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Flyaway Productions        Jo Kreiter, Artistic Director        Photo: Austin Forbord What do you look for in a dancer? How do you find dancers? From Tiffany Mills (Brooklyn, NY): When looking for a new dancer, the company either holds an open audition or a private call. When hiring, I am always looking for a person who is curious…

Dear College Seniors, Hello and Happy Spring! Here's to your final weeks within school and to your exciting journey ahead.  You have been on my mind a lot lately. In the field, we are excited to see where you go, what you create, and how you keep experimenting and innovating in dance. We are curious…

Looking over the faculty list today, there are 8 teaching artists who have shared their stories on Life as a Modern Dancer over the past four years. Click on any name below to gain a window into their work. Here's to an incredible summer ahead at ADF – training, making connections, and getting inspired! Leah Cox…

SaltDanceFest 2016 brings together internationally renowned artists and dance makers Jeanine Durning, Alex Ketley and Jennifer Nugent, along with esteemed SLC dance artists Daniel Charon, Molly Heller and Stephen Koester, for two weeks of moving, collaborating, dance making and the lively exchange of ideas, June 6-17, 2016. SDF is excited to have these significant, innovative artists, scholars and…

  PARtake is a new e-journal dedicated to exploring the theory and application of performance in practice, and the research outputs created through these processes. Performance-as-Research is, for us, an investigation into the material, epistemological, and ontological fundamentals of all forms of performance, intended or otherwise. We seek work created and critiqued from the “scholartist” perspective.…

  By Valerie Gutwirth I’m on sabbatical this year from my job teaching dance to K-5 students at John Muir Elementary School in Berkeley, California. Back in the fall, I almost unconsciously began compiling a list of music to use some way somehow next year. This list owes a lot to my daughter Sylvie, a…

  Utilitarian Raw Portable performance venue Beloved Atlanta tradition   Egalitarian Bringing Dance To The People!   Photo by Karley Sullivan. Blake Beckham's American Muscle at PICA's Time Based Art Festival 2011 1. What was the initial idea/inspiration/impetus for the project? Having worked in Portland as a lighting designer and technical director for contemporary dance,…

Nadia Oka photographed by Tony Nguyen; photo courtesy of Paufve Dance  Paufve Dance presents its latest work - Strangers Become Flowers – on February 6, 7, 13, and 14 in San Francisco.  Tickets: https://odc.secure.force.com/ticket#details_a0Sj0000000EYr1EAG Nadia Oka is a stellar soloist as well as ensemble member in this evening length work. She brings a fire and power as well as…

Elizebeth Randall photographed by Tony Nguyen; photo courtesy of Paufve Dance  Paufve Dance presents its latest work - Strangers Become Flowers – on February 6, 7, 13, and 14 in San Francisco. Please stay tuned for several posts related to Randee Paufve and her work.   Tickets: https://odc.secure.force.com/ticket#details_a0Sj0000000EYr1EAG   Elizebeth Randall is gorgeous within this performance – a…

Juliana Monin; photo by Tony Nguyen, courtesy of Paufve Dance Paufve Dance presents its latest work - Strangers Become Flowers – on February 6, 7, 13, and 14 in San Francisco. Please stay tuned for several posts related to Randee Paufve and her work. Tickets: https://odc.secure.force.com/ticket#details_a0Sj0000000EYr1EAG Performer Juliana Monin is stellar within this performance – strong, powerful,…