Choreographer Amy Hall Garner rehearsing with CPYB students as part of ChoreoPlan 2013 Outside of a classroom or university setting, it can be tough for aspiring choreographers to find opportunities to set and show their work in a nurturing environment. That’s why Central Pennsylvania Youth Ballet has been hosting ChoreoPlan since 1998. The school is […]
The generosity of arts supporters allows dreamed-up ideas to come to fruition. Thanks to the gifts of two such unnamed donors, Rider University in New Jersey is now accepting submissions for its first-ever Emerging Choreographers Competition. Any dancemaker 18 or older is invited to send in a video, the only stipulation being that he or […]
At this year’s Dance Teacher Summit, contemporary choreographer Erica Sobol walked away with first prize at the Capezio A.C.E. Award Competition, winning $15,000 to produce a show in New York. Sobol, who has her own Los Angeles-based company, collidEdance, took a moment to talk with DT. Sobol’s all-male cast performingBlack Flies/Heavy Skies at the DT […]