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IN THIS ISSUE:

Choreographic Residencies, Opportunities & Funding: Current listings for the USA, Latin America, Europe & Asia: KSU Choreographic Residency, KS; White Wave Fest Open Call; Center for Performance Research Residency; Choreography Lab & Dance on Camera, NYC, NY; Dare to Dance Films California, CA;  Opine Dance Film Festival, PA, USA; Workspace Brussels Residency, BELGIUM; K3 Center for Choreography & Noverre Young Choreographers, GERMANY; Camargo Core Fellowship, FRANCE; Kulturfactory Performing Arts Residency & Indra Connect Open Calls, ITALY; Yokohama Red Brick District Open Call, JAPAN; Sudkulturfonds, SWITZERLAND; Ballet Nights Open Call, UK, etc.

New Works & Events:  New Diego Vega Solorza in New York; Andonis Foniadakis in Cincinnati; Caroline Dahm, Caili Quan, Dolly Sfeir and Jessi Stegall in Kansas; 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, etc.  

Choreographic Contests: International Choreographic Competition LINKAGE (Bulgaria) and Concours de Jeunes Chorégraphes de Ballet (France)

Trending: Trampoline Dancing and the Physics of Art Gravity

New Movies: Hip Hop Was Born Here, Documentary, Paramount+, summer 2005

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

CHOREOGRAPHIC RESIDENCIES, CREATIVE OPPORTUNITIES & FUNDING:

NATIONAL:

CALIFORNIA: Dare to Dance in Public Film Festival is dedicated to dance happening in public spaces that explores the intersection of dance and the camera and challenges the notion that there is a proper time and place to dance. Apply by July 1, 2026. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/daretodanceinpublicfilmfestival

GEORGIA: Contemporary dance company Kit Modus  is offering an in-person choreographic residency. Applicants must submit proposals for new works to be created for the company during the residency. Selected artists will enjoy a stipend, travel reimbursement, a cast of 5-10 professional dancers, and ample rehearsal time, plus access to studio space and accommodations. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.kitmodus.com/residency-application

GEORGIA: The Kennesaw State University Choreographic Residency Program invites two nationally-emerging or mid-career choreographers to the Department of Dance each summer for a four-week residency to create two world premieres with the KSU Dance Company. Apply by October 30, 2025. Visit: //www.kennesaw.edu/arts/academics/dance/performances-events/choreographic-residency.php

MASSACHUSETTS: The National Dance Project (NDP) Travel Fund provides monetary assistance to US-based presenters, curatorial staff, and residency directors to connect in person to explore the feasibility of presenting NDP-funded works. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.nefa.org/grants_programs/grants/national-dance-project-travel-fund

NEW JERSEY: The Hodder Fellowship will be given to artists of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during the academic year. The fellowship is designed to provide participants with the “studious leisure” to undertake significant new work. Apply by September 9, 2025. Visit: https://arts.princeton.edu/fellowships/hodder-fellowship/

NEW YORK: Red Hook Brooklyn Film Festival is currently accepting all kinds of short dance films and music videos. Priority will be given to works making their NYC or Brooklyn premiere. Apply by November 10, 2025 for early-bird deadline and December 15, 2025 for regular deadline. Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/RedHookbk

NEW YORK: The Steffi Nossen Dance Foundation is accepting applications from professional choreographers for "A Choreography Showcase." Performance date: November 9, 2025. Apply by September 15, 2025. Visit: steffinossen.org

NEW YORK: The 46 Minutes Collective’s Mixed Bag is a variety show for first drafts, providing artists with a low-tech space and an eager audience to further develop early works. Apply by September 8, 2025. Performance date: November 10, 2025. Visit: https://www.46mincollective.com/

NEW YORK: Hupstate Circus Festival seeks innovative and diverse circus shows to perform in Ithaca, NY, from September 4 -7, 2026. Apply by October 1, 2025. Visit: http://hupstatecircus.org/callforshows

NEW YORK: The Young Choreographer’s Festival, now in its 14th year, presents the work of some of the most up-and-coming 18- to 27-year-old choreographers in all dance genres at Symphony Space in NYC. Apply by January 31, 2026. Visit: https://www.ycfdance.com/2025-ycf

