Dance

Go to Source In the three years since Robert Battle became artistic director of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, he has shown remarkable poise in balancing between boldness and cool calculation as he revamps a repertory…

Go to Source One of the newest additions to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s repertory is, in another sense, the oldest. Asadata Dafora choreographed “Awassa Astrige/Ostrich” in 1932, soon after moving to New York from…

Go to Source Just a month away from Mount Gambier's annual Eisteddfod, Maxine Challinor, Secretary of the Association of Eisteddfod Societies of Australia (AESA) said she was becoming increasingly concerned about children…

Go to Source BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- Dancers from Sanspointe Dance Company will be spending some time at the library this week, not only because they're a studious bunch, but because they like to dance. Free shows will…

Go to Source When Salt-n-Pepa released their classic track "Push It" in 1986, we somehow doubt they had gorillas in mind. Or bulldogs. Or kittens. Or walruses. But the Internet has done its awesome thing to…

Go to Source Relaying messages in an impactful way is often a challenge, especially when it comes to difficult topics. Sometimes the best way to tell a story is without using words, but rather dance movement. The Paramus…

Go to Source Few subjects escape the eyes and pens of University of California, Davis, faculty and alumni. Recent books include a look at the demise of movie musicals by an economic historian, an examination of how medieval…

Go to Source The Scappoose School District has dropped a controversial social-media policy and will pay $25,000 in legal fees to settle a federal lawsuit that accused the district of violating students' free-speech rights.…

Go to Source The San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival launched its 36th edition Saturday afternoon at Lam Research Theater, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, with something unusual: a survey of all eight forms of Indian classical…

Go to Source Kyle Taylor is a service technician at Subaru of Wichita. He’s also a dance celebrity on national television. Taylor, 28, auditioned his “popping” style on Fox’s “So You Think You Can Dance” in Los…

Go to Source The American Dance Festival in Durham opens June 12 with some cutting edge performances by acclaimed professional dance companies from around the world. It's a unique opportunity to catch some stunning…

Go to Source Among the distinctive attributes of the two-day Walking Distance Dance Festival are that it happens simultaneously in at least two venues - ODC Theater and ODC Commons - and that you'll likely encounter a crowd…

Go to Source Karl Schaffer is fascinated with the connections between ideas and movement. Schaffer is a math professor at De Anza College and a dance choreographer whose creative experiments have taken him…

Go to Source Sharoni Stern was doing everything she wanted to do in life. The daughter of impoverished immigrants who became successful diamond merchants, she grew up in Miami, attended private school, and took art…

Go to Source There was no stopping the expert dancing and technique of The Dalles Dance Club Academy. The squad racked up three first places, eight seconds and two thirds after two days at the I Love…

Go to Source By Andy Kozlowski MADISON HEIGHTS — At peak capacity, the Madison Heights Animal Shelter gets a bit crowded. Space is limited, so the cats have to be kept in cages above the dogs or next to them. And this can stress out…

The Illinois Recreational Cheer Association wrapped up its inaugural spring season of competition with what it called The Top Dawg Competition for youth cheer and dance teams at Wauconda High School.…

One way to grab an audience’s attention is to tell a compelling story — and what a story choreographer Sean Dorsey has. As a child in Vancouver, British Columbia, he loved to dance: “I would bounce…

It’s fitting that High Steppin’ Dance Academy has moved – and expanded – into a 6,000-square foot facility located at 1465 Atwood Ave. in Johnston. The youngsters who recently represented the academy in the…

I almost always catch them in a tie, Alosha and Sasha. They live in their rented dance studio off Mill Street beside Wendover. Or seem to. They arrive in the morning and leave late at night as they and six…

FOR THE 2014 summer season, guest choreographers include the French Guillaume Morgan and the American Nicola Ayou. Manila’s premier dance school Steps Dance Studio is holding its  summer dance workshop, which is open to all…

Several firebombs were thrown at a dance club near Hebrew University. The club is located next to the university’s Mount Scopus campus in French Hill in Jerusalem. French Hill is located alongside…

Southland's doyenne of dance, Valmai Robertson, QSM, is calling it a day. In her 67th year of teaching, she in the throes of rehearsal for her 41st successive ballet production at Centre Stage in…

A four-day dance workshop ended at Mymensingh Gymnasium yesterday evening. The workshop was been organised by Novice Foundation and dedicated to late Yunus Ahmed Bablu, an eminent dance performer and Ustad of Mymensingh. …