Duke Performances Virtual Fall Season Includes Global Conversations Alum Stefanie Batten Bland
DDP’s Global Conversations guest Stefanie Batten Bland’s work will appear in Duke Performances’ Virtual Fall Season on Saturday, October 10.
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NPR: Enough Already: Multiple Demands Causing Women To Abandon Workforce
Last month, women left jobs at four times the rate that men did. A new school year with children staying home instead of returning to classrooms in person led many women to drop out of the workforce.
Chicago Tribune: In ‘painful’ decision, Joffrey Ballet of Chicago cancels 2020-21 season
By Chris Jones 1 October 2020 The Joffrey Ballet of Chicago said Thursday that it has canceled its entire 2020-21 season at the Lyric Opera House. The canceled programing includes the world […]
The Salt Lake Tribune: Ballet West will start letting dancers wear tights and shoes in their own skin color
By Sean P. Means 1 October 2020 Ballet West dancers soon will be wearing tights and shoes that more closely resemble their own skin color — an effort to push back […]
Pointe Magazine: “My Plate Is Full”: Sofiane Sylve on Her New Leadership Roles at Ballet San Antonio and Dresden Semperoper
By Claudia Bauer 28 September 2020 Sofiane Sylve had huge plans for 2020: Departing her post as a principal dancer at San Francisco Ballet, she embarked on a multifaceted, bicontinental […]
New York Times: Dance on Film Is the Only Game in Town. BalletX Takes the Field.
This Philadelphia company has released four new works that engage the medium by pairing choreographers with filmmakers.
Cincinnati Business Courier: With Covid-19 protocols in place, Cincinnati Ballet returns joyously to the stage
By Janelle Gelfand 24 September 2020 This weekend, Cincinnati Ballet will be one of the first dance companies in the nation to return to the stage since the Covid-19 lockdown. […]
The Philadelphia Inquirer: Philly’s 2020 fall dance season has abandoned all the rules – here’s what to expect
By Nancy G. Heller 26 September 2020 Lucky for the rest of us, artists are unstoppable. In the face of seemingly insurmountable COVID-19-related restrictions, dancers have been working with filmmakers […]
DDP’s new 2020-2021 Season Status Updates resource featured in The Dance Edit
25 September 2020 The Dance Data Project has compiled an index of ballet companies’ 2020–21 season status updates, with information on cancellations and virtual programming. (dancedataproject.com) Sign up for The Dance […]
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Atlanta Ballet’s drive-in Nutcracker: an alternative holiday tradition
By Bo Emerson 24 September 2020 Everything has changed this year and the holidays will change as well. Door-to-door for Halloween? The CDC recommends against it. Getting the whole crowd […]
