The Dance Club at the University of Iowa will have their 16th annual Benefit Show on Saturday, April 11 at 5 p.m. at the Coralville Center for the Performing Arts. Proceeds from ticket sales and donations will go towards various community nonprofits and UI student groups — including the Des Moines nonprofit Dance Without Limits, […]
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The rise, fall and meteoric resurgence of Brazil’s ‘forbidden dance’ is inspiring Iowans to Zouk
One of the most popular contemporary partner dances was almost stifled out of existence at the end of the 20th century. “When people say Lambada, people think, ‘Oh, the forbidden dance?’ That is the first thing that comes to mind for people. And that’s a very wrong idea, actually, because it’s a sensual dance, but […]
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Ballet Des Moines earned their right to perform a Balanchine classic, debuting Friday: ‘It is really just a badge of honor’
Ballet Des Moines will bring elements of classical and contemporary dance to Iowa with its performance of Balanchine+ this Friday and Saturday at Hoyt Sherman Place. The piece’s title refers to George Balanchine, co-founder and founding choreographer of New York City Ballet. The company will perform Balanchine’s Who Cares?, a beautiful jazz-tinged dance unbound by […]
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Dancing their visions for a decade — Iowa Dance at 10
Iowa Dance 2016: Dancing Our Visions Multiple Venues — Thursday–Saturday, Apr. 28–30 For the tenth year in a row, community members will be treated to a series of free dance performances, workshops and events in downtown Iowa City this weekend. (Full disclosure: The author of this piece is a dancer with the Champagne Academy of […]
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Iowa City’s InterDance celebrates a decade of taking dance from stage to street
During the last weekend of April, downtown Iowa City will be inundated with dance. For the tenth year in a row, audiences will be treated to a series of free public dance performances, master classes and installations. InterDance, the nonprofit organization run by dancer Nora Garda, is the force behind […]
