ICONS INSPIRE INTERVIEW

American choreographer Ronald K. Brown has been at the forefront of dance in the US for the last four decades. Even after suffering a debilitating stroke in 2021, he continues to work in the studio, run EVIDENCE/A Dance Company, and inspire the next generation of artists. Brown is known for his signature style, which effortlessly fuses dances from all over the African Diaspora with Western forms. He spoke to Dance ICONS, Inc. about his unique dance journey and the support system that enables him to continue working as a living legend in the field.

GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES

FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES, AND OPEN CALLS:  KSU Choreographic Residency, KS; Center for Performance Research Residency; Choreography Lab & Dance on Camera, White Wave Festival & Smusch Gallery, NYC, NY; Dare to Dance Films, CA; Opine Dance Film Fest, PA, USA; Workspace Brussels Residency, BELGIUM; K3 Center & Noverre Young Choreographers, GERMANY; Camargo Core Fellowship, FRANCE; Kulturfactory & Indra Connect Open Calls, ITALY; Sudkulturfonds, SWITZERLAND; Ballet Nights Open Call, UK, etc. 

EVENTS AND TRENDING

PREMIERES AND EVENTS:  New Diego Vega Solorza in New York; Andonis Foniadakis in Cincinnati; Caroline Dahm and Caili Quan in Kansas City; Natasha Adorlee in Tulsa; Stephanie Lake in Melbourne; Alica Topp in Perth; Marcos Morau in Berlin; Natalie Weir and Tim Harbour in Singapore; Katerina Andreou in Lyon; Cheng Tsung-lung in Taipei. CONTESTS: Choreographic Competition LINKAGE, BULGARIA, and Concours de Jeunes Chorégraphes de Ballet, FRANCE. TRENDING: Trampoline Dancing and the Physics of Art Gravity

BOOKS AND MOVIES

NEW MOVIE: Hip Hop Was Born Here, Documentary, Paramount+, summer 2005—a themed documentary series hosted by LL COOL J. The series explores the creation, evolution, and ongoing legacy that Hip-Hop culture has cemented into our modern society.  NEW BOOK: Dance and Science in the Long Nineteenth Century: The Articulate Body, edited by Lynn Matluck Brooks, Sariel Golomb, and Garth Grimball, University Press of Florida, 2025. Bringing together dance and science, this volume illuminates the meanings and expressions of dance in nineteenth-century societies with dominant European worldviews during a period of unprecedented colonial expansion.