Modern Dance News

In her 80 years, Joan Myers Brown has been an artist, entrepreneur, and visionary, who with steely grace founded first, in 1960, a dance school for African American children and then, in 1970, Philadanco, where young dancers of color could find a performance home.

Claude Monet's 'Japanese Footbridge,' Giverny, 1895, part of the exhibit Monet in Giverny: Landscapes of Reflection, at the Cincinnati Art Museum through May 13.

Sri Lankans turned out in large numbers at the Doha Cinema on Friday to witness a spectacular performance by their favourite dance troupe Chandana Wickramasinghe and the Dancers Guild.

The Alden in McLean has announced its first ever artist-in-residence, modern dance company Christopher K. Morgan & Artists/CityDance. The company will hold a series of educational and enrichment events leading up to the world premiere of Limited Visibility, choreographer Christopher K. Morgan's first evening-length work.

By STEWART SMITH Entertainment Editor As one half of a dance company created by the late choreographer and modern dance pioneer Alvin Ailey, Ailey II continues the traditions and philosophies formed by its namesake.

CHENNAI: "The danger of a camera in front of a moving body is converting it into a still body and still bodies are very boring," said art critic Sadanand Menon.

A professor will talk about her time living and teaching in Saudi Arabia, and a dance troupe will perform as part of this spring's lecture series at Oxnard College.

Hiram Kelly Branch Library, 6151 S. Normal Boulevard, Chicago and the African American Services Committee will host The All-City Dance Ensemble on Saturday, February 11, 2012 at 2 p.m. in celebration of African American Heritage Month.

Last Spring, a german filmmaker mostly known for his fictional features made a splash with one of the first 3D documentaries.

Tales circulating about Jin Xing suggest that the noted Chinese dancer and choreographer discovered a passion for dance at age six.

Terry Sand brings her colossal sense of humor, her theatrical flair and maybe a few tricks to work each day - all in the name of entertaining seniors.

Chico Performances for February are as follows: -- Tao: The Art of the Drum, Taiko, World Music & Dance, 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Feb.

If you missed Firekeeper Productions' "The Mabel Story" when it debuted in Brattleboro last April, you have a chance to catch it again.

New beginnings often contain built-in excitement, but there was an extra note of promise in the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's program Tuesday night at the Kennedy Center Opera House.

Staid office workers cluster in anxious proximity, while mysterious figures in various states of undress move in a dreamlike fashion.

Many little girls dream of being a ballerina. Northeast Cobb's Hanae Dillon, age 8, is living the dream as one of the children performing in The Princess and the Goblin , whichA makes its world premiere Friday at the Cobb Energy Centre .

Subhead: Controversial choreographer Jin Xing returns in triumph to New York, the city that gave her "a voice". Kelly Chung Dawson reports.

"It's celebrating bodies and the dance," said Jocelyn Shiro-Westphal, director of Jazzline, Homer's modern dance studio.

Everyone may know everyone in D.C.'s tiny dance world, but few figures are truly ubiquitous.

Longtime collaborators and improvisers extraordinaire, Burkholder and Mansur are silky dancers who fill a space with movement that's alternately athletic and subtle - but always contains an element of watchfulness.