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The latest Dance interviews with stars and creators.

Conversations with Creators: Emmy-Nominated Choreographer Karla Puno Garcia Photo
Conversations with Creators: Emmy-Nominated Choreographer Karla Puno Garcia
by Miranda Stück - August 27, 2024

'I value spontaneity and my initial impulses. They usually are the best ones,' says Karla Puno Garcia. 'Then I take some time away from it, and when I revisit with fresh eyes, I have a richer perspective.' Garcia is an Emmy nominated choreographer and one of Dance Magazine's 2024 '25 to Watch'....

Conversations with Creators: How Kyle Marshall Sees the Dancing Body as History Photo
Conversations with Creators: How Kyle Marshall Sees the Dancing Body as History
by Miranda Stück - August 26, 2024

“As a choreographer, I understand the fragility and power of physical gatherings,” says Kyle Marshall, founder and artistic director of Kyle Marshall Choreography (KMC). “It is how our medium exists.” Marshall is a choreographer, performer, and teacher who sees the dancing body as a container of history, an igniter of social reform and a site of celebration. Kyle is a former member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, Doug Elkins Choreography etc., and Tiffany Mills Company. Kyle received a 2018 N...

Conversations with Creators: How Kyle Marshall Sees the Dancing Body as History
by Miranda Stück - August 26, 2024


“As a choreographer, I understand the fragility and power of physical gatherings,” says Kyle Marshall, founder and artistic director of Kyle Marshall Choreography (KMC). “It is how our medium exists.” Marshall is a choreographer, performer, and teacher who sees the dancing body as a container of his...

Conversations with Creators: Bessie-Award Winning Choreographer Omari Wiles
by Miranda Stück - August 14, 2024


Ousmane Wiles is an African American West African and Vogue dancer. Wiles is best know as, legendary Omari NiNa Oricci, founder of The House of Nina Oricci [est. OCT. 2019] and Creative Director of LES BALLET AFRIK dance company....

Interview: Ballet Arizona's New Artistic Director Daniela Cardim
by Herbert Paine - May 17, 2024


Acclaimed for her accomplishments as a choreographer, ballet teacher, producer, and director. Danial Cardim brings great depth, perspective, and energy to her new position as Ballet Arizona's Artistic Director, effective July 1st, 2024....

Interview: The Kuperman Brothers Discuss the Tony-Nominated Movement of THE OUTSIDERS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 05, 2024


Read BroadwayWorld's interview with the Tony nominate choreographers of The Outsiders on Broadway - brothers Rick and Jeff Kuperman....

Interview: James Whiteside's YOUNG & BEAUTIFUL Makes New York Premiere at The Joyce
by Christina Pandolfi - April 28, 2024


Ballet dancer, choreographer, author, pop star, content creator: James Whiteside does it all. Formerly with Boston Ballet, Whiteside was named Principal Dancer with American Ballet Theatre in 2013, and hasn’t slowed down since. A prolific standout in the company, synonymous with roles like Solor in...

Interview: Theatre Life with Peter Anastos
by Elliot Lanes - April 02, 2024


Today’s subject Peter Anastos has been living his theatre life as one of the co-Founders of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. The all- male dance troupe has been parodying the classics of ballet for 50 years now. You can see the company in action for three performances only from April fourth th...

Interview: Ethan Stiefel And Gillian Murphy are Taking American Repertory Ballet to New Heights
by Christina Pandolfi - March 28, 2024


Ethan Stiefel and Gillian Murphy are two of the world’s greatest dancers of all time. A bold statement, yes—but one undeniably supported by their decades spent delighting audiences all over the world. Stiefel, singular for his excellence of classical technique and precision; Murphy, for her poetic ...

Interview: Simon Thew - Future Music Director & Chief Conductor of the Houston Ballet
by Miranda Keating - March 14, 2024


As Maestro Ermanno Florio steps down after 32 seasons, Australian Conductor Simon Thew will be appointed as Houston Ballet's Music Director and Chief Conductor. BroadwayWorld got the chance to speak with Simon Thew about his worldly career, his experience with the Houston Ballet, and his goals for t...

Interview: Lead Ballerina Monica Gomez Shares Insight to the Unique Style and Story of Houston Ballet's CINDERELLA
by Miranda Keating - February 23, 2024


Houston Ballet’s season is continuing with a return of artistic director Stanton Welch’s CINDERELLA. BroadwayWorld Houston had the chance to speak with Mónica Gómez, one of the ballerinas portraying Cinderella in Houston Ballet's 2024 production. She gave some insight into what makes this reindition...

Interview: Felix Molinero of LES BALLETS TROCKADERO at Jones Hall
by Brett Cullum - January 16, 2024


On January 23rd Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo brings its 50th anniversary tour to Jones Hall. The comedic ballet troupe will be delivering an evening of their “greatest hits”, and this Houston stop is courtesy of Performing Arts Houston. Broadway World writer Brett Cullum got a chance to sit...

Interview: Maestro Ermanno Florio Celebrates His Last Season as Houston Ballet Conductor
by Miranda Keating - September 27, 2023


After 32 years as Music Director of Houston Ballet, Ermanno Florio will step down from his position at the end of the 2023 – 2024 season. BroadwayWorld Houston had the chance and honor to speak with him about what he has learned in his many years with the Houston Ballet and his plans for the future ...

