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01Dec

Giveaway: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 2014-15 NYCC Season

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to the New York City Center stage from December 3rd, 2014 to January 4th, 2015, 25 years after the passing of legendary founder Alvin Ailey. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies and New York City Center’s Principal Dance Company, returns to the New York City Center stage for the 43rd consecutive year from December 3, 2014 – January 4, 2015 with exciting performances that have become a Read More

13Nov

Subject: DanceOn Network and Joffrey Ballet School Team Up to Offer the Ultimate Audition Opportunity for Dance Hopefuls

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Joffrey Ballet School, a world-renowned dance center offering the most versatile and highest quality training, will once again present Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker this holiday season with 355 dancers – the largest cast in the school’s 61-year history. Returning to the Skirball Performing Arts Center, Joffrey Ballet School will perform five performances of the holiday favorite with three casts, December 14 – 16, 2014. In addition to delighting in the timeless tale of The Nutcracker, audiences will also enjoy its rich legacy of culture, with dances Read More

30May

Giveaway: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, will present 15 performances at Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater from June 11 to June 22, 2014. Led by Artistic Director Robert Battle, Ailey’s acclaimed dancers will perform in four distinct programs of exciting repertory, including a world premiere from Robert Moses – a first-time collaboration with the Company – the company premiere of Asadata Dafora’s groundbreaking 1932 solo, Awassa Astrige/Ostrich,and new productions of Hans van Manen’s Polish Read More

02Dec

Giveaway: Joffrey Ballet School’s Nutcracker

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Joffrey Ballet School, a world-renowned dance center offering the most versatile and highest quality training, will once again present Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker this holiday season with 355 dancers – the largest cast in the school’s 60-year history. Returning to the Skirball Performing Arts Center, Joffrey Ballet School will perform five performances of the holiday favorite with three casts, December 13 – 15, 2013. In addition to delighting in the timeless tale of The Nutcracker, audiences will also enjoy its rich legacy of culture, with dances Read More

04Aug

A Night at the Vail International Dance Festival

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Disclosure: I was a guest of Vail Local Marketing District, who hosted my experience at the Vail International Dance Festival. Last Saturday night I experienced something very special: a night at the Vail International Dance Festival. I was in town for a few days which happened to coincide with opening night, which celebrated its 25th anniversary. In celebration of that, the festival featured a bill of repertory highlights at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater stage. We were privy to some of the finest dancers in the world, including Charles "Lil Read More

21Feb

Giveaway: Two Tickets to the New York Theatre Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty

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We are big fans of the New York Theatre Ballet. Ever since my daughter started taking dance lessons, it has been a key part of our NYC experience every winter. They are about to conclude their family-friendly Once Upon a Ballet series with the audience favorite, James Sutton’s Sleeping Beauty on March 10 & 11. The hour-long production is the ideal introduction to ballet for children ages 3-8. The New Yorker says, “Amid the popular trend of commercial schlock for children, New York Theatre Ballet’s intelligent, imaginative storybook ballets shine all Read More

07May

Guest post: Gibney Dance RETROSPECTIVE Concert

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Gibney Dance celebrates 20 years of evocative choreography with a retrospective season at The Ailey Citigroup Theater. Retro-ACTIVE will showcase Gina Gibney’s richly textured and intellectually challenging choreography featuring excerpts from Several Truths (2001), Time Remaining (2002), unbounded (2005), Thrown (2004), and View Partially Obstructed (2009). Curated by current company members Natsuki Arai, Andrew Avery, Courtney Drasner, Lily Ockwell and Joshua Palmer, four of these five pieces were adapted to include male dancers. Ailey Citigroup Read More

27Apr

Giveaway: 2 Tickets to the New York Theatre Ballet’s Sleeping Beauty

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New York Theatre Ballet presents Sleeping Beauty, a delightful one-hour ballet that will engage children ages 3 to 12 and charm the entire family. Show times are Sat, May 14 @ 11 am & 1pm & Sun, May 15 @ 11 am, 1pm & 3:30 pm at family-friendly NY Theatre Ballet Florence Gould Hall, 55 East 59th Street (between Park & Madison avenues - closest subway 59th street & Lexington), where each seat provides a close-up view of the dancers and all of the activity on stage. Tickets are $40 for adults and $35 for children age 12 and under Read More

25Mar

This Week’s NYCkidsARTS Top Five Picks

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If you have a child and live in New York City, you have the world at your fingertips. Art, music, film and more, NYC is culturally the icing on the cake. There is so much to offer that you probably can't keep up with the offerings. Look no further! The folks at NYCkidsARTS have teamed up with The Culture Mom to give the insider's scoop on this week's top FIVE cultural picks for kids in New York City: Queen Marlene's Toy Theatre Follow “Queen Marlene” of the Toy Museum as she tells the tale of toys from America’s past and around the Read More

18Mar

Guest Post: Checking in with Education at The New Victory Theater

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Whether or not they know it, five year olds are not strangers to the art form of dance. They constantly move, play and explore the ways their bodies can travel in space. But how can you challenge a child to express feeling through dance and make artistic decisions in choreographing movement? The answer may lie in colorful pipe cleaners. This past Monday, armed with a bundle of colorful pipe cleaners (or “fuzzy sticks,” as they are referred to in most classrooms), I set out for PS 111 in midtown to lead a pre-show, in-classroom workshop for the Read More