Not just performances, but rehearsals, routines, and relationships that shaped dance history.
Read this book now, available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/196861575X/.
#FredericFranklin #PatrickCasey #BalletRusseDeMonteCarlo #DanceHistory #BalletLegend #PerformingArts #CulturalMemoir
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#OTD "Touch & Go" closed at Broadhurst Theater in New York City on 18 March 1950 after 176 performances. The #Broadway #musical featured choreography by Helen Tamiris, who won a Tony for best choreography for her work on the show.
#history #dancehistory #TonyAwards #nyc #theater #musicals #dance
#OTD: 17 March 1900, American modern dancer Isadora Duncan gave her first Europen performance in London.
Read more about the bisexual choreographer at infinite-women.com/women/isadora-duncan/
#dance #dancehistory #moderndance #choreographer #queer #queerhistory #bisexual #womenshistory #history
Delighted to see Roland Wiley with his book, ‘The Petersburg Noverre', Volumes 1 and 2. Get your copies here ➡️ tinyurl.com/2nrnvbf2 @umich.edu #PetersburgNoverre #MariusPetipa #BalletHistory #RussianBallet #ImperialBallet #DanceHistory #ClassicalBallet #newreads #authorphoto #AnthemPress
Legacy in Motion: Mother-Daughter Duo Make History with Alabama State’s Stingettes: A historic family milestone has been set at Alabama State University, where freshman dancer Cailyn Harris has followed in her mother’s… #LegacyInMotion #MotherDaughter #Stingettes #AlabamaState #DanceHistory
Out Now! An account of Marius Petipa’s ballets produced on the Russian stage between 1847 and 1910. Buy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/2nrnvbf2 and tinyurl.com/55cskc33 @umich.edu #PetersburgNoverre #MariusPetipa #BalletHistory #RussianBallet #ImperialBallet #DanceHistory #ClassicalBallet #newreads #AnthemPress
Happy publication day to "Dance and Sociability in the Long Eighteenth Century"! So many thanks to Bloomsbury and all of the contributing authors who worked with Mark, Ian, and me to bring this volume together! We could not have done it without you! #dancehistory #18thcentury
Loving early reviews from a broad range of readers. DANCE OF THE EARTH not just for theatre folk. 🙂
#historicalfiction #dancehistory #familysaga #firstworldwar #balletsrusses
“Grange Road Dances 1956” appeared in the Globe and Mail on August 9, 1956. Photo: Harry McLorinan, Public Domain. Reproductions provided courtesy of the City of Toronto Archives (University Settlement House Fonds 1024, Series 709, Box 1, image 20N
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲: 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟵𝟳𝟬 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝗹𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁 𝗚𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘆
Curated by Seika Boye
📆 Jan. 22
🕕 6-9 pm
📌 Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifax
𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝗹
Join us in honouring Black movement, memory, and creative legacies 🗃️ #dancehistory #blackhistory
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#dailyhistory #dailyhistorypost #January2026 #mydanceheros #dailyhistorydose #january2026 #history #dancehistory
📚 On This Day in Black History – January 5, 1931 📚
Today we honor the birth of Alvin Ailey, one of the most influential choreographers and cultural visionaries in American history.
#BlackHistory365 #AlvinAiley #OnThisDayInBlackHistory #DanceHistory #BlackArtMatters #Revelations #AfricanAmerican
Over his lifetime, Ailey created more than 70 ballets, redefining modern dance by centering Black stories, spirituality, struggle, and joy on the world’s most prestigious stages.
Art that tells the truth never stops moving. It carries us forward. INerasable.
#OnThisDay #AlvinAiley #DanceHistory
Meet Jennifer Jones: First Black Rockette Shares Her Inspiring Journey from Montclair to Radio City: Jennifer Jones, the first Black dancer to join the iconic Radio City Rockettes in 1987, is proving that her legacy… #JenniferJones #RocketteLegacy #InspiringJourney #BlackExcellence #DanceHistory
Delighted that my short piece on Jane Austen and dance has been published in The Conversation! theconversation.com/inside-the-r... #assemblyrooms #dancehistory #18thc
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"Histories of European Dance behind the Borders: Mobility, Influence, and Impact"
European Association for Dance History Conference 2025, hosted by Queen's University Belfast
Online
21-23 Nov 2025
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300 Jahre Pierre Rameaus „Maitre à danser": Enseigner la manière. Les traités techniques de danse (1700-1750)
Internationale Konferenz auf Französisch und Englisch
Paris, FRA
11.-13.12.2025
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Celebrate the life and legacy of a square dance legend in Just Another Square Dance Caller. 🎶💃
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Dance Context Journal 2026 "Politics in Dance"
Deadline: 25 November 2025
👉 Further information: www.performing-arts.eu/de/news/newsstream/call-...
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📢Job Alert: The Committee on Theater & Performance Studies (TAPS) at the University of Chicago invites applications for a position as part-time Lecturer in Dance. Deadline: December 1. EOE/Vet/Disability apply.interfolio.com/176920 #teachingjobs #dance #dancestudies #dancehistory #dancepractice
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"Staging Dance" – 28th Annual Oxford Dance Symposium
21 & 22 April 2026
New College, Oxford, UK
Deadline: 28 November 2025
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On November 22, from 5-6pm, I'll be giving a talk about Diamond and Juba's "Great Public Contest" at the Bridgehampton Museum out on the South Fork of Long Island. < Bridgehamptonmuseum.org > I'd love to see you there!
#dancesky #booksky #dancehistory
Misty Copeland Takes Final Bow After 25 Game-Changing Years At The American Ballet Theatre!: Misty Copeland has just concluded an extraordinary journey in modern dance history. After dedicating 25 years to the American Ballet… #MistyCopeland #Ballet #DanceHistory #FinalBow #AmericanBalletTheatre
𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻. 𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆.
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Book Launch Extravaganza for *Diamond and Juba: The Raucous World of 19th-Century Challenge Dancing* by April F. Masten, Dec 10, 6:30-8pm, Middle Collegiate Church, 50 East 7th Street, New York City.
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