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Happening This Week

• Lauren Lovette for Colorado Ballet – Program: Masterworks
  • April 12, 2024 – April 21, 2024:  Colorado Ballet will present Masterworks, a program featuring a world premiere work by Lauren Lovette (female), alongside works by George Balanchine (male), and Yoshihisa Arai (male). 
• Diana Crower & Lisa Huffaker for Pegasus Contemporary Ballet – Program: Words for a Resonant Space
  • April 12, 2024 – April 13, 2024:  Pegasus Contemporary Ballet will present Words for a Resonant Space, a program featuring poems by Lisa Huffaker (female), choreography by Diana Crowder (female), and a script written by Aaron Glover (male).
• Nicole Haskins for Ballet Arizona Studio Company
  • April 12, 2024 – April 13, 2024:  Ballet Arizona will present its Studio Company Showcase, featuring new works by Nicole Haskins (female), Gillmer Duran (male), and Durante Verzola (male). 
• Gong Xingxing for Scapino Ballet Rotterdam – Program: Origin
  • April 7, 2024 – June 9, 2024:  Scapino Ballet Rotterdam will present Origin, a program featuring new works by Gong Xingxing (female), and Lior Tavori (male).
• Francesca Harper for Ailey II at the Joyce
  • April 9, 2024 – April 14, 2024:  Ailey II will be in residence at the Joyce Theater and will present a program featuring new works by Francesca Harper (female), and Baye & Asa, alongside works by Alvin Ailey (male), Judith Jamison (female), and William Forsythe (male).
• Milena Sidorova for the Dutch National Ballet – Program: Dancing Dutch
  • March 30, 2024 – April 14, 2024:  the Dutch National Ballet will present Dancing Dutch, a quadruple bill featuring a world premiere work by Milena Sidorova (female), alongside works by Jiří Kylián (male), Hans van Manen (male), and David Dawson (male).
• Mélanie Lomoff for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen – Program: Ombra
  • March 30, 2024 – May 8, 2024:  the Opera Ballet Vlaanderen will present Ombra, A world premiere program featuring a collaboration of “chorus members, dancers and orchestral musicians of Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (in a) creative dialogue” including choreography by Mélanie Lomoff (female) and Luis Marrafa (male).
• Tara Schaufuss for The Royal Danish Ballet – Program: Koreorama
  • March 22, 2024 – April 30, 2023:  The Royal Danish Ballet will present Koreorama, A program featuring new works by Tara Schaufuss (female), Tobias Praetorius (male), and Matteo Di Loreto (male).
• Maxine Doyle for NDT 2 – Program: The Beauty of it All
  • March 14, 2024 – May 2, 2024:  NDT 2 will present The Beauty of it All, a program featuring a world premiere work by Maxine Doyle (female), alongside works by Jiří Kylián (male), and Ohad Naharin (male).
• Sharon Eyal and Sol León for Staatsballett Berlin – Program: 2 Chapters Love
  • December 11, 2023 – June 14, 2024:  Staatsballett Berlin will present 2 Chapters Love, A program featuring new works by Sharon Eyal (female), and Sol León (female).

 

Female Choreography Commissions, World Premieres, and Programming

• Barbora Rašková, Nicola Wills, and Madeline Squire for International Draft Works
  • April 10, 2024 – April 13, 2024:  The Royal Ballet will present International Draft Works, a program featuring new works by Barbora Rašková (female) for National Theatre Brno, Nicola Wills (female) for Opera Ballet Flanders, Madeline Squire (female) for Scottish Ballet, Florent Melac (male) for Paris Opera Ballet, Lucas Lima (male) for Norwegian National Ballet, Lee Young-Cheol (male) for Korean National Ballet, Olmo Verbeeck Martinez (male) for Semperoper Ballet Dresden, Lachlan Monaghan (male) for Birmingham Royal Ballet and Matthew Ball (male) and Joseph Toonga (male) for the Royal Ballet.
• May Zarhy for Theater Chemnitz Ballet – Program: Showcase VII: Witness
  • April 25, 2024 – June 13, 2024:  Theater Chemnitz Ballet will present Showcase VII: Witness, A program featuring an evening-length work by May Zarhy (female).
• Diana Movius for Moveius Contemporary Ballet – Program: Glacier: A Climate Change Ballet
  • April 27, 2024:  Moveius Contemporary Ballet will present Glacier: A Climate Change Ballet, A program by Diana Movius (female) presented at the Smithsonian “In conjunction with the Portrait Gallery’s “Forces of Nature: Voices that Shaped Environmentalism” exhibition”
• Monique Haley, Tsai Hsi Hung, and Kia S. Smith for South Chicago Dance Theatre 
  • On April 27, 2024:  South Chicago Dance Theatre will present An Evening with the South Chicago Dance Theatre: Season 7, a program featuring world premieres by Monique Haley (female), Tsai Hsi Hung (female), Kia S. Smith (female), Donald Byrd (male), Joshua Blake Carter (male), Terence Marling (male).
• Tsai Hsi Hung and Alia Kache for Ballet Arkansas – Program: Bravo
  • May 2, 2024 – May 5, 2024:  Ballet Arkansas will present Bravo, A program featuring world premiere works by Tsai Hsi Hung (female), Alia Kache (female), and Michael Fothergill (male) alongside a work by Sir David Bintley (male).
• Elayna Waxse for Minnesota Dance Theatre – Program: Spring
  • May 3, 2024 – May 12, 2024:  Minnesota Dance Theatre will present Spring, A program featuring world premiere works by Elayna Waxse (female), Javan Mngrezzo (male), Zachary Tuazon (male), alongside a work by Nia-Amina Minor (female).
• Raffaella at Morris Performing Arts Center
  • June 29, 2024 – June 30, 2024:  Raffaella, a new evening-length story ballet choreographed by Claire Kretzschmar (female) will be presented at Morris Performing Arts Center.
• Mikelle Bruzina for Louisville Ballet – Program: Studio Connections
  • September 13, 2024 – September 22, 2024:  Louisville Ballet will present Studio Connections, A program featuring a world premiere work by Mikelle Bruzina (female) alongside works by August Bournonville (male) and Marius Petipa (male).
• Dani Rowe for Oregon Ballet Theatre – Program: Giselle
  • February 14, 2025 – February 22, 2025:  Oregon Ballet Theatre will present Giselle, an evening-length world premiere choreographed by Dani Rowe (female) and Tiit Helimets (male). 
• Dani Rowe for Oregon Ballet Theater – Program: Marilyn
  • April 4, 2025 – April 13, 2025:  Oregon Ballet Theater will present Marilyn, An evening-length world premiere by Dani Rowe (female) original score by Shannon Rugani, costumes by Emma Kingsbury, and set design by Emma Kingsbury and David Finn.
    
    

Leadership Changes

For continual updates on leadership changes see Dance Data Project® – Artistic Director Transitions 2024 Spreadsheet

• Performance Space New York Announces New Artistic Director
  • On March 8, 2024:  Performance Space New York announced Taja Cheek (female) as the new Artistic Director of the Space. 
• Cleveland Ballet Announces Permanent President and CEO
  • April 4, 2024:  Cleveland Ballet announced that current Interim President and CEO, Larry Goodman (male) will fill the role permanently.
    
    

Artist Opportunities

This section focuses on new or upcoming deadlines for artist opportunities, in conjunction with our Fellowships, Competitions and Initiatives Guide. For a more comprehensive list of artist opportunities, please see the link above.  

Outstanding Artists (lighting, music, tech, design, etc.)

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