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Inman Park Dance Festival to offer tastes of local scene

Sydney BurrowsApril 23, 2019

The vibrant Atlanta dance scene is saturated with different styles, but it is rare for audiences to see multiple companies on one bill, let alone in a performan...

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ImmerseATL Creates will showcase new works by early career dance artists

Cynthia Bond PerryApril 13, 2019

Being yourself, the power of listening, the myth of Apollo and Daphne -- these are a few ideas that the young artists of ImmerseATL will explore in an evening o...

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Off the EDGE at Westside Cultural Arts Center steps out with courage, humor

Cynthia Bond PerryMarch 6, 2019

Three distinct Atlanta voices -- plus a New York-based company that’s making waves nationally -- appeared in last Friday evening’s double feature at the Westsid...

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Off the EDGE festival widens reach, spotlights Atlanta artists

Kathleen WesselFebruary 22, 2019

It’s a balancing act -- to produce a contemporary dance festival in a city as restless and multifaceted as Atlanta. In the city’s ever-shifting dance landscape,...

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Contemporary Dance Fête
Off the EDGE announces 2019 lineup

Cynthia Bond PerryJanuary 24, 2019

A man and a woman, dressed in b-boy and b-girl gear, face off on an open stage. He straightens his arms toward her, clapping a forceful pulse. She claps on the ...

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Year in Review: From myth to the political, Atlanta dance found new expression in 2018

ARTS ATL StaffDecember 27, 2018

Early in 2018, Lauri Stallings’ group glo led viewers to Atlanta’s Zero Mile Post, which marked the point where the city began, encased in a building inside a d...

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Review: Fly on a Wall and Staibdance highlight Uncaged Dance Festival

Cynthia Bond PerryDecember 4, 2018

Last week, the Uncaged Community Dance Festival offered an intimate view into what’s happening on the Atlanta dance scene, and a reminder that it takes networks...

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Staibdance, ImmerseATL join with ASO’s Robert Spano for modern “Rites of Spring”

Amanda SieradzkiApril 11, 2018

Profound. Rabid. Profane. Incessant. Collaborators George Staib, choreographer and artistic director of Staibdance, and Sarah Hillmer, founder of ImmerseATL, r...

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Year in Review: Atlanta’s dance scene is transforming into a destination for creatives

Cynthia Bond Perry and Kathleen WesselDecember 28, 2017

The year in dance in 2017 was marked by the ripple effects of the spring shakeup at Atlanta Ballet that sent a number of skilled and talented dancers out into t...

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Kit Modus, Jillian Mitchell’s new dance company, debuts with three original works

Cynthia Bond PerryNovember 29, 2017

Jillian Mitchell remembers going to dance auditions years ago, when only two or three dancers in the room had reached the levels of technique and artistry neces...

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