Dance Informa Magazine

The Calderwood Pavilion, Providence, RI.
July 18, 2026. 

“After Gelsey Kirkland Ballet shut down, I’d never thought I’d see these ballets performed again,” explained ...

The 2026 Calgary Dance Teacher Expo, happening this August 11-12, promises to be Western Canada’s most exciting dance event of the year. It will bring together hundreds of dance studio owners and teachers for a chock-full schedule of business seminars and movement classes with industry leaders at the Westin Calgary Airport in Calgary, Alberta. In addition, the event will offe...

(Viewed virtually, filmed at McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA).

Sometimes I really want to see, hear, et cetera something different from a certain artist – even if I very much enjoy what they offer. Some creators realize the fruits of a certain approach incredibly well…but I can’t help but wonder what fruits they could harvest from other approaches.

In one of the largest prospective field studies to examine session-level mood change in recreational youth dance, children and adolescents reported maintained or improved mood in roughly 86% of dance classes, according to peer-reviewed research published in 

Boston University Booth Theatre, Boston, MA [viewed virtually].
June 19, 2026.

“Juneteenth is the most honest holiday,” noted Courtney White, Interim Executive Director of the (Boston) Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Advancement – celebrating freedom, yet also acknowledging what has not been free. White works with Abilities Dance Boston through their outreach program...