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Dance Artists and Audiences Face a Dilemma: To Go or Not to Go to the Kennedy Center?

. Sep 19, 2025 0 Comments

Diane DeFries, former executive director of the American College Dance Association, has been attending performances at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since it opened in 1971. A...

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Choreographing a Cartoon: Ebony Williams on Making Movement for “Alma’s Way”

. Jun 6, 2025 0 Comments

The multifaceted Ebony Williams has made dances for pop stars, movies, commercials, musical theater, and more. Now, she’s got a new credit: cartoon choreographer. Williams recently created the mov...

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Revealing New York Secrets With Monica Bill Barnes and Company

. Jun 5, 2025 0 Comments

As a native New Yorker, I’m ashamed to admit I’d never been inside the flagship New York Public Library. That changed on a recent weekend, when, as an audience member at Monica Bill Barnes’ Lunch ...

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The “Étoile” Ballet Swap Is Fiction, but These Dancer Exchanges Really Happened

. Jun 3, 2025 0 Comments

In the first episode of Amy Sherman-Palladino and Daniel Palladino’s series “Étoile,” a ballet company director from Paris says to another in New York City: “I propose a swap!”They devise a plan—w...

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Whisked Away by TikTok’s Viral Ballroom Trend

. May 30, 2025 0 Comments

One recent morning, I opened TikTok to find a video of a man doing a vaguely familiar dance step—something that resembled the whisk, a foundational element of ballroom’s International Latin samba....

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Beyond the Super Bowl: Dance Artist-Athlete Taja Riley Is Demanding Better Treatment for Dancers

. Feb 25, 2022 0 Comments

Eight mandatory rehearsals. One nondisclosure agreement. Zero pay. These were a few of the specifications...

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Relieve Daily Stress With Dance!

. Feb 19, 2022 0 Comments

Fred Astaire Dance Studios urges people to cut loose on the dance floor to help...

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Relieve Daily Stress With Dance!

. Feb 19, 2022 0 Comments

Fred Astaire Dance Studios urges people to cut loose on the dance floor to help...

Dance as activism

Is Dance “Enough” to Meaningfully Address Something Like Black Lives Matter?

. Feb 1, 2022 0 Comments

2016: I was asked to create a duet for RAWdance (Ryan T. Smith and Wendy...

Dance as activism

25 Prompts to Liberate Your Choreographic Practice

. Jan 28, 2022 0 Comments

I’m a white choreographer based on the ancestral lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone people, otherwise...

Dance as activism

25 Prompts to Liberate Your Choreographic Practice

. Jan 28, 2022 0 Comments

I’m a white choreographer based on the ancestral lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone people, otherwise...

Dance as activism

Austin Goodwin Uses Humor to Tell It Like It Is

. Jan 20, 2022 0 Comments

You caught us. We’re undeniably hooked on Austin Goodwin’s flair for hilarious honesty about the...

Dance as activism

Austin Goodwin Uses Humor to Tell It Like It Is

. Jan 20, 2022 0 Comments

You caught us. We’re undeniably hooked on Austin Goodwin’s flair for hilarious honesty about the...

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Find Your New Year’s Dance Resolution!

. Jan 13, 2022 0 Comments

The new year is here, and that means it’s time for New Year’s resolutions, promises,...

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Find Your New Year’s Dance Resolution!

. Jan 13, 2022 0 Comments

The new year is here, and that means it’s time for New Year’s resolutions, promises,...

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Dance as activism

Dance Artists and Audiences Face a Dilemma: To Go or Not to Go to the Kennedy Center?

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Choreographing a Cartoon: Ebony Williams on Making Movement for “Alma’s Way”

Ballroom dances

Revealing New York Secrets With Monica Bill Barnes and Company

Ballroom dances

The “Étoile” Ballet Swap Is Fiction, but These Dancer Exchanges Really Happened

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