Dance Magazine

In the video series Dancer Diary, Haley Hilton chronicles her life as a dancer in New York City. Here, she takes us through a typical day as she juggles dance obligations and caring for her young son.

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Chicago’s Dance for Life event celebrates its 35th year of bringing together the city’s dance artists to support the community’s critical medical needs. Conceived during the HIV/AIDS crisis, the fundraiser for the Chicago Dance Health Fund has rai...

One of New York City’s top dance institutions has a new name: The former Marymount Manhattan College is now part of Northeastern University. While the name may be different, the excellence of the MMC dance program remains.

“This merger allows us to have an infrastructure an...

For many dancers, the arms have long been more ornament than engine. The legs power the jumps, the core anchors the turns, and the arms—well, they shape the lines. Of course, artists in floorwork-heavy styles know otherwise. But as genre-blending choreography becomes increasingly common, more dancers are asking the wrists and forearms to do something they’ve rarely had to do ...

Last month, when Dance/USA announced the end of its Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists (DFA) program, more than a few people in the field were disappointed—and confused. At a time when so many funding programs are contracting or sunsetting altogether, learnin...