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Dallas Black Dance Theatre is honored to be a part of the full artist lineup for Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2021.

The event will be one of two expert-led conversations happening during the week-long competition, the other taking place on July 20 that will revolve around dancer health and wellbeing that will be facilitated by The Healthy Young Dancer Project (THYDP). 

American Repertory Ballet will welcome iconic ballerina Gillian Murphy to be the organization’s first-ever Artistic Associate, effective immediately. Gillian Murphy’s repertoire includes leading roles in all of ABT’s current full-length classics and in shorter works by George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, Jiri Kylian, Antony Tudor, and more.

Viral internet sensation Kemar Jewel, a Black Queer director/choreographer from Jamaica and raised in Philadelphia, has released a visual love letter that uses the language of contemporary dance to help Black Queer men heal from trauma and connect as a community.

The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) is the recipient of a $3 million gift from philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett as one of 286 high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked.

The International Association of Blacks in Dance (IABD) is the recipient of a $3 million gift from philanthropists MacKenzie Scott and Dan Jewett as one of 286 high-impact organizations in categories and communities that have been historically underfunded and overlooked.

Virginia Johnson, Artistic Director and Founding Member of Dance Theatre of Harlem, along with the company's Executive Director, Anna Glass, announced today a $10 million gift from author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott and educator and philanthropist Dan Jewett.

Dance Parade, the non-profit organization that produces the Annual Dance Parade on Broadway, has teamed up with the Emmy Award-winning Mickela Mallozzi to produce a one-hour television special “Dance Brings Us Together – The Resilience of Dance Through the Pandemic.”  

Deeply Rooted Dance Theater is celebrating 25 years of uniting modern, classical, American, and African-American traditions in dance and storytelling through its three primary initiatives: performance, dance education, and cultural outreach. Continuing in June and concluding in October 2021,

On Saturday, June 5, New 42 celebrated arts educators in a once-in-a-lifetime outdoor celebration on 42nd Street in Times Square.

The Hopkins Center for the Arts announced today its upcoming summer 2021 season, which will include a dynamic range of experiences, performances, and presentations by Pilobolus, CONTRA-TIEMPO , and Dance Theatre of Harlem as well as workshops featuring inspiring leaders, thinkers, and creators from across a robust spectrum of disciplines.

Boston Ballet Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen announces the return to live, in-person performances for the 2021–2022 season. Live performances return in November with Nissinen's The Nutcracker.

Works & Process, the performing arts series at the Guggenheim, announces two new board members, Virginia Johnson and Isaac Mizrahi.

The University of North Carolina School of the Arts has named dancer, choreographer, and educator Endalyn Taylor as its new dean of the School of Dance effective August 1. She will lead the conservatory's dance program, which develops technically sound and stylistically versatile professional dancers through training in both classical and contemporary dance.

Seattle Theatre Group has announced that its annual fundraiser, Reopening Doors to the Arts, includes a challenge match. Thanks to the generosity of the theatre's Board of Directors and The Bradley Family Foundation, every donation up to $407,500 will be matched!

Dallas Black Dance Theatre’s Spring Celebration performance will feature guest artist Alicia Graf Mack, Dean and Director at The Juilliard School, following an esteemed career as the principal dancer at two major dance companies.

The Green-Wood Cemetery will present a unique interactive dance performance presented by internationally acclaimed multi-faceted artist Francesca Harper. After more than a year of quarantining and social distancing this new iteration of Harper's Freedom Series celebrates community and new opportunities to gather together.

Stars from the Broadway stage, international opera houses and Dance Theatre of Harlem return to NJFO to present a unique musical experience to restart the artistic engines with a message of hope, rebirth and spiritual enrichment.

The Kennedy Center has announced its 2021–2022 ballet and dance season - beginning in October 2021.

ZARÉLY the international dance and activewear brand is pleased to share over 250 videos of their Worldwide Ballet Class through YouTube.  The classes – originally streamed live and recorded from April 2020 through February 2021 – were introduced during the COVID-19 lockdown to keep dancers around the world working out  and training together. The classes are professional quality and free of charge. 

Oregon Shakespeare Festival today announced that Laura Burgos is the organization’s new Director of Marketing and Communications, effective immediately. Burgos’s new position is the latest chapter in a dynamic career spanning a diversity of performing arts disciplines, organizations, and roles.

American Composers Orchestra (ACO) presents its next Composer to Composer Talk online with Tania León and Angélica Negrón on Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 5pm ET.

Jacob’s Pillow has announced the full artist line-up for its 2021 summer Festival—the first to feature both onsite and online programming. Onsite events run June 30-August 29, with online streaming through September 23.

Four professional black dancers living and working in Kansas City will share their journeys on navigating dance careers in the American Ballet World. Each panelist will impart their unique dance experiences, perspectives on diversity, inclusion and equity in ballet and respond to questions from the community.

Black Dance Stories will present new episodes in April featuring Black dancers, choreographers, movement artists, and creatives who use their work to raise societal issues and strengthen their community.