In the fall of 2020, SDC + SDCF published On the Edge: The Lives and Livelihoods of Stage Directors and Choreographers, A Next Stage Report. Next Stage set out to ...
One of the joys of SDC Executive Board and at-large committee service is that you get to spend time with other directors and choreographers, thoughtful and passionate folks working for ...
When I came to SDC some 15 years ago, I knew very little about choreography. I had done what many do. I took childhood dance classes with recitals in the ...
In these post-Covid shutdown days, the American theatre is facing daunting challenges. Many of our major regional companies are scaling back or suspending production, affecting the number of opportunities available ...
In part three of this series, Chita Rivera, Andy Blankenbuehler, Wayne Cilento and more explore the training of today’s dancers.
Though the use of
In the second of this three-part series, Tony Award-nominated performer Robyn Hurder, actor Clyde Alves, Tony-winning choreographer Casey Nicholaw and more weigh in on how the style of Broadway dance has changed.
In the first of this three-part series, director-choreographers Andy Blankenbuehler and Wayne Cilento discuss how dance has evolved on Broadway in recent decades and the state of choreography today.
Anniversaries provide opportunities for celebration. We pause to partake of the ritual of well-deserved congratulations, parties, toasts. Anniversaries can also provide opportunities for reflection, assessment, and consideration of the future. ...
I hope this issue finds you, as I am, back in rehearsal, in a room with a great play whose investigation brings you rewarding artistic challenges and joy in collaboration. ...
Amid all that we do, that we can find time to consider the larger questions is impressive; it is even more impressive that we can do this together and that ...