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Festivals,Workshops
Conferences, Residencies |
Charles River Dance Festival
March 3 & 14, 2007
Cambridge MA
Arts Advocacy Day
March 12 & 13, 2007
Washington DC
Spring Equinox Jam
Contact Improv
March 15 to 18, 2007
Plainfield MA
Barcelona Dance
Awards 2007
April 5 to 9, 2007
Barcelona, Spain
New England Folk Festival
April 20 to 22, 2007
National Dance Week
April 20 to 29, 2007
Ideas In Motion
April 21 & 22, 2007
Boston MA
Boston Cyberarts Festival
April 20 to May 6, 2007
Boston MA
Intl. Opportunities
in the Arts
April 27 to 29, 2007
Boston, MA
Spoleto Festival
Dance,Music,Opera,Theatre
May 25 to June 10, 2007
Charleston, SC
Jacob's Pillow Festival
Performance & Classes
June 16 to August 27, 2007
Becket, MA
NDEO
Community Building
June 20-24, 2007
Mobile, AL
The Language of Dance
Certification
Stevens Point, WI
Deadline May 1, 2007
July 2 to 20, 2007
Cudamani
Balinese Music & Dance
Bali, Indonesia
Deadline January 5, 2007
July 2 to 20, 2007
Dance Life
Teacher Conference
July 3 to 6, 2007
Boston, MA
Summer Stages Dance
Dance Festival
July 8 to 28, 2007
Concord, MA
ADA
Dance Championships
July 16 to 18, 2007
Orlando, FL
Edinburgh Fringe Festival
The King of Fringe!
August 5 to 27, 2007
Edinburgh Scotland
Dance Resource &
Costume Preview Show
October 13 & 14, 2007
New Jersey
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JUNE 23
BARYSHNIKOV DANCES ON
Mikhail Baryshnikov started in folk dance, became famous in ballet, and continues his dance career in the realm of modern dance all the while opening up opportunities for other dancers and choreographers through his Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York City.
[Reflections on Baryshnikov's Latest (Not Last) Legs by Roslyn Sulcus NYT 6/22/07 free signin required]
JUNE 22
DANCE NEEDS MUSIC
"It takes a performance as thrillingly alive as the one given by 16 of the school's musicians on Thursday night to underline how much power is drained from many dance concerts through recorded or indifferently played compositions. Martha Graham’s works are not dances that can afford such drainage, especially in 2007; either they sweep you up fully, brooking no resistance, or leave you snickering in a wake of overwrought archetypes and erotic intensity.
Thankfully, there was more sweeping than snickering at the Shubert Theater here, where the troupe performed as part of the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. Credit the dance company's conductor, Aaron Sherber, and the fine musicians, whose presence was far larger than their numbers."
[Tracing, and Sometimes Reinterpreting, a Pioneer's Bold Steps by Claudia LaRocca NYT 6/22/07 free signin required]
JUNE 12
SUMMER SOLSTICE PERFORMANCE
On june 22nd, come enjoy dancing under the stars in Tiverton at the Summer Solstice Dance Performance Party. RI's Belly Dance community hosted by Barbara Donahue and joined by Hip Hop Dancers, Off The Curb and African Dancers with Michelle Bach Coulibaly will dance in the streets, on the lawn and in the Dancing Spirit studio.
The price of admission is food or beverage to share with all. [Details]
JUNE 11
BILL T JONES TAKES HOME A TONY
As befits a dancer, an exultant Bill T Jones was the only winner who eschewed the stairs and leaped directly to the stage at the Tony Awards. He took the choreography award for his work in Spring Awakening, and unlike his usual intensely serious public demeanor, last night he was all smiles. [See more about Bill T Jones on riDance, Bill T Jones on Wikipedia]
JUNE 10
GREAT TEACHERS, GREAT STUDIO - YOU'RE INVITED
Block off June mornings for a month of great dance lessons at Providence College. The classes run Monday through Friday and feature ballet, modern, jazz and pilates taught by some of RI's best known teachers and choreographers. This is your only chance to take modern with Heidi Henderson (Tuesdays & Thursdays), so don't miss it. The PC studio features a hugh marley floor and soaring windows. Dance class does not get any better than this! [PC's Month of Dance]
JUNE 9
DANCE MAGAZINE REVIEWS FESTIVAL BALLET!
The June online issue of Dance Magazine has a glowing review of FB's April concert. Most of the review covers Viktor Plotnikov's brilliant Coma. Viktor created it on the Festival Ballet dancers so the choreography fit the company like a hand made suit. Festival Ballet Review Dance Magazine]
JUNE 8
THE BIG APPLE'S ARCHAIC DANCE LAW
If you had to name a city in the U.S. that has banned most social dancing, your answer would probably not be New York City - that bastion of cosmopolitan liberality and civil rights. But, in fact, New York has an eighty year old prohibition against social dancing in any business without a dance license, and that license is hard to get. Once ignored, the law is now enforced much to the dismay of swing, salsa and tango dancers (among many others). Last February, New York's appeals court ruled that the law was valid and on May 19, several thousand irate dancers took to the streets in protest and they protested by dancing.