Interview: Chase O'Connell Shares the Spectacle That We Can Look Forward to in Houston Ballet's MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
by Miranda Keating - September 13, 2023


The Houston Ballet's 2023-2024 season is starting off with John Neumeier's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, based on Shakespeare's romantic comedy. I had the chance to speak with Chase O'Connell-- one of the dancers portraying Theseus/King Oberon-- who told us how it is to play opposite his wife onstage a...

Interview: Mark Morris is Not Here to Fix You
by Lora Strum - July 31, 2023


As the esteemed choreographer prepares to premier works new and familiar at the Joyce Theatre this August, he reflects on why art is not a “cure all” for the world’s post-COVID ills. ...

Interview: Mary Rose Lloyd Talks New Victory Dance 10th Anniversary Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 13, 2023


Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Mary Rose Lloyd as she discusses the 10th Anniversary Season of New Victory Dance, a program that celebrates the artistry and diversity of NYC dance....

Interview: Theatre Life with Andrew Veyette
by Elliot Lanes - June 06, 2023


Today’s subject Andrew Veyette is currently living his theatre life as the longest running dancer with New York City Ballet. The company begins a two-program week-long engagement at Kennedy Center this evening that continues through June 11th in the Opera House....

Interview: Ballerina Mackenzie Richter Tells BroadwayWorld About the Magic and Spectacle of Houston Ballet's SWAN LAKE
by Miranda Keating - June 01, 2023


The Houston Ballet's 2022-2023 season is ending with one of ballet's greatest love stories, SWAN LAKE. I had the chance to speak with Mackenzie Richter, one of the ballerinas portraying Odette/Odile, and they gave me some insight into their experience of performing this iconic lead role and shared w...

Interview: Lead Ballerina Tyler Donatelli Gives Us a Sneak Peek of Houston Ballet's Daring and Exciting DIVERGENCE Triple Bill
by Miranda Keating - May 30, 2023


Houston Ballet is presenting DIVERGENCE, a triple bill program that includes Justin Peck’s world premiere UNDER THE FOLDING SKY; Aszure Barton’s ANGULAR MOMENTUM; and Stanton Welch's DIVERGENCE. As a sneak peek at the production, I had the exciting chance to speak with Tyler Donatelli, one of the le...

Interview: Brodie Donougher A REAL LIFE BILLY ELLIOT STORY!
by Brian Hilbrand - May 28, 2023


What do you get when you have a ballet dancer who dreams of making it professionally and showing the world that guys can dance too?  You have a real-life Billy Elliot story, which is happening to someone who played the titular role of Billy on the West End back home in the UK, and is now here in the...

Interview: Theatre Life with Peter Salem
by Elliot Lanes - May 25, 2023


Today’s subject Peter Salem is currently living his theatre life as the composer of Scottish Ballet’s production of The Crucible. The show runs now through May 28th at Kennedy Center in the Eisenhower Theater....

Interview: Behind the Lens with Mark Mann
by Christina Pandolfi - April 08, 2023


Mark Mann has photographed everyone. Google his name, and you will find hundreds of famous people he has exquisitely captured through the lens of his camera. Actors. Musicians. Presidents. Literally everyone in the public consciousness. But perhaps his greatest undertaking was during the COVID-19 lo...

Interview: Artistic Director, Janet Eilber of MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY and Upcoming Season at The Joyce Theater
by Marina Kennedy - April 06, 2023


Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing the Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Janet Eilber. She gave us fascinating insights about her career, the Company and the season ahead at Joyce Theater....

Interview: BAD CINDERELLA Choreographer JoAnn M. Hunter Talks Andrew Lloyd Webber, Being a Trailblazer & More
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 27, 2023


Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Bad Cinderella choreographer, JoAnn M. Hunter!...

Interview: Catching Up with Ethan Stiefel, Artistic Director of American Repertory Ballet
by Christina Pandolfi - March 22, 2023


Ethan Stiefel is a household name. Considered one of the greatest American male ballet dancers of all time, it was Stiefel's explosive energy that lit up countless stages all over the world. But since his retirement from American Ballet Theatre in 2012, Stiefel has dedicated his artistic life to ins...

Interview: Sara DeGennaro of SOFIA'S FIRST BALLET CLASS
by Tara Bennett - March 21, 2023


A dancer from the age of three, Sara DeGennaro has had a love of ballet for most of her life. Now an instructor who has her own dance studio, she shares the excitement of learning ballet in her new children’s book, “Sofia’s First Ballet Class: Ballet is Fun!”...

Interview: Shero Judith FLEX Helle Brings Her HEROES, SHEROES, AND EROS To The Wallis
by Gil Kaan - February 07, 2023


Luminario Ballet of Los Angeles bring their first full-length program Heroes, Sheroes, and Eros to The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for two performances February 17th & 18th. Luminario founder and current artistic director Judith FLEX Helle parsed out some time from rehearsals to...