NEW YORK: The 54th Annual Dance on Camera Festival, co-presented by Dance on Camera and Film at Lincoln Center, is calling for submissions of dance films of all genres and lengths. Apply by September 19, 2025. Festival dates: February 6-9, 2026, Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/DanceonCameraFestival

NEW YORK: Eryc Taylor Dance offers three $1,000 grants to emerging choreographers based in New York or New Jersey. This opportunity is designed to support the development of original group works (15–20 minutes long), culminating in an informal studio showing in March 2026. Apply by September 19, 2025. Visit: https://www.etd.nyc/about-ncg

NEW YORK: The Choreography Lab offers a platform to present a work to a live audience in Steps Studio Theater. The lab welcomes completed dance pieces and dance in collaboration with theater, music, and performance art. Next lab date: November 16, 2025. Apply by October 6, 2025. Visit: https://stepsbeyond.org/choreography-lab/

NEW YORK: White Wave presents the 9th Annual SoloDuo Dance Festival on February 12 & 13, 2026. The festival is accepting applications to display solos and duets from emerging and mid-career choreographers. Apply by September 15, 2025. Visit: www.whitewavedance.org

NEW YORK: Center for Performance Research invites eligible applicants to apply for its 2026 Artist-in-Residence Program. Established in 2012, this year-long residency seeks to support a wide range of artists, from emerging to established, working within various perspectives of contemporary dance and performance and time-based forms. Apply by September 22, 2025. Visit: https://www.cprnyc.org/events/opencall-2026airprogram

NORTH EASTERN REGION AND MAINE: The Indigo Arts Alliance Mentorship Artists Residency Program serves as an arts incubator with workspace that fosters mentorship by pairing two artists together during a residency period to cultivate rich conversation, collaboration, and exchange. The program brings together artists from diverse backgrounds of the African Diaspora to engage in their creative process, while building lasting relationships rooted in co-mentorship. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://indigoartsalliance.me/mentorship-residency-program/

ONLINE: CHOREOGRAPHIC podcast is created by choreographer Zornitsa Stoyanova (BUL/USA), Director of BodyMeld, as a way to disseminate knowledge in the dance and improvisation fields. Apply by September 15, 2025. Visit: https://open.spotify.com/show/3zRsEvxUPMCrdJBi1yHCZv?si=a5lrBlwvTmi9zo04KFLjxw

PENNSYLVANIA: The Iron Factory in Philadelphia is offering free one-week residencies to individual artists in the initial creation of new work. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.theironfactory.org/residency

PENNSYLVANIA: Opine Dance Film Festival is an annual event that celebrates dance filmmakers locally, nationally, and internationally. The festival seeks short dance films that speak to wider themes of identity, defying conventions, crossing borders, and pushing boundaries. Apply by November 14, 2025. Event dates: April 25 & 26, 2026.  Visit: https://filmfreeway.com/OpineDanceFilmFestival

INTERNATIONAL:

AUSTRALIA: QL2 Dance offers curated residencies to a wide range of artists, from emerging to established career. Residencies create opportunities for artists to develop and present new works, providing access to process and workshops for local dancers, as well as theatre or studio space without charge, and also may include other support. We strongly encourage applicants to discuss their project with our Artistic Director before formally applying. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.ql2.org.au/residency-program

AUSTRIA: The Center for Choreography Bleiburg/Pliberk is seeking short performances and other formats for the 20th edition of the Long Night of Dance. The selected program will be presented in July, 2026 in the Alpe-Adria region. Apply by September 15, 2025. Visit: https://ccb-tanz.at/en/open-call-lange-nacht-des-tanzes-2026/

BELGIUM: The Workspace Brussels Residency Programme supports research, experimentation and creation in the performing arts. Apply by November 1, 2025 for a residency between August and December 2026 (selection announcement: end of January 2026). Visit: https://www.workspacebrussels.be/en/studio-residency

CANADA: Reboot: Micro-Grants by Scotiabank Dance Centre support research, creation, professional development, and public engagement. Dance Centre members benefit from a wide range of programs and awards. Apply by September 29, 2025. Visit: https://thedancecentre.ca/upcoming-deadlines/

FRANCE: La Cie Prima is calling for applications for THE BIG JUMP, the first choreographic stepping stone. Eight emerging companies will perform at a large open-stage evening to defend their artistic universe and showcase their talent. Apply by December 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.calameo.com/read/004627296afe52f690525

