Dance News

THE Barbican Theatre is taking steps to get men into dancing. Professional dancer Kuldip Singh-Barmi is leading specialist classes to get males moving.

The award - winning ballet "Chroma," featuring music by the White Stripes, and a new full-length interpretation of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" are among productions in the National Ballet of Canada's 2010-11 season, the company announced Monday.

Jazzworks Dance Company packed a lot of dancing -- and a lot of dancers -- into a two-hour production at the Overture Center's Capitol Theater on Friday night.

Chester Francis-Jackson, Gleaner Writer The late Professor Rex Nettleford. - file For some time now, commentators and some talking heads, looking for a clever sound bite to elevate their paltry contribution to nation development to being newsworthy, have been labelling Jamaica 'the land of samples'. There are case studies like that to be found in ...

To the beat of the tune, the students in Southside High School's Dance Dynamics program move in rhythm.

Never before has there been such an influx of high-end Taiwanese art in Vancouver.

WORDS, not music, are the wellspring for three of the four works Rambert present on their 2010 British Tour.

A revolution can occur in many ways. Some choose to protest with marches and picket signs.

American Idol judge Randy Jackson and MTV have been named in a new lawsuit over allegations that the idea for their reality dance contest, Americaa s Best Dance Crew , was stolen from a Los Angeles dance instructor.

Jamaican scholar and choreographer Rex Nettleford has died following a heart attack in the United States.

Beloved choreographer Mia Michaels is coming back to "So You Think You Can Dance." It might, however, only be a short visit.

We've all seen it and thought it the weirdest/awesomest thing ever: the prisoners who perform the full dance routine for Michael Jackson's Thriller in the prison yard.

Carnival: Producer: Michael Price Director: Darko Tresnjak Choreographer: Peggy Hickey.

Dance theatre is still proving to be a cultural ambassador to the world. The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will grace the Atlanta stage of the Fox Theater, Feb.

'Heaven," a new work by choreographer Morgan Thorson, includes dancing, synthesized vocals and lighting effects, and music by the indie rock group Low.

'WE THINK everyone should have the chance to dance," says the co-artistic director of Candoco, the country's leading contemporary dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers.

Founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995, the Pussycat Dolls began as a burlesque dance revue based in Los Angeles, spawned a second revue in Las Vegas, grew into an A-list phenomena with a revolving cast of guest celebrities, and eventually became a recording act with a number one dance hit.

DANCE troupe Diversity are to front a Government health campaign aimed at getting children to boogie their way to a healthier future.

'Michael Jackson's This is It' In April 2009, Michael Jackson proclaimed to a screaming crowd in London, "This is it, this is it" -- the name of presumably what would be his final concert tour.

The Merce Cunningham Dance Company is embarking on a final world tour honoring the artistic achievements of its late founder.