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BDF Young Dancer Profiles: Meet Emma 2015 Young Dancers in Motion

BDF Young Dancer Profiles: Meet Emma

Name: Emma Hometown: Manhattan Studying: Jazz with Courtney Jones, Hip Hop with Shakia Johnson, Modern with Karl Rogers, and Ballet with Shonach Mirk-Robles What brought you here? I came last year.…
sarah
sarahJuly 8, 2015
Creating Collaborative Sound 2015 Young Dancers in Motion

Creating Collaborative Sound

Upon walking into the sunny studio for their placement class, the Young Dancers Workshop participants were greeted by not one, but four world-class dance accompanists prepared to play for them.…
sarah
sarahJuly 2, 2015
2015 Spring Newsletter BDF Newsletters

2015 Spring Newsletter

2015 Season Preview The Festival kicks off its 2015 Performance Series, July 10 & 11 with DanceNOW featuring fresh voices from a new generation of Festival faculty and alumni. Next…
bdf
bdfApril 29, 2015
ICEhot Nordic Dance Platform 2014 Director's Notes

ICEhot Nordic Dance Platform

The dance going began in earnest Wednesday night with the opening performance of ICEhot by Heine Avdal & Yukiko Shinozaki in the Dansens Hus conveniently located behind our hotel.  Artists…
laura
lauraDecember 13, 2014
Holiday Time in Oslo 2011 Works-in-Progress2014 Director's Notes

Holiday Time in Oslo

I continue my adventures as a dance producer this winter in Olso, Norway where I have been invited to attend the Nordic Dance Platform, ICEhot along with other U.S. based…
laura
lauraDecember 10, 2014
BDF Now Accepting 2015 Internship Applications 2015 BDF Internships

BDF Now Accepting 2015 Internship Applications

JOIN a community of inspired dance artists, administrators, educators, documentors, production experts and peers.
laura
lauraNovember 26, 2014
2014 Fall Newsletter, Volume 17 BDF Newsletters

2014 Fall Newsletter, Volume 17

In the Works Jennifer Nugent by Arthur Fink BDF is teaming up with New York City-based Gibney Dance and The Playground to host a BDF+Gibney Connect, a daylong dance immersion…
laura
lauraNovember 24, 2014
BDF Internships: Dancing to Success 2014 Professional Program in Motion

BDF Internships: Dancing to Success

As the festival draws to a bittersweet end, it's about time to go behind-the-scenes. More specifically, let's give a round of cyberspace applause for our interns! BDF offers elite internships in technical…
ashley
ashleyAugust 8, 2014
Get to Know Arthur Fink: Resident Photographer 2011 Works-in-Progress

Get to Know Arthur Fink: Resident Photographer

A fun take on self-portraiture. Featuring Deborah Goff at BDF in 2011. Photo by Arthur Fink. 1. How does photography affect/influence/reiterate the story of dance Still photographs help us see the…
ashley
ashleyAugust 6, 2014
Q&A: Business of Dance 2014 Professional Program in Motion

Q&A: Business of Dance

With a varied background in the arts as a presenter, arts manager, and administrator, Kim Konikow brings rich perspectives into our "Business of Dance" course. I was interested in joining…
ashley
ashleyAugust 1, 2014
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