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#coverstar: Mira Nadon 🧡 Intelligent focus and level-headedness have enabled New York City Ballet principal Mira Nadon to take on major roles since joining the company’s corps in 2018—and to handle the intense pressure that comes with them. Her extraordinary range has been on full display following her promotion to principal in 2023. Read the full cover story: https://lnkd.in/gzeW_p5p ⭐️ 📝: Amy Brandt 📸: Mira Nadon. Photo by Erin Baiano. #miranadon #newyorkcityballet #dancemagazine Media Description: Mira Nadon poses against a white backdrop. She leans back on her hands as she sits on one shin with her downstage foot propped on pointe. Her expression is cool as she turns her face to the camera. She wears a dark green sleeveless unitard. Her dark hair is neatly pulled back in a high bun.

Join us on Wednesday, October 9 at 2p EST for a FREE webinar! 📢 We’ll speak with University of North Carolina School of the Arts' Brenda Daniels, Abigail Yager, and Rosey Walker to learn more about the UNCSA School of Dance Contemporary Program. Register now for $0 here: https://lnkd.in/eKpRsM67 📸: Photo courtesy University of North Carolina School of the Arts #UNCSA #UNCSAdance #ContemporaryDance

Recently, majorette dance has entered the mainstream, taking center stage on reality television series, movies, and social media apps like TikTok. Along the way, the majorette community has been adjusting to the increased exposure, which has brought new challenges—and new opportunities. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ePrXZEgq 📸: The Alcorn State University Golden Girls. Photo by Larry Hubbard, Courtesy the Golden Girls. #majorette #majorettes #majorettedance

What does it take to get a full-time job in dance academia? Because job security can be hard to come by in the dance world, there’s an understandable appeal to full-time professorships in college and university dance programs. The path to get there can seem elusive, however—and the requirements of the job extend beyond teaching and choreography. Two dance professors—Jason Ohlberg, Skidmore College associate professor and asso­ciate chair, and Shannon Johnson Grayson, assistant professor of practice at University of Southern California’s Glorya Kaufman School of Dance—share their journeys to working in academia. Read the article here: https://lnkd.in/ejDPhA6a 📸 : Skidmore College students in Ohlberg’s “Hinterland.” Photo by Gary Gold, Courtesy Skidmore College. 📝 : Chava Pearl Lansky #DanceAcademia #DanceProfessor #Dancer Media descriptions: (1) Four dancers on stage at Skidmore College. One dancer is extending her left leg and reaching up towards the ceiling. The other three are sitting in chairs watching. Text reads: What Does it Take to Get a Full-Time Job In Dance Academia?

Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from September 2024 (plus, a newly available funding opportunity for dance artists): https://lnkd.in/eeg2MRqM 📸: BalletX in Jennifer Archibald’s "Maslow’s Peak." Photo by Whitney Browne, courtesy BalletX/Broad Street Communications. #newsofnote #dancenews #dancers

New story ballets, a landmark revival, works that take to the sky or descend into the earth—the fall performance season is going full speed ahead as we move into October. Here's what has us most intrigued: https://lnkd.in/e57Cg9qk 📸 : Birmingham Royal Ballet in rehearsal for Wubkje Kuindersma’s contribution to "Luna." Photo by Katja Ogrin, courtesy Birmingham Royal Ballet. 📝 : Emily May, Courtney Escoyne, Kyra Laubacher #DancePerformance #Dance #DanceNews Media descriptions: (1) Two dancers in rehearsal clothes lock eyes with intensity. The woman in pointe shoes balances in a high side attitude; her partner holds her with one hand at her waist, the other on the outside of her knee.

Despite all the hours young dancers spend in the studio, for many coming out of high school, the idea of dance as an academic discipline—an intellectual as much as a physical pursuit—can be unfamiliar, even mysterious. What do college dance programs actually require? What do students’ days look like? Here, four college dance majors take us through a day in the life: https://lnkd.in/egASaRU7 📸 : Getty Images 📝: Annie Kloppenberg #CollegeDance #CollegeDancer #DITL University of Iowa Purchase College, SUNY Bates College Emory University Media description: (1) A female in jeans and a plaid flannel wears a tan backpack and faces away from the camera, looking at an archway in an ornate building. Text reads: A Day in the Life of 4 College Dance Majors

🔔LAST CALL! 🔔 Ending tonight at midnight: Get your tickets to the 2024 #DanceMagazineAwards for only $75! Use coupon code “earlybird” at checkout. Established in 1954, the Dance Magazine Awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of individuals and organizations in the dance industry and are one of the most prestigious honors in dance. This year’s ceremony will take place on Monday, December 2, 2024 at 7pm EST, at Baryshnikov Arts’ Jerome Robbins Theater (450 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018). Head to https://lnkd.in/ejsSnUG4 for tickets and more information! We look forward to seeing you there. 🧡 #DanceMagazine #sale #dance Image description: A navy and gold text design on white; text included in caption. A logo at the top features a bell with wings and says “Early bird discount // DanceMagazine Awards 2024”

🎞️ #filmbreakfriday: After years of staring at a screen editing films, Berlin-based filmmaker Boris Seewald felt compelled to work with a more tactile medium and turned to painting. He dug up unused footage from his previous dance films and employed an animation technique called rotoscoping (think A-ha’s “Take On Me” music video) to translate the footage into a series of paintings by projecting still images of the video onto paper, which he would then use as a guide to paint the two dancers in his short. However, this was not a solo project; Seewald enlisted the help of his wife and then-3-year-old daughter to paint roughly 1,250 images for the film! For music, he chose the track “Disco,” from the album Moods by his longtime collaborator, composer Ralf Hildenbeutel. The rotoscoping is based on performances by Althea Corlett and Simone Schmidt. Watch the full video: https://lnkd.in/dQqUWhcP 🎥: A clip from Seewald’s “Disco” 📝: Ben Estabrook #dancefilm #borisseewald #rotoscope Media description: Painted stills of a dancer are edited together to create a motion effect. Text on the video reads: Film Break Friday with @DanceMagazine // Boris Seewald’s “Disco” // Watch the full film at www.dancemagazine.com

Our October cover star, New York City Ballet principal Mira Nadon 🌟 🎥: All footage provided by New York City Ballet. Mira Nadon in “Rubies” from George Balanchine’s “Jewels;” Ulysses Dove’s “Red Angels;” Jerome Robbins’ “Dances at a Gathering;” Balanchine’s “Liebeslieder Walzer” (with Peter Walker); Justin Peck’s “Copland Dance Episodes” (with Taylor Stanley); and Balanchine’s “Errante” #miranadon #newyorkcityballet #dancemagazine Media Description: A compilation of clips of Mira Nadon dancing onstage in the ballets listed above, in that order.