By Oksana Khadarina 27 October 2020 What does it take to organize a dance festival in the middle of a pandemic? International ballet superstar Diana Vishneva has an answer or […]
As COVID-19 cases grow nationwide and permanent layoffs continue to rise, it’s becoming increasingly difficult to imagine the United States returning to “normalcy” anytime soon.
By Gia Kourlas 22 October 2020 When the coronavirus pandemic started, the first thing I did was panic. I didn’t want to bum anyone out, but it didn’t take me […]
By Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti, Kevin Yao, Hannah Clark & Dr. Katherine Pieper January 2020 Annenberg Inclusion Initiative Each year, we examine the gender and race/ethnicity of directors […]
By Sarah Shadburne 19 October 2020 After arriving in Louisville on March 12 with her Derby hat, a few cocktail dresses and a couple pairs of jeans, Nichole Gantshar was […]
By Haley Hilton 19 October 2020 Evelyn Cisneros-Legate is bringing her hard-earned expertise to Ballet West. The former San Francisco Ballet star is taking over all four campuses of The […]
DDP will release a new episode of Global Conversations: The View From 30,000 Feet every weekday at 12 p.m. EST, beginning on Monday, October 19.
Here, Elizabeth and Isabelle discuss why assessing ballet companies’ gender inequity through data analysis is key to addressing the issue and changing the field.
Dance Data Project® (DDP) today announced the release of Global Conversations: The View From 30,000 Feet, the third round in a series of virtual interviews. Round 3 examines the state of ballet not only as an art form but also as a multi-million-dollar industry in the United States and a field of endeavor that must quickly adapt to the challenges of a pandemic or cease to exist in the post-COVID world.
By Lyndsey Winship 12 October 2020 Tamara Rojo may be a great tragic dancer on stage, but in person she is far from the voice of doom. “The performing arts […]
