Our headline roundup includes two mass shootings that have impacted the dance community, and a collection of leadership appointments and award announcements. As in-person shows and classes resume, dance organizations are cutting back on digital options—and disabled patrons are feeling that loss acutely.
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Links referenced in/relevant to episode 155:
-BBC coverage of sexual harassment allegations at Kalakshetra: bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-65237002
-Pointe story on Youth America Grand Prix winners: pointemagazine.com/2023-yagp-winners
-Dance Data Project's new Global Leadership Report: dancedataproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Global-Leadership-Report-2023.pdf
-Jakki Kalogridis' Dance Magazine essay on how COVID-prompted digital programming benefited the disabled dance community: dancemagazine.com/disability-dance-equity
-New York Times article on the fallout of digital-option cutbacks in the performing arts: nytimes.com/2023/04/14/arts/disabled-people-streaming-performances.html
The Best of 2020, Part 1
Remembering Ann Reinking, Ballet Must Do Better, and Kim Bears-Bailey
Olympic Dance, "Black Swan" at 10, and Christy Bolingbroke
"Nutcracker" During COVID, Decentralizing Dance, and Alice Sheppard
The Dance Things We're Thankful For
Exclusion Is Oppression, #Ratatousical, and Lloyd Knight
Election Dance Parties, a Copyright Crusade, and Kyle Abraham
Election Dance-straction, a Pandemic "Giselle," and Darrell Grand Moultrie
#JoyToThePolls, Kamala’s Dancing, and Cat Cogliandro
Tony Noms, the "Bubble Doctor," and Sidra Bell
Broadway Heartbreak, Sizeism in Ballet, and Dormeshia
Progress at the Ballet, Savage X Fenty, and Ingrid Silva
America’s Cultural Treasures, Return of Reviews, and Heidi Duckler
RBG at the Theater, Save Our Stages, and Melissa Blanco Borelli
“Cuties” Controversy, Ballet's Queer Women, and Aesha Ash
Camille A. Brown’s School, the “Bayadère” Debate, and Nel Shelby
Evolving Audiences, VMAs Choreography, and Amanda Morgan
Tony Eligibility, Mariinsky Outbreak, and Kahina Haynes
Pandemic "DWTS," All-Digital Ballet Seasons, and Silas Farley
"WAP" Choreography, Pointe Shoe History, and Theresa Ruth Howard
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