Interview: How Ellen Kane Made MATILDA Dance on the Big Screen
by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 28, 2022


Read BroadwayWorld's interview with Ellen Kane, the choreographer for the movie adaptation of Matilda the Musical on Netflix!...

Interview: Mark Morris Talks about the Elegance and Individuality of The Hard Nut at the DETROIT OPERA HOUSE
by Emily Schenk - November 21, 2022


While it may not be your traditional Nutcracker, the production is set to Tchaikovsky’s score performed by a live 48-piece orchestra. This version mines E.T.A Hoffmann’s original story to recreate a world inspired by Charles Burns that is both funny and inventive. Performing December 3rd at 7:30 p....

Interview: Ilter Ibrahimof of FALL FOR DANCE NORTH
by Ilana Lucas - September 19, 2022


Fall for Dance North (FFDN) returns for its eighth year from September 17-October 8th. BroadwayWorld spoke to AD Ilter Ibrahimof about what audiences can expect to see, the festival’s mission of affordable and accessible eclectic dance, and the joys and challenges of presenting a hybrid of online an...

Ethan Stiefel-Artistic Director of American Repertory Ballet and MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM at NBPAC 4/1 to 4/3
by Marina Kennedy - March 22, 2022


Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Ethan Stiefel about his career, the ARB and the upcoming performance of 'Midsummer Night’s Dream' at NBPAC....

Dancer Spotlight: Hannah Alissa Richardson Of AILEY II Performing at The Ailey Citigroup Theater 3/23 to 4/3
by Marina Kennedy - March 21, 2022


Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing Hannah Alissa Richardson about her career and the upcoming performances by Ailey II at The Ailey Citigroup Theater....

VIDEO: Tiler Peck Previews Her New NY City Center Gig on Backstage with Richard Ridge
by Backstage With Richard Ridge - March 05, 2022


Watch as Richard Ridge catches up with the wonderful Tiler Peck, who is tackling a new role as the inaugural artist curator in New York City Center's Artists at the Center series. ...

Conducting ST. MATTHEW PASSION's Only One of James Conlon's Many Current Commitments
by Gil Kaan - March 02, 2022


LA Opera’s next production St. Matthew Passion will open March 12, 2022, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. LA Opera’s music director James Conlon conducts with choreographer John Neumeier staging Johann Sebastian Bach’s scared masterpiece with members of the Hamburg Ballet. The always busy Maestro f...

How Christopher Wheeldon Made MJ Dance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 27, 2022


Christopher Wheeldon is one of the most prolific choreographers and outstanding directors in the world today. An OBE and Tony Award-winner for the 2015 Broadway production of An American in Paris (which he also directed), Wheeldon is the director and choreographer of the new musical MJ The Musical, ...

Theatre Life with Vernard J. Gilmore
by Elliot Lanes - February 01, 2022


There is almost nothing consistent anymore in life with the current state of affairs but when Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater comes to town, things almost feel normal again. The company will be performing in the Kennedy Center Opera House starting tonight through February 6th with four different ...

Interview: Michael Jackson, Jr. of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
by G K Schatzman - January 23, 2022


Dancer Michael Jackson, Jr. of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater talks inspirations, anticipations, and coming back from Covid lockdown in advance of the company’s first tour stop at Philadelphia Kimmel Cultural Campus’ Academy of Music. Mr. Jackson first joined the company in 2011 after workin...

BWW Review: GEORGE BALANCHINE'S THE NUTCRACKER by NYCB is an Exquisite Experience for All
by Marina Kennedy - December 09, 2021


The New York City Ballet’s production of George Ballanchine’s The Nutcracker at Lincoln Center is more lovely and charming than ever.  This spectacular dance event of the season is exquisitely presented by one of the premier ballet companies in the world....

Dancer Spotlight: Lloyd A. Boyd III of ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
by Marina Kennedy - December 08, 2021


We had the pleasure of interviewing Lloyd A. Boyd III about his career and the season ahead for Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for our 'Dancer Spotlight.'...

SHAADI's Achinta S. McDaniel Choreographing A Wedding Dance For All Peoples
by Gil Kaan - September 08, 2021


Blue13 Dance Company presents SHAADI, an interactive Indian wedding, on the private grounds and Victorian mansions of the Heritage Square Museum September 17th and 18th. The audience will participate in the celebratory nuptials partaking of provided drinks, music and a DJ. Had the chance to chat wit...

Maks and Val Chmerkovskiy Talk MAKS & VAL: STRIPPED DOWN Tour, DANCING WITH THE STARS & More!
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 10, 2021


Maks and Val Chmerkovskiy are back on stage with their 'Stripped Down' tour, showing audiences a whole new side of the dancing duo. Featuring dance, comedy, and personal stories from the lives of the Chmerkovskiy brothers, the Maks & Val: Stripped Down tour will make you laugh, cry, and everything i...

President and Artistic Director Jonathan Hollander and Battery Dance Free Summer Festival
by Marina Kennedy - August 02, 2021


Battery Dance celebrates the 40th Anniversary of its free summer festival from August 12-20, 2021, in partnership with Battery Park City Authority. The President and Artistic Director of the Festival is Jonathan Hollander....



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