Chan Hon Goh, CM, DLitt, may be the only daughter of Choo Chiat and Lin Ye Goh, ballet icons and founders of the prestigious Goh Ballet Academy and Youth Company Canada in Vancouver, but following in her parents’ footsteps and taking over the academy after they retired was never a given.  Chan Hon Goh. Photo by NSBKIM, courtesy Goh Ballet Academy. In 2009, after retiring from a 21-year performance career with the National Ballet of Canada, where she was the company’s first Chinese principal, Goh moved from Toronto to Vancouver with her husband and 3-year-old son to spend a year […]

More women, and occasionally men, of all ages are discovering the benefits of pole dancinge, which builds strength, endurance and agility. Meet teachers and students from across the country who are redefining this performance art.

Join classical dancers, Srividya Angara Sinha and Shubha Nagarajan, as they present the second edition of Svadhyaya Performing Arts festival in Bengaluru

“I started dancing when I was 4,” says Diane Rawlinson, now 63 years old. “If someone had told me, when I was 18 or 20, that I’d spend half of my life teaching dance in public schools, I wouldn’t have believed them!” Now retired from teaching K–12, Rawlinson has embarked on her next career: mentoring future educators as a teacher in Loyola University Chicago’s master’s degree program in elementary education with a dance concentration. Loyola is one of only a handful of universities that make it possible for dance instructors to graduate with certification to teach in kindergarten through 12th-grade […]

From director shifts to faculty appointments and beyond, here are the major dance educator moves you should know about from winter 2024–25. Nicole Haskins was named artistic director of San Jose Dance Theatre. Dexandro Montalvo stepped down from his post as ODC Dance Jam’s co-artistic director at the end of 2024. Douglas Gillespie joined as associate director in February. Elizabeth Honer succeeded Tim Arthur as CEO of the Royal Academy of Dance on January 21. Dan Galpern was named CEO of DanceOne. Troy Anthony was named National Dance Institute’s Helen Stambler Neuberger Artist-in-Residence for 2024–25. Heidi Cruz-Austin, director of dance […]

Shanmugasundaram performed compositions on Shiva at the Sarasalaya Dance festival, in Chennai recently

For Women’s Day, we speak to male artistes who take on female roles on what it takes to get into the skin of the character 

At age 11, Adam Vesperman was ushered into an impromptu audition for Billy Elliot: The Musical at a West Coast Dance Explosion Nationals. Despite an off-key rendition of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” his strong dancing skills secured him a callback. After a few intense audition days in New York City, Vesperman landed the role on London’s West End, launching the professional dance career he’s pursued ever since. Growing up in Kent, Washington, Vesperman began dancing at age 8 at Allegro Performing Arts Academy. After booking the role of Billy, he moved to London for two years, where he quickly learned […]

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