According to the state Appellate Division, "Recreational dancing is not a form of expression protected by the federal or state constitutions." However Barbara Ehrenreich, the author of Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy , makes a case for dance as a communal bonding tool of the highest importance as well as a sop for depression (maybe the main reason for depression is an individual's disconnected-ness from society). In last Sunday's New York Times, she makes an impassioned call to arms (or legs in the case of dance) and advises dancers to continue to protest by dancing through the streets. [Dance, Dance, Revolution by Barbara Ehrenreich NYT 6/3/07 free signin required]
JUNE 5
DANCESTRAVAGANZA
JUNE'S ONLY MODERN DANCE CONCERT IS THIS WEEKEND
June is usually a down month for dance performance. Most dance people are working on studio recitals and have no time for their own work. So this June is a one event month, and that event is coming up this Friday and Saturday in the form of Dancestravaganza, the brainchild of Tim Rubel, artistic director of The Theatre Expansion. Tim is all about the integration of dance into theatre, but he is also excited by dance for its own sake. As with most of the younger choreographers, Tim's concept of dance incorporates many movement forms and every year he invites a wide variety of styles to join him in putting on an exciting mix of dance. [June 8 & 9 Dancestravaganza Details]
JUNE 4
RARE PHOTOGRAPHS TO BE SHOWN AT PILATES SEMINAR
Join teacher & trainer Brett Howard at Pilates RI as he discusses the historical perspective of Pilates technique along with rare photos and footage of the originator of Pilates - Joseph H. Pilates - teaching and performing rarely seen exercises followed by a question and answer session. [June 9 Pilates Seminar Details]
JUNE 3
MISHA & DUKE TAKE HOME A PELL AWARD
Festival Ballet Providence's Artistic Director Misha Djuric was awarded the Pell Award for Outstanding Leadership in the Arts at last night's 2007 Pell Awards Gala at Trinity Rep. As artistic director of Festival Ballet Providence, he has created over 38 original works and has fostered the development of many choreographers. In a classic case of benevolent 'what goes around, comes around', Festival Ballet has reaped the benefits with many new exciting productions - often rivaling what New York and Boston.
Swing and blues dancers all over the world know musician Duke Robellaird, who was awarded the Rhode Island Pell Award for Excellence in the Arts. His successful musical career has spanned three decades and has earned him numerous awards and accolades. Duke started on his professional musical journey at seventeen with the formation of the now legendary Roomful of Blues. He led that group as singer, guitarist, songwriter and front man for a dozen years and two albums.
The Pell Awards' criteria include excellence in the artist's chosen field; work that significantly advances the art form; and contribution to the betterment of the community and the world at large through artistic presence and community service. [Olympia Dukakis given Pell Award by Channing Gray ProJo 6/3/07 free signin required]
JUNE 2
FREAK ACCIDENT ENDS DANCER'S CAREER AT STREB
The Streb Dance company performed at PPAC last fall as part of First Works.
"Performers in the dance company Streb Extreme Action fling themselves against plexiglass or sail off a trampoline and land facedown on a mat. They yank themselves around on ropes and dodge swinging cinder blocks...and a company motto is 'Dance, Danger, Action!' Such high-octane movement risks serious injury, and two weeks ago it happened. The Streb dancer deeAnn Nelson, 28, landed hard on her back during a performance of a work called Surface and crushed a vertebra. She underwent surgery and now has a metal rod permanently embedded in her back, ending her career with the company but not, she hopes, in dance."
Strangely, the accident, which occurred on a relatively easy stunt, was the worst yet suffered by this daring company. Our society has many culturally acceptable outlets for extreme risk-taking behaviors and dance is definately one of them. As choreographers work on the cutting edge of movement, they ask more and more from their dancers. And the question remains, is it acceptable to ask people to risk their careers (and their lives) on an art form?
[A Troupe Known for Daredevil Choreography Copes With a Casualty by Daniel Wakin NYT 6/2/07 free sign in required]
JUNE 2
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE GIVES FOX THE EDGE
So You Think You Can Dance took home the ratings trophy (for the 18 to 49 year olds that advertisers covet) last Wedneday in both the 8 and 9pm time slots.
This year's SYTYCD, is less mean than last years's and the auditions continue to bring in truely amazing idiosyncratic dancers. (see you tube above.)
[Fox Can 'Dance,' Other Nets Are Wallflowers by Wayne Friedman Media Daily News 6/1/07]
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