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.”
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 […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
17 June 2020 Performing Arts Alliance SBA Issues PPP Flexibility Rules! Reminder: Loan Application Deadline June 30. The Small Business Administration has released new rules implementing the provisions of the […]
DDP is very proud to share a piece written by our incredible colleague Jenesis Williams for the DDP website. Our team recognizes the importance of taking a step back right now to amplify Jenesis’ voice. We are moved by her powerful words and invite you to hear her thoughts and experience for yourselves in this piece for the DDP blog. Jenesis says it best herself: “I’ve been told that ballet is just a conversation between a dancer and the audience. If that’s true, it’s time we give young, black dancers a voice.”
By Roslyn Sulcas 16 June 2020 Dance Theater of Harlem emerged from tragedy and uprisings; the assassination of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in 1968, was the catalyst […]
By Mark Peikert 13 June 2020 With its 50th Anniversary Celebration cut short by COVID-19, Dance Theatre of Harlem has turned to its archives to continue honoring its five decades […]