FRANCE: Fondation d'entreprise Hermès is calling for applications from students newly enrolled in a public higher education institution. This means-tested financial support helps them to ensure that their basic needs are met throughout their studies. Apply by September 12, 2025. Visit: https://www.fondationdentreprisehermes.org/en/calls-applications

FRANCE: The Camargo Core Program awards 18 international fellowships in the arts and humanities, supporting research and experimentation that challenge the borders of academic and artistic inquiry while promoting cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural exchange. Apply by October 1, 2025. Visit: https://camargofoundation.org/en/camargo-fellowship-2026-2027

GERMANY: The Noverre Young Choreographers program is now accepting applications. Anyone interested in participating can send their resume with contact information and videos/photos. Apply by end of December 2025. Visit: https://www.stuttgart-ballet.de/noverre/application/

GERMANY: Dance-techAIR at Lake Studios Berlin is accepting applications for its residency program, which offers international interdisciplinary movement and media artists the possibility to live and make art in a peaceful artist-run, working, living, and performance space in Berlin. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.lakestudiosberlin.com

GERMANY: The “Digital Performance” funding programme supports artists whose projects combine digital narratives and technology. The focus is on performative approaches that deal with themes of digitality or digitalisation and pursue a non-linear dramaturgy or incorporate responsive elements into the stage action. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.nrw-kultur.de/en/programmes/digital-performance

GERMANY: Tanzplattform Rhein-Main Pop-Up Residence offers a series of one- to two-week residencies for local dance professionals and their teams in the rooms of the Hessisches Staatsballett or Mousonturm. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.tanzplattformrheinmain.de/de/professionell-tanzen/residenzen/pop-up-residenz/

GERMANY: Choreographers up to age 40 are invited to apply for a guest program for young theatre professionals from abroad conducted by Goethe-Institut, Munich, and the Federal Republic of Germany Centre of the International Theatre Institute. Grant recipients will be taken in by theatres in Germany to become familiar with production conditions and the conception and rehearsal process of at least one production. Acceptance of applications is ongoing. Visit: https://www.goethe.de/en/uun/auf/tut/sta.html

GERMANY: K3 Center for Choreography is accepting informal applications for the Probebühne Eins from Hamburg-based choreographers. Probebühne Eins is a work-in-progress format for dance and choreography in which short experiments or excerpts from rehearsals are presented. Event date: November 13, 2025. Apply by October 20, 2025. Visit: https://k3-hamburg.de/en/k3/jobs&callforproposals

INDIA: Farm Studio International Artist Residency hosts artists throughout the year, with accommodations available for 6 to 12 residents at one time. Residents stay and create at a quiet art centre in a beautiful environment where they can develop their artwork free from distractions. Artists of all disciplines creating in any media are welcome to apply. Rolling deadline.  Visit: https://farmingstudio.wordpress.com/art-residency/

ITALY: Blend, a new programme of La Biennale di Venezia, is a space for young artists who wish to explore stories, ideas, and themes without an initial structure, creating complex experiences that may include multiple forms of expression such as music, visual arts, audiovisual media, performing arts, role-playing and more. Apply by September 22, 2025. Visit: https://www.labiennale.org/en/news/biennale-college-blend-call-new-programme-6-young-artists

ITALY: Kulturfactory Performing Arts Residency is for international contemporary artists in various disciplines and runs year-long. Applications should be emailed and should include examples of work and CV information, as well as details about what applicant artists hope to achieve during their residency. Rolling deadline. Visit: http://www.kultursciok.com/kulturfactory.html

ITALY: Idra Connect is calling for applications from international programmers to attend the Wonderland Festival from November 19-21, 2025, to see the presentations of Italian artists in contemporary performing arts without barriers of genre. Apply by September 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.idrateatro.it/2025/04/14/idra-connect-2025-call-for-programmers/

JAPAN: Saison Cultural Fund is now accepting applications from overseas artists for its International Projects Support Program. The program offers grants and/or priority use of space at Morishita Studio in Tokyo. Apply by October 2, 2025. Visit: https://www.saison.or.jp/en/application

PORTUGAL: Zaratan Arte Contemporânea, a not-for-profit space and organization, once per year offers a 4-week or longer residency that covers studio and accommodation fees. Emerging and professional artists, performers, musicians, curators, writers, and other cultural agents are eligible. Apply by email. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://zaratan.pt/en/residencies/

