05/24/13 - huffingtonpost.com

Wyatt Closs: 10 Simmering Summer Songs

BBC Radio's Gilles Peterson, who I met about 12 years ago, has been connecting musical dots for over a generation. He is now blending soul, funk, latin, house, jazz, hip-hop in an effortless manner that makes it seem like jumbling those genres is exactly how it should be.

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05/24/13 - artsjournal.com

Pina Bausch's Successor Named At Tanztheater Wuppertal

Haberler (Istanbul) 04/24/13 (in English) Source

05/24/13 - artsjournal.com

Was This Modern Dance Pioneer Forgotten Because She Got Too Cozy With The Nazis?

The Guardian (UK) 05/22/13 (includes video) Source

05/24/13 - artsjournal.com

Images From The Birth Of British Modern Dance

The Guardian (UK) 05/23/13 (slide show) Source

05/23/13 - washingtonpost.com

Signature Theatre gets $250,000 grant from Arlington County to get it up to date on taxes

The Arlington County Board approved a $250,000 grant to Signature Theatre on Tuesday as the parties reconsider Signature’s lease and tax arrangements. The move, approved in a 5 to 0 vote, covers $85,000 of Signature’s tax bill and is part of ongoing financial discussions between the county and the theater.

More 05/23/13 - nytimes.com Dance Review: ‘Blush’ by Gallim Dance at BAM Fisher In “Blush,” by Andrea Miller, dancers start off with skin powdered white that melts off as their exertion turns them red.   More 05/23/13 - nytimes.com Dance Listings for May 24-30 A selected guide to dance performances in the New York area.    More 05/23/13 - nytimes.com Art Review: ‘Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes,’ at National Gallery The exhibition “Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, 1909-1929,” at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, celebrates the synergy of dance with music and visual arts.   More 05/23/13 - sfbg.com Björk plays the part of stunning mad scientist at the Craneway Pavilion More 05/23/13 - artsjournal.com Brazilian Dance Sweeps The Internet CBC 05/22/13 Source 05/23/13 - artsjournal.com Torvill And Dean's Ice-Dancing TV Competition To End The Telegraph (UK) 05/21/13 Source 05/22/13 - sfbg.com Activists’ zine documents violent arrests at SF State According to a handwritten account in the activists' zine, Carlos Cruz had "bruises on elbows, knees, legs [and] throat." Emotions ran high at San Francisco State University on May 21, where a group of activists held a rally decrying police officers’ excessive use of force in an incident that occurred last Thursday, May 16. Five arrests were made that night outside a student dormitory. YouTube videos showing police officers tackling the arrestees to the ground, as... More 05/22/13 - nytimes.com Dance Review: American Ballet Theater Presents ‘A Month in the Country’ American Ballet Theater performed three exceptional classics on Tuesday night: “A Month in the Country,” “Symphony in C” and “Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes.”   More 05/22/13 - nytimes.com Dance Review: City Ballet’s ‘Serenade’ and ‘Red Angels’ at Koch Theater City Ballet’s Tuesday night program offered the beautiful visual design of Balanchine’s “Serenade,” followed by the bland aggression of Ulysses Dove’s “Red Angels.”   More 05/22/13 - blogs.nytimes.com ArtsBeat: Will Arnett on the Return of ‘Arrested Development’ Mr. Arnett discusses blind spots, brand awareness and why he won’t chicken dance on demand.   More 05/22/13 - sfbg.com The Performant: Dare to DIVA Check out 'The Helen Project' at this year's DIVAfest. PHOTO BY AMY CLARE TASKER A yearly performance fest supports XX creatives Spring is in the air, and so is DIVAfest, the EXIT Theatre’s annual celebration of female artists and theater-makers. Founded in 2002 by Christina Augello to give female creators a secure space to showcase their craft, DIVAfest has hosted an estimated 500 participants have come through in the last 11 years, from visual artists (Sophie Kadow, Kathy Jo Lafreniere, Michelle... More 05/22/13 - washingtonpost.com Theater review: ‘Club de Caballeros’ is a witty meditation on love and friendship You have to hand it to the characters in “Club de Caballeros (Rotos de Amor)/Gentlemen’s Club (Love Torn)”: Their romantic lives may be in free fall, but they don’t sit around moping. Instead, the four hapless men strive to remedy their plight — at one point going so far as to take experimental drugs that may, or may not, cure amorousness entirely. Read full article >> More 05/22/13 - danceviewtimes.com A Family Affair Source 05/22/13 - huffingtonpost.com Keesha Beckford: A Letter From Your Dance Teacher When you are asked to work at something because that is simply what one does, many of you ask "Why should I? So-and-so made this thing and it went mad viral." A few people are genuine overnight sensations -- results of our spectacle-hungry, media-addicted culture. Read more: Arts, Arts Education, Dancing, Dance Teacher, Dance, Learning, Dance Instruction, Arts News Source « first‹ previous…456789101112…next ›last » Advocacy | Contact | Credits | ©2008 California Dance Network. All Rights Reserved.