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
No Rockettes or Nutcrackers, LADP's Canny Rebrand, and Alejandra Duque Cifuentes
"Guinea Pig" Shows, the Black Theatre Coalition, and Denise Saunders Thompson
TikTok Turmoil, Masks in Class, and Phil Chan
Performance Safety, Bath Ballet, and Eduardo Vilaro
Remembering Nick Cordero, Streaming Broadway Shows, and Omari Wiles
Crediting TikTok Creators, Virtual BET Awards, and a Mental Health Check
2020 Is Canceled, IABD’s Archive, and Chloe and Maud Arnold
Black Ballerinas Speak Out, Action-Oriented Activism, and Katherine Dunham's Legacy
Broadway and Ballet Reckonings, Dance as Protest, and Ephrat Asherie
#TheShowMustBePaused, Standing for Black Artists, and Jacqueline Green
"Smash" the Musical, The New Normal, and Stella and Sascha
Socially-Distanced Shows, Relevant Revivals, and the Quantum Ballerina
Digital Content Downsides, "Center Stage" Turns 20, and Michaela DePrince
The Dance Class of 2020, Pros Try TikTok, and Calvin Royal III
Ballet's Storytellers, TV Dance Shows, and Jamar Roberts
Digital Dance Seasons, Post-Pandemic Prospects, and Paloma Garcia-Lee
TaskRabbit for Artists, Dance Instagram's Transformation, and Harper Watters
Social Distancing as Choreography, Virtual Class Fatigue, and "Toosie Slide"
Festival Cancellations, Willy Burmann, and Ballet's Gender Gap
Relief Efforts, Liam Scarlett, and Club Quarantine
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