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18 September

Dear Dancer,  Wait — I am speaking to you, especially if you sat there questioning, ‘Am I really a dancer?’ just a second ago. And especially-especially if you’ve been shying away from the dance scene, as of late.  I understand the challenges of dance as a demanding physical practice and mental endeavor (hello, coordinating every […]

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19 November

Sadly, many children who enjoy dance grow up and stop dancing, except for busting moves at the occasional wedding. While dance is an acceptable hobby for kids, the large majority of dance lovers grow out of it – believing that only trained professionals are worthy of dancing into adulthood. If you’re reading this article, you […]

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11 October

Although Porto is smaller than Lisbon, you will be surprised by the wide range of activities that you can find here in the north of Portugal. This is the city where the Douro River meets the Atlantic Ocean – and the perfect place to enjoy the sun at the beach or at one of the […]

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09 September

The 9/11 dance tribute called Table of Silence premiered in 2011, a decade after the despicable attacks that toppled the World Trade Center’s twin towers in New York City. Conceived and choreographed by Jacqulyn Buglisi (Artistic Director of Buglisi Dance Theater), the free healing ritual was performed annually at the Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln […]

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05 August

With all of the wonderful streaming performances freely shared to lift our self-quarantined spirits, there is plenty of opportunity to watch dance, opera, musicals and more with friends (and other fellow art lovers). And it’s not only the dance and performing arts companies that are showing work; many theaters and opera houses host livestream dance […]

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21 June

With theaters shut for the foreseeable future, performance artists are in a bind. Many have migrated onto digital platforms, as evident by the abundance of dance shows and dance classes that have popped up as online dance resources in recent months. Some are offered once as a ‘livesteam’, while others live ‘on demand’ for a few days or […]

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11 June

In this time of heightened anxiety, illness and quarantine, stories about dancing communities emerge daily – from all over the world. Why? Because dance raises our spirits and connects us with others. So patients, medical staff and self-isolating individuals continue to unite in music and movement. We’ve highlighted five funny and uplifting Covid-1dance stories each […]

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30 May

Would you rather win a Grammy, an Emmy or a Nobel Peace Prize? I asked each of my summer campers in turn. And while I smiled and listened to each adolescent’s answer, urging them to elaborate upon his or her biggest dreams, I really thought: “Any other answer except for a Nobel Peace Prize is […]

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23 May

Whether you realized it at the time or not, you have probably been exposed to yellowface portrayals of Asian people, performed by non-Asians (and most-most often, by white people). The Orphan of China play in the mid-1700s is one of the first documented examples of yellowface, and The Good Earth film from 1937 won Luise Rainer […]

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19 May

Despite suggesting that attending a virtual dance party is one of the best digital dance activities for lockdown, I had been cautiously curious about the whole phenomenon. However, the Facebook event ad for Zoom Dance Club Classics Party to benefit the NHS persuaded me to join a digital dance party. After all, it was the least […]

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14 May

If you’re a Netflix fan, you probably know that Never Have I Ever is no longer just the name of a game. It’s also a television series, created by  Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher, that follows an American girl with Indian roots through the complexities of growing up – and navigating different aspects of her identity. […]

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30 April

Here are a few practical steps to create an at-home dance studio.

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