SWITZERLAND: The Sudkulturfonds has developed a grant to support 100 artists from countries in the global South and East who are in the early stages of their careers. The project supports performances at Swiss venues. Apply by four weeks before the project date.  Visit: https://www.suedkulturfonds.ch/ongoing-grants

UK: London-based artists may apply for the Adore Dance London Residency Program. The residency offers free studio space for up to 10 weeks. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.adoredance.london/free-dance-studio-space-london-artistic-residency

UK: Space Clarence Mews in London is offering a residency program that is ideal for artists/companies/collectives working within and across all performance disciplines to push the boundaries of their own process and practice within a mutually supportive context. Apply by December 8, 2025. Visit: https://spaceclarencemews.com/one-year-residency/

UK: Yorkshire Dance is seeking new dance performances, workshops and talks to programme within Ageless Festival 2026. Festival dates: July 17 & 18, 2026. Apply by no later than midday November 17, 2025. Visit: https://yorkshiredance.com/opportunity/ageless-2026/

UK: Ballet Nights, a global series of extraordinary live dance experiences, is programming across London, regional UK venues, and international locations in 2025–2027. Choreographers with ready-to-stage creations are welcome to apply. Rolling deadline. Visit: https://www.balletnights.com/

NEW CHOREOGRAPHY, WORLD PREMIERES, EVENTS & NEWS:

NATIONAL:

MISSOURI: Kansas City Ballet is part of New Dance Partners, a festival of contemporary and modern dance, which is a commissioning project of the Midwest Trust Center. The festival includes new works by Caroline Dahm, Caili Quan, Dolly Sfeir and Jessi Stegall. World premiere date: September 19, 2025. Visit: https://kcballet.org/events/new-dance-partners/

NEW YORK: The Limón Dance Company launches its 80th anniversary season with a world premiere by acclaimed Mexican choreographer Diego Vega Solorza, a vital voice in Latin American dance. World premiere date: October 14, 2025 at Joyce Theater. Visit: https://www.joyce.org/performances/limon-dance-company-zmh4

NEW YORK: Martha@BAM—The 1963 Interview is an act of artistic resurrection. Making their BAM debut, Richard Move embodies Graham in all her complexity and elegance. Appearing opposite Move is Tony Award-winning actress and playwright Lisa Kron, who portrays dance critic and interviewer Walter Terry. Event dates: October 28 - November 1, 2025. Visit: https://www.bam.org/martha

OHIO: Andonis Foniadakis has created INNERVIEW, a new piece for Cincinnati Ballet as part of the Kaplan New Work Series. Premiere date: September 12, 2025. Visit: https://cballet.org/performances/2025-the-kaplan-new-works-series/

OKLAHOMA: The mission of Tulsa Ballet’s Creations in Studio K program is commissioning new works by the most in-demand choreographers in the world. This season’s program will include new work by Emmy award-winning choreographer, filmmaker, composer, and educator, Natasha Adorlee. World premiere: September 19, 2025. Visit: https://tulsaballet.org/event/creationsinstudiok2025/

INTERNATIONAL:

AUSTRALIA: Alice Topp presents her first full-length ballet created especially for West Australian Ballet. Inspired by the original John Luther Long troubled tale of Madame Butterfly, Butterfly Effect is an evolution, taking place six generations on, in contemporary Western Australia. World premiere: September 5, 2025. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dsAUCOeex4

AUSTRALIA:  The Australian Ballet’s resident choreographer Stephanie Lake returns with a striking new world premiere entitled Seven Days. Featuring Peter Brikmanis’s reimagining of J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variation and performed by an intimate cast of seven dancers, this work embraces emotional immediacy and razor-sharp precision. Premiere date: September 25, 2025. Visit: https://australianballet.com.au/performances/prism

AUSTRALIA: Curated by The Australian Ballet, eight boundary-pushing dance companies from Australia and New Zealand come together in Dance X, a festival that will run October 8-19, 2025. Visit: https://australianballet.com.au/performances/dancex

AUSTRIA: Andrey Kaydanovskiy will premiere his Shakespeare's Dream for Ballet Linz. Premiere date: September 20, 2025. Visit: https://www.landestheater-linz.at/EN/sitemap/lth/stuecke/detail?ref=202520261659&spielzeit=2025/26

AUSTRIA: Afanador, a piece by Marcos Morau, explores the relationship between photographic and choreographic composition, taking inspiration from Ruven Afanador’s expressive flamenco photographs. Thirty dancers from Ballet Nacional de España bring the piece to life in its Austrian premiere on September 26, 2025. Visit: https://www.festspielhaus.at/en/events/marcos-morau-ballet-nacional-de-espana-director-ruben-olmo/42761

FRANCE: Lyon Opera Ballet’s new program includes WE NEED SILENCE, by Katerina Andreou. Set to the beat of house music, her piece invites us to dance through the realms of the night. World premiere: September 8, 2025. Visit: https://www.opera-lyon.com/en/programme/saison-2025-2026/danse/transfigured-nights

FRANCE: Lyon Opera and the Biennale de la danse Production déléguée co-host Último helecho, a new creation by François Chaignaud, Nina Laisné, and Nadia Larcher. The piece carries us on an epic journey of dreams where mythologies and worlds converge. Premiere date: September 17, 2025. Visit: https://www.opera-lyon.com/en/programme/saison-2025-2026/danse/ultimo-helecho

GERMANY: Chicxulub or The Devil's Flea is a dance piece for children by Staats Ballet Berlin’s company member Dominik White Slavkovský. Premiere date: September 20, 2025. Visit: https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/en/spielplan/event-detail/stid/chicxulub-en/305.html#a_612

GERMANY: Staatsballett Berlin’s artist-in-residence choreographer Marcos Morau has created Wunderkammer, a new full-length work for the company. World premiere: November 14, 2025. Visit: https://www.staatsballett-berlin.de/en/spielplan/event-detail/stid/wunderkammer-en/299.html#a_548

HONG KONG: In Septime Webre’s lush Romeo + Juliet, Juliet’s father is an unrelenting Shanghainese tycoon who is determined to marry his only daughter off to a wealthy gweilo (Caucasian), not knowing that Juliet has already given her heart to the only son of his greatest enemy. Premiere date: September 26, 2025. Visit: https://www.hkballet.com/en/see-hkb/production/hkb-on-tour-seoul-romeo-juliet-2025

JAPAN: Performing Arts Selection 2025 Festival Edition will feature a series of works created this year by International Dance Project by Dance Base Yokohama for Emerging Creators and Aichi Arts Theatre Dance Project for Emerging Creators. Festival dates:

October 20 - November 2, 2025. Visit: https://dancebase.yokohama/en/event_post/performing-arts-selection-2025

KOREA: Seoul Metropolitan Ballet presents new work by Hue Young-soon, along with Hans van Manen. World premiere: October 30, 2025. Visit: https://www.sejongpac.or.kr/eng/performance/engperformance/performTicket.do?performIdx=36008&menuNo=700007#none

NETHERLANDS: The Edge of Things showcases the next generation of dance artists. Ethan Colangelo creates his first world premiere for NDT 2. The new creation of NDT’S new associate choreographer Jermaine Spivey challenges dancers and audiences with his talent for improvisation, spontaneity, and structure. Performance dates: September 25 - November 8, 2025. Visit: https://www.ndt.nl/en/agenda/the-edge-of-things/

POLAND: The 17th edition of the Gdańsk Dance Festival brings together ensembles, soloists, and personalities from the dance world. Festival dates: September 22-28, 2025. Visit: https://www.gdanskifestiwaltanca.pl/en/News/17-Gdaski-Festiwal-Taca-2025-~n3123

SWEDEN: CLAIRE PARSONS CO.’s new production IS: GRAVEL, in collaboration with ZebraDans, builds clues and travels through a small space in the large grain of sand of the universe. Premiere date: September 20, 2025. Visit: https://www.claireparsons.com/en/isgravel/

SWEDEN: SKÅNES DANSTEATER presents Myller, a new work, with choreography by Heidi Vierthaler in collaboration with the dancers. The piece reflects on how we adapt, connect, and create meaning together. Premiere date: September 16, 2025. Visit: https://www.skanesdansteater.se/en/myller

SWEDEN: British-American choreographer Malik Nashad Sharpe and Norrdans invite the audience into a world of dark fantasy and horror in their dance entitled AIR BODY SAD, where every movement is a struggle between despair and hope. World premiere date: October 4, 2025. Visit: https://norrdans.se/en/choreographies-events/2025/air-body-sad/

SWEDEN: Directed by the internationally renowned performance artist Charlotte Engelkes, LOHENGRIN is a fairy tale in both dream and reality, exploring the themes of good and evil, faith and doubt. Premiere date: October 26, 2025. Visit: https://charlotteengelkes.com/charlotte-engelkes-gor-lohengrin-pa-malmo-opera/

SWEDEN: Göteborgs Operans Danskompani presents IN-ACTION, two new creations that explore the courage needed for change. Creators are David Raymond and Tiffany Tregarthen of Canada, and Antonio de Rosa and Mattia Russo of Italy. World premiere date: October 11, 2025. Visit: https://www.opera.se/en/what-s-on/season-2025-2026/in-action/

SINGAPORE: Passages Contemporary Season, Singapore Ballet’s annual stage for brand-new works, includes three world premieres by renowned Australian choreographers Natalie Weir, Tim Harbour, and Alice Topp, alongside a return of Meeting Point by Singaporean choreographer Christina Chan. World premiere date: October 31, 2025. Visit: https://singaporeballet.org/passages-2025/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

SPAIN: MASDANZA, The International Contemporary Dance Festival of the Canary Islands brings contemporary dance closer to audiences in the Canary Islands and continues to be a launching platform for local, national and international creators. Festival dates: October 2-26, 2025. Visit: https://www.masdanza.com/english/masdanza/

TAIWAN: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s Artistic Director CHENG Tsung-lung unveils All Ears, a new large-scale creation premiering October 23–26, 2025, at the National Theater in Taipei. All Ears is inspired by the unique nature of hearing. Unlike vision, the ear cannot shut. All Ears examines how sound penetrates the body, stirs emotions, and drives movement. Visit: https://www.cloudgate.org.tw/en/cg/dance_production/ALLEARS

CHOREOGRAPHIC CONTESTS:

BULGARIA: The International Choreographic Competition LINKAGE is open for solos and duets from five to 13 minutes in length. Competition dates: October 24-27, 2025. Apply by September 15, 2025. Visit: https://www.instagram.com/icc_linkage?igsh=azZ0Zm41YmlyYjFq

FRANCE: Organized in collaboration with the Ballet of the Opéra National de Bordeaux and the Ballet of the Opéra National du Rhin, the Competition for New Ballet Choreographers provides a professional platform for emerging choreographers to present their work. Apply by September 30, 2025. Visit: https://www.concours-de-jeunes-choregraphes.com/

TRENDING:  Trampoline Dancing and the Physics of Art Gravity

The works of French choreographer-director Yoann Bourgeois, 43, have been touring festivals for years. But his popular online videos have propelled him into new realms -- now he has worked with Harry Styles, Coldplay, Selena Gomez and Louis Vuitton. Bourgeois continues to create new live work and brings his latest outdoor piece, Passage, to Greenwich and Docklands festival this summer. In this interview with The Guardian, Bourgeois talks about his stair-climbing video, which has garnered widespread attention. He talks about the physics behind it and the new short work he's bringing to London. (The Guardian)

VIDEO SAMPLES: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFRiHQ-Lwzk

CINEMA ON DANCE AND CHOREOGRAPHY:

Hip Hop Was Born Here, Documentary, Paramount+, summer 2005. Hip Hop Was Born Here is a Hip-Hop 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. As we celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2023, the legendary LL COOL J will document how Hip-Hop has become more than a genre: It's a culture.

We will meet OGs and future icons; we will visit the neighborhoods, studios, and places that fostered early styles; and we’ll watch beloved artists analyze their favorite tracks. The show will follow LL COOL J as he travels through Hip-Hop history, highlighting the most important songs, performers, and cultural influences that shaped the genre into the sensation that it is today. Trailer and Info for live streaming:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrK_ksLpbCg

BOOKS ON CHOREOGRAPHY & CHOREOGRAPHERS:

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, two paradigms that explore the nature and possibilities of the body, this volume illuminates the meanings and articulations of dance in nineteenth-century societies. This global collection of studies reveals how the two fields informed each other’s development and engaged with dominant European worldviews in a time of unprecedented colonial expansion. LINK to Purchase:  https://www.amazon.com/Dance-Science-Long-Nineteenth-Century/dp/0813079268

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Dance ICONS -- The Global Network for Choreographers!

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Christel Grillo (Italy)