Global Update:

Happening This Week

• Rafaële Giovanola for Cocoon Dance – Program: Mo[ram]lam
  • November 20, 2024 – November 21, 2024: Cocoon Dance will present Mo[ram]lam, a new work choreographed and directed by Rafaële Giovanola (female), and Jitti Chompee (male).
• Natosha Washinton for Repertory Dance Theater – Program: I Am
  • November 21, 2024 – November 23, 2024: Repertory Dance Theater will present I Am, An evening-length work by Natosha Washington (female)
• Azure Barton, Sharon Eyal, and Sasha Waltz for Gauthier Dance – Program: The Seven Sins
  • November 21, 2024 – November 24, 2024:  Gauthier Dance will present The Seven Sins, a program featuring world premieres by Aszure Barton (female), Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui (male), Sharon Eyal (female), Marco Goecke (male), Marcos Morau (male), Hofesh Shechter (male), and Sasha Waltz (female).
    
• Eukene Sagues for the Royal Danish Ballet – Program: Blood Wedding
  • November 9, 2024 – November 22, 2024: The Royal Danish Ballet will present Blood Wedding, a new evening-length production by choreographer Eukene Sagues (female).
• Lauren Lovette for Paul Taylor Dance Company at Lincoln Center
  • November 5, 2024 – November 24, 2024: Paul Taylor Dance Company will be in residence at Lincoln Center and will present a program featuring world premiere works by Lauren Lovette (female), and Robert Battle (male), alongside works by Jody Sperling (female), Lauren Lovette, Ulysses Dove (male), and Larry Keigwin (male).
    
• Sharon Eyal for Staatsballett Berlin – Program: SAABA/Minus 16
  • October 25, 2024 – November 29, 2024: Staatsballet Berlin will present SAABA/Minus 16, a program featuring a new work by Sharon Eyal (female) alongside a work by Ohad Naharin (male).

Female Choreography Commissions, World Premieres, and Programming

• Quincie Bean, Beatriz García Díaz, Ingrid Ferdinand, and Alejandra Preciado for NW Dance Project – Program: In Good CompanyNejla Yatkin at Ruth Page Center for the Arts 
  • December 6, 2024 – December 14, 2024: NW Dance Project will present In Good Company, a program featuring new works by Quincie Bean (female), Beatriz García Díaz (female), Ingrid Ferdinand (female), Alejandra Preciado (female), and Mateo Vidals (male).
• Virginie Brunelle for Gauthier Dance JUNIORS
  • January 23, 2025 – January 26, 2025: Gauthier Dance Juniors will present a program featuring world premiere works by Virginie Brunelle (female), and Barak Marshall (male), alongside works by Eric Gauthier (male), Alejandro Cerrudo (male), and Nacho Duato (male).
• Gabrielle Lamb, Noelle Kayser, and Kaya Wolsey for Dance Aspen: Amber Glow
  • February 15, 2025 – February 17, 2025: Dance Aspen will present Amber Glow, a program featuring world premiere works by Gabrielle Lamb (female), Noelle Kayser (female), Kaya Wolsey (female) and Matthew Gilmore (male). 
• Jessie Lee Thorne for Backhausdance
  • On April 5, 2025: Backhausdance will present a program featuring world premiere works by Jessie Lee Thorne (female), and Bret Easterling (male) alongside works by Jennifer Backhaus (female)
• Melanie Lane for Australasian Dance Collective – Program: Blue
  • May 14, 2025 – May 17, 2025: Australasian Dance Collective will present Blue, a program featuring a world premiere work by Melanie Lane (female), alongside works by Natalie Weir (female), and Hofesh Shechter (male).
• Sophie Laplane for the Scottish Ballet – Program: Mary, Queen of Scots
  • In August 2025: The Scottish Ballet will present Mary, Queen of Scots a world-premiere evening-length work by Choreographer in Residence Sophie Laplane (female) at the Edinburgh International Festival.

Leadership Changes

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

• Dutch National Ballet Announces Departure of Artistic Leadership
  • In October 2024: the Dutch National Ballet announced that Artistic Director Ted Brandsen (male) and Associate Artistic Director Rachel Beujean (female) will depart their roles at the end of the 2025/2026 season. The company has announced that recruitment to fill the roles has started.
• Teatro Colón Announces New Ballet Director
  • On November 12, 2024: Teatro Colón announced that Julio Bocca (male) has been appointed as the theater’s new Ballet Director. 

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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