Representative John Lewis: 1940-2020
DDP mourns Representative John Lewis, who passed away on Friday at the age of 80.
Entries by dancedata
The Atlantic: This Isn’t Sustainable for Working Parents
The pandemic has already taken a toll on the careers of those with young children—particularly mothers. By Joe Pinsker 9 July 2020 Child care is the immovable object around which […]
Broadway World: NEW YORK CITY CENTER LIVE @ HOME Announces Virtual Programming Featuring Misty Copeland, Tiler Peck and More
By BWW News Desk 8 July 2020 New York City Center President & CEO Arlene Shuler today announced New York City Center Live @ Home virtual programming including a newly commissioned weekly […]
New York Times: In Her Words: Ava DuVernay’s Fight for Change, Onstage and Off
By Emma Goldberg 8 July 2020 They might depict scenes from decades past, but movie sets featured in films by the director Ava DuVernay are starting to look a lot […]
Welum: STUDY AND ANALYSIS OF DANCE COMPANIES
Meet Elizabeth “Liza” Yntema, Founder and President of Dance Data Project® in Welum’s Q&A: “The only way to accomplish anything in life is to ‘be selfish’ even if it’s working on behalf of others. Women daily face a barrage of criticism or backlash for stepping past or out of societally defined roles, at almost any age.”
Broadway World: Gloria Estefan and Lin-Manuel Miranda Extend Invitation to Ballet Hispánico’s NOCHE UNIDOS
By BWW News Desk 29 June 2020 Ballet Hispánico continues to celebrate 50 years of uniting people through dance with Noche Unidos on Tuesday, June 30, 2020 from 7:30-8:15pm EDT […]
New York Times: In Her Words: Setbacks
By Emma Goldberg 26 June 2020 “I admitted to myself that I couldn’t do it all.” — Ellen Kuwana on quitting her job in scientific communications Women have shouldered more […]
Dance/USA: Leadership During Crisis: Kelly Tweeddale, Executive Director, San Francisco Ballet
‘Our opening night would be our closing night’ By Lisa Traiger 12 May 2020 “I’m running a $52-million ballet company out of my San Francisco apartment,” Kelly Tweeddale said with […]
San Francisco Chronicle: SF Ballet announces details of 2021 season with hope and a bit of uncertainty
By Joshua Kosman 18 June 2020 World premieres by choreographers Cathy Marston, Mark Morris, Danielle Rowe and Myles Thatcher — as well as a return engagement for George Balanchine’s “A Midsummer […]
Penta: Two Dancers—Decades Apart—Inspire the Next Generation of African-American Artists
17 June 2020 By Lucy Cohen Blatter At a Black Entertainment Television Black Girls Rock! event two summers ago in Newark, N.J., Misty Copeland presented Judith Jamison with the Living Legend Award, […]
