Dance Database
Welcome to our dance database! It is our way to be a dance advocate and inform our community about the amazing things happening in the dance world today.
marquee tv
Marquee TV is a subscription entertainment service similar to Netflix, but rather than TV shows and movies, it is for dance and theater performances. Drop the Netflix subscription and immerse yourself in culture and performance while folding the laundry rather than binging Friends for the 17th time!
betroffenheit
Betroffenheit is a dialogue driven contemporary dance theater performance created by Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young. It is based on a true story of Young losing his family in a fire. Watch the trailer here. The whole performance is featured on Marquee TV.
west side story-reimagined
West Side Story is being reimagined for both Broadway and our screens. Learn more about the choreographer who will bring a contemporary-style twist to this Broadway classic.
tap dance meets beatboxing
Tap choreographer Caleb Teicher collaborated with Beatbox artist Christopher Celiz to create Bzzzz, a theatrical, musical, contemporary tap performance with elements of high energy unison, exciting lighting and production, and humor. The show premiered in New York City in 2019. In this video, Teicher and Celiz perform an improvised duet.
a new giselle
Akram Khan is an English choreographer who combines contemporary and traditional Kathak dance. Khan was commissioned by Tamara Rojo and the English National Ballