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3 weeks ago | 
dancemagazine.com | Claudia Bauer
On his first day in office, President Trump issued a series of executive orders limiting the rights of transgender and nonbinary Americans, from stating that the U.S. government would recognize only male and female genders to removing gender options from passports. His orders targeted rights and protections attained through years of courageous advocacy.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
dancemagazine.com | Claudia Bauer
Dancing one of the fairies in The Sleeping Beauty is a highlight in any dancer’s career. But when Staatsballett Berlin artist Leroy Mokgatle debuted as the Fairy of Wisdom last December, she made waves around the world. With her soaring jumps, sensitive phrasing, and captivating charisma, the then first-year corps member announced herself as a star on the rise. Her Fairy of Wisdom performance went viral not only for her artistry but also for her identity as nonbinary.
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Sep 25, 2024 | 
pointemagazine.com | Claudia Bauer
The gold rush of 1863 put Boise, Idaho, on the map, but today the city is experiencing a boom of a different kind. As one of America’s fastest-growing cities—and ranked second on the 2024–25 U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Places to Live” list—Boise enjoys a thriving arts community that includes opera and philharmonic companies, the Idaho Shakespeare Festival, and the small but mighty Ballet Idaho.
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
dance-teacher.com | Claudia Bauer
2024 Dance Teacher Award Honoree Dr. Diane Duggan Teaches From the HeartDr. Diane Duggan teaches dance, but dance isn’t really what she teaches. “You have a 12-page lesson plan, but the lesson plan is not the point,” she says.
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Jun 3, 2024 | 
dancemagazine.com | Claudia Bauer
Since the advent of the pointe shoe in the 19th century, dancing on pointe has been the province of the ballerina. Male, trans, and nonbinary dancers interested in performing on pointe had few opportunities; some men performed in the comedic drag troupe Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, or did slapstick roles like the mother in La Fille mal gardée and Cinderella’s stepsisters.
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May 17, 2024 | 
pointemagazine.com | Claudia Bauer
This is only Evelyn Robinson’s first season at Charlotte Ballet, but it’s one of the biggest in her career: In early May she debuted as Odette/Odile on opening night of the company’s first-ever Swan Lake production. She brought radiant stage presence and refined technique to the dual role—and she lives a double life offstage, too, as a dancer and a rock climber. “People have a hard time believing that I dance all week and go rock climbing on weekends,” says the 22-year-old.
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Feb 13, 2024 | 
pointemagazine.com | Claudia Bauer
“I know how to do choreography,” says Alexandra F. Light. “That’s the easy part.” The Texas Ballet Theater principal dancer, who is launching her choreography career, says that the hard part is, well, everything else—the fundraising, budgeting, networking, and marketing that come along with getting dance onstage. Light has been making dances since childhood, but when she decided to pursue choreography professionally, “I felt like, ‘Where do I go?
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Dec 11, 2023 | 
dancemagazine.com | Claudia Bauer
In 2019, Lauren Lovette seemed to have it all—she was a star principal at New York City Ballet and was Vail Dance Festival’s artist in residence. But inside, she was ill at ease. “I never really enjoyed performing,” says Lovette, now 32. Intrigued by choreography, she had created her first piece, For Clara, three years earlier for NYCB’s 2016 Fall Fashion Gala.
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Nov 14, 2023 | 
dancemagazine.com | Nancy Wozny |Claudia Bauer
This week we’re sharing tributes to all of the 2023 Dance Magazine Award honorees. For tickets to the awards ceremony on December 4, visit dancemediafoundation.org. “Dance saved my life,” says Antoine Hunter PurpleFireCrow. Growing up in Oakland as a deeply creative Black, Indigenous, DeafDisabled person, he experienced artistic frustration and social isolation. Some parents wouldn’t let their kids play with him, while Deaf kids thought he was “too weird,” Hunter recalls. “I was all alone.
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Oct 2, 2023 | 
pointemagazine.com | Claudia Bauer
Dance may be a wordless art form, but Ballet Hispánico makes itself heard—with a unique artistic voice and an ever-expanding concept of Latinx/Latine culture. “We are a contemporary ballet company, and we celebrate the intersectionality of this culture,” says Eduardo Vilaro, BH’s artistic director and CEO, and a former company dancer.
