted with a handful of these entrepreneurial artists about their respective DIY projects...
View Article{Dd} Critical Conversation: “Through the Eyes of a Dancer” by Wendy Perron
DIYdancer contributors Alejandra Iannone and Claire Salant sat down to discuss Wendy Perron’s Through the Eyes of a Dancer: Selected Writings (Wesleyan University Press, 2013). Below are some excerpts...
View Article{Dd} Exclusive with Matthew Powell: How to survive freelancing in NYC
In New York City, success can come and go at the drop of a hat. There is no shortage of dancers, choreographers, and instructors, and it is crucial to continually reinvent oneself in order to stay...
View ArticleNCI Discovery 2014 Incubates Talent and Works With Potential
Lara looks at National Choreographers' Initiative, a program that gives four choreographers three weeks and sixteen dancers from around the country to create a piece with no limitations or requirements...
View ArticleA Pre-Festival Conversation with Jodie Gates
As Wendy Perron recently alerted her readership across the country, women leaders in dance are often conspicuously absent; however, she writes, that is not the case here in California, where women...
View Article{Dd} Critical Conversation: The continuing process of RoseAnne Spradlin’s...
Choreographer RoseAnne Spradlin and Alexandra Pinel met in the New York Live Arts Conference Room, a couple weeks before the opening of her show g-h-o-s-t-c-r-o-w-n (working title) to talk about the...
View ArticleDesmond Richardson and Dwight Rhoden Celebrate Twenty Years of ‘Mixing it Up’
Complexions Contemporary Ballet co-founder Desmond Richardson speaks with {Dd} as the company prepares for its 20th-anniversary season at the Joyce Theater in New York City...
View ArticleDoug Varone Returns to the NYC Stage
{Dd} contributor Alejandra Iannone speaks with modern dance choreographer Doug Varone in anticipation of his company's Joyce season...
View Article{Dd} Critical Conversation: Learning to CRAWL with Kate Ladenheim of the...
Kate Ladenheim speaks with {Dd} contributor Tara Sheena about her views on extending the meaning of dance presentation, the challenges and triumphs of self-producing, and lessons she has learned on...
View Article{Dd} Preview: Soft Openings at Triskelion Arts
Spark(edIt) Arts newly introduced “Soft Openings” is an evening of performance reflective of its founder, Nadia Tykulsker’s desire to engage in performance as research. Tykulsker is the artistic...
View ArticleEssay: The phone call that changed my life
{Dd} contributor Matthew Donnell shares his personal journey about transitioning from performer to teacher...
View ArticleDd Exclusive: Stephen Petronio Shows His Bloodlines
Nicole gets a first-hand rundown on Petronio's latest project, biggest influences, and visions for the future of his company.
View ArticleHeidi Latsky Demystifies Disability, Redefines Diversity
New York-based modern dance choreographer Heidi Latsky speaks to {Dd} about her latest "physically integrated" projects...
View ArticleGetting Over the Hump: A Round Table on the Civil Rights Ethos of Ballet Memphis
Since its inception in 1986, Ballet Memphis has been “striving to interpret the South’s cultural legacy through movement.” With Dorothy Gunther Pugh at the helm these last three decades, the company...
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