Interview: Martha Graham dancer Lloyd Knight is the first man to dance her iconic role
Martha Graham Dance Company dancer Lloyd Knight talks about being the first man to perform Graham’s Lamentation, and Black rights in dance.
Dance Theatre of Harlem
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Ballerina Michaela DePrince dies at 29
Michaela DePrince dies at 29 – Sierra Leonean ballet dancer Michaela Mabinty DePrince was born Mabinty Bangura on 6 January 1995 during the civil war.
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Royal Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlem look at Black Dancers in Ballet
Lydia Wharf attends ‘Black Dancers in Ballet’ with The Royal Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Jacobs Pillow and the Black British Ballet Project.
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[Review] Blake Works V – William Forsythe’s sensational evening of dance at La Scala
La Scala performs William Forsythe’s Blake Works V with a premiere of ‘Prologue’, a version of ‘The Barre Project’, and ‘Blake Works I’.
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Dancing Times, the world’s oldest dance magazine, celebrates 110 years
1910 saw George V ascend to the throne, the trial and execution of Dr Crippen, the publication of E M Forster’s Howard’s End and the birth of Alice Marks, later Alicia Markova, the country’s first prima ballerina. 1910 was also the year that Phillip J S Richardson founded Dancing Times – it was the first independent magazine devoted solely to dance
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‘Ballet Bronze’ and ‘Ballet Brown’ – Freed announces pointe shoes for dancers of colour
Two important tweets today announced a new product that thousands of dancers have been waiting for for years – pointe shoes in ‘Ballet Bronze’ and ‘Ballet Brown’. Traditional pink shoes, while flattering for white skin, ruin the line of a darker-skinned dancer. The good thing too, is that one of the most prestigious ballet shoe…
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The Art of Movement – a glorious new book from NYC Dance Project
NYC Dance Project – husband and wife team, Ken Browar and Deborah Ory – have produced some of the most widely circulated images of dance on the internet. Leaps and other gymnastic feats will always be shared and liked more than most, but what makes Browar and Ory’s photos stand out is that they communicate…
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