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April 11

Voice Of Dance
Win Two Orchestra Tickets to SHN Spamalot in San Francisco!
This Friday we will be giving away two orchestra tickets to SHN Spamalot in San Francisco--next Thursday April 19th. Just become a member on Voice Of Dance and you will receive an email and could win 2 Orchestra seats. Our 2012 Ticket Giveaways are in honor of our late Co-Founder, Warren Hellman. Win Two Orchestra Tickets to SHN Spamalot in San Francisco!

February 16

San Francisco Chronicle
Holly Johnston maps a fearless road to trust
Moving to a hypnotic electronic score, Johnston and her four dancers hit the floor with bone-cracking impact, practically pour themselves over and under a table, then stand and invert themselves in partnering that denies and defies gravity. Holly Johnston maps a fearless road to trust

February 15

AnnArbor.com
Random Dance company to explore the Age of Reason at Power Center
If the Enlightenment was the gleam in McGregor’s choreographic eye for making “FAR’s” movement, it was also the spark, in some way, for the music and sets. Random Dance company to explore the Age of Reason at Power Center

February 13

The Inquirer
A giant of dance, Joan Myers Brown, has a biographer to match
For her title, Dixon Gottschild riffed on Barack Obama's The Audacity of Hope, placing Joan Myers Brown in the company of other historically significant figures. A giant of dance, Joan Myers Brown, has a biographer to match

February 10

The New York Times
Dance Review: Akram Khan Company's "Vertical Road"
But arms reaching heavenward in a piece called “Vertical Road” is hardly a sign of stretching boundaries. Dance Review: Akram Khan Company's

February 9

San Francisco Chronicle
'Was It a Dream I Loved': Dancers reimagine 'Faun'
"It's about how Nijinsky took all of his classical training and subverted it - threw it out the window when it came to choreographing his own work." 'Was It a Dream I Loved': Dancers reimagine 'Faun'

February 7

Bellevue Reporter
Chop Shop dance festival celebrates 5th year
Chop Shop continues to make a name for itself in the northwest and beyond, converting modern dance newbies into patrons of the often obscure performing art. Chop Shop dance festival celebrates 5th year

February 6

In Dance
Israel Gone Gaga: Batsheva to the Max
From a little known outcropping of dancers in the Middle East, Gaga and Batsheva have grown to become a tour de force in dance, influencing movement and choreography everywhere they go. Israel Gone Gaga: Batsheva to the Max

February 3

The Wall Street Journal
Alvin Ailey Leader to Depart in 2012
Since taking the reins in 1995, Sharon Gersten Luckman racked up a list of accomplishments that have made the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater one of the city’s most solid, well-managed modern dance companies. Alvin Ailey Leader to Depart in 2012

February 2

The Brooklyn Rail
Adventures in Realness
Whether fascinating or frustrating (or both), whether blasting through ordinariness or committing whole-heartedly to the mundane, each performance only fueled my appetite for another. Adventures in Realness

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