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⭐ Join us for the 2024 Dance Magazine Awards! ⭐ Monday, December 2, 2024, at 7 pm Baryshnikov Arts, Jerome Robbins Theater 450 W 37th St, New York We are thrilled to announce the recipients of the 67th Annual Dance Magazine Awards. This year, it is our privilege to honor these best in our field, on the stage and beyond: ⭐ George Faison ⭐ Joanna Haigood ⭐ Liz Lerman ⭐ Mavis Staines ⭐ Shen Wei  ⭐ Chairman's Award: Mikhail Baryshnikov ⭐For the second time ever, we will also give Posthumous Dance Magazine Awards to Carmen Amaya, Talley Beatty, Michaela Mabinty DePrince, ‘Iolani Luahine, Raven Wilkinson, and Yuriko. A ceremony to recognize this year's honorees will be held in New York City at Baryshnikov Arts on Monday, December 2, at 7 pm, with performances and presentations for each recipient. For tickets and more information about this year’s awardees, head to https://lnkd.in/gc8fW8Ak #DanceMagazineAwards #DanceMagazine 📸: Clockwise from top left: George Faison; photo by Hollis King. Joanna Haigood; photo by Charlie Formenty. Liz Lerman; photo by Christine Johnson. Shen Wei; photo courtesy Shen Wei. Mavis Staines; photo by Johan Persson. Media description: A composite of the 2024 Dance Magazine Awardees’ headshots and the event logo in white, laid over a navy blue background with gold speckles. 

One word: leg. 🔥 Who else is reading "Dance Mag" this weekend? 🙋 📸: Rachel Lockhart on our January 2025 cover for the 25th anniversary of #25ToWatch. Photo by Jonathan Taylor. #DanceMagazine #RachelLockhart Description: The January 2025 cover of Dance Magazine. Rachel Lockhart is shown in profile. Her standing leg is in plié as she extends her downstage leg in a high parallel front attitude. Her upstage hand holds the ankle of her extended leg; her downstage arm creates an angle behind her. She wears all black and black heeled boots. The largest cover line reads, “25 to Watch turns 25.”

Remembering Carolyn Brown The dance world is mourning the loss of modern dance icon Carolyn Brown (1929–2025), who died this week. A founding member of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Brown appeared in more than 40 of the choreographer’s dances throughout her time with the company, from 1953 to 1972, and often partnered with Cunningham. Following her retirement from the Cunningham company, Brown became a teacher, writer, choreographer, lecturer, and filmmaker, as well as a frequent reconstructor of Cunningham works. Her memoir, “Chance and Circumstance: Twenty Years with Cage and Cunningham,” was published in 2007. Brown was a member of the Cunningham Dance Foundation board of directors and the recipient of several grants and recognitions. “Dance Magazine” presented her with a Dance Magazine Award in 1970, and she graced our July cover the following year. “The thing is, Carolyn Brown has never treated dancing as a career, only as the doing of something,” Olga Maynard wrote in the 1971 cover story. “She moves in space, prolonging or hastening time, a beautiful and potent force in dance, and her femininity suffuses her dancing with particular heat and energy—it is, we might say, the thermodynamics of her art.” As we prepare a longer tribute celebrating Brown’s life and legacy, learn more about the modern dance great here: https://lnkd.in/eMkQdqM2 📸: Carolyn Brown, as seen in an excerpt from Maynard’s July 1971 cover story on Brown. Photo by James Klosty, from the DM Archives. 📸: Carolyn Brown on the cover of “Dance Magazine” in July 1971. Photo by James Klosty, from the DM Archives. #CarolynBrown #MerceCunningham

Even after the whirlwind of "Nutcracker" season and finals dies down, summer break can feel very far away. Still, because appli­cations for intensives, internships, and jobs open in winter, now is the time to start planning for the warmer months. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eB6wdC8K ☀️ 📸: Jennifer Backhaus teaching class. Photo by Kira Bartoli, Courtesy Backhausdance 📝: Catie Robinson #SummerDance #SummerIntensive #CollegeDance Description: Jennifer Backhaus sitting at the front of the studio watching students perform exercises at the barre. Text: How to Make the Most of Summer Breaks as a Dance Major

As the founder of Les Ballet Afrik and one of the choreographers behind the recent "CATS" reimagining, "The Jellicle Ball," Omari Wiles has become a fixture of New York City’s dance scene, known for mixing house and vogue styles with African dance. Wiles’ mother, Marie Basse-Wiles, is also a New York legend: A pillar of the African diaspora dance community, she is the co-founder, co-CEO, and artistic director of the Maimouna Keita School of African Dance in Brooklyn. Works & Process commissioned mother and son to create a new piece together for the upcoming Underground Uptown Dance Festival. Omari took a moment to discuss the work, "Djapo"—which features dancers from both the Maimouna Keita School and Les Ballets Afrik—ahead of its January 12 premiere. Read the article at https://lnkd.in/ePCntm7q 🧡 📸: From left: Omari Wiles in his “New York Is Burning” at the Guggenheim New York Museum (photo by Titus Ogilvie-Laing, courtesy Works & Process); Marie Basse-Wiles (photo by John Dodge, courtesy Works & Process) 📝: Cara Hagan #OmariWiles #MarieBasseWiles #AfricanDance Description: A collage of two photos. On the right, Marie Basse-Wiles, wearing a bright yellow costume and headscarf, is caught mid-movement, her right arm and foot raised, smiling exultantly. On the left, Omari Wiles, wearing a silver and black sequined ensemble and a black fedora, is pictured onstage, looking down majestically at a cheering crowd, with his elbows bent slightly and his hands falling elegantly from his wrists. Text at top: Choreographer Omari Wiles on Collaborating With His Mom, Dance Luminary Marie Basse-Wiles

In October 2024, 600 dance medicine professionals and educators gathered by the Adriatic Sea in Rimini, Italy, for the 34th annual IADMS - International Association for Dance Medicine & Science conference. Attendees could participate in more than 100 lectures and 50 movement sessions as they shared the latest research and best practices to promote health for dancers and dance for health. This year’s conference highlighted the intersections of mental and physical wellness, as well as advocating for dancer autonomy and safety. Head to https://lnkd.in/eyBntXeA for some key takeaways. 📸 : Getty Images 📝 : Kathleen McGuire Gaines #iadms #dancehealth #dancers Description: A blurred image of a male dancer performing a one-handed handstand. Text: Highlights from the 2024 IADMS Conference on Dancer's Physical and Mental Health

At festival intensives, total daily immersion in dance and access to a multitude of artists coming through campus to perform gives students opportunities that they’re unlikely to get at traditional intensives that may focus more squarely on technique. For dancers on the cusp of starting their careers, they can be formative experiences. Learn how at https://lnkd.in/gYMSDipe 📸: Photo by Countertechnique class at American Dance Festival. Photo by Ben McKeown, Courtesy American Dance Festival. 📝: Jennifer Heimlich #dancefestival #danceintensive #summerintensive Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival Bates Dance Festival Description: A group of dancers spread out in the studio moving individually. Text: Why You Should Consider Festival-Affiliated Summer Programs

🔥 8 Performances Heating Up Stages This January 🔥 Festivals, revivals, premieres, tours—the weather might be chilly, but performance calendars are anything but this January. Head to https://lnkd.in/e7-DRiwX to learn what’s on tap. 📸: Marco da Silva Ferreira’s “CARCAÇA.” Photo by José Caldeira, courtesy Sadler's Wells. 📝: Courtney Escoyne #onstage #dancenews #danceperformance

The award-winning immersive-theater experience "Sleep No More," which haunted Manhattan’s McKittrick Hotel since 2011, will welcome its last guests in January 2025, after initially scheduling its closure for January 2024 and repeatedly extending performance dates. Created by British theater company Punchdrunk and produced by Emursive Productions, the show used dance and minimal dialogue to shape its interwoven narratives, primarily the story of “Macbeth,” in a film-noir setting. “Sleep No More,” which featured dreamlike choreography by Maxine Doyle, was also a home for dozens of contemporary dancers. Head to https://lnkd.in/dDrQemZS to learn how the show will live on in those performers. 📸: Brandon Coleman. Photo by Umi Akiyoshi for The McKittrick Hotel, courtesy Coleman 📝: Catie Robinson #SleepNoMore #Immersive #ImmersiveDance Description: Brandon Coleman, wearing a tuxedo, his face bloodied, stares over his right shoulder on a dark stage. Text: “Sleep No More,” Soon to Be Put to Rest, Will Live On in Its Dancers

#newsofnote: Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from December 2024. Read: https://lnkd.in/e3yjZ_7n 📸 Gillian Murphy in "Swan Lake." Photo by Rosalie O’Connor, courtesy American Ballet Theatre. #dancenews #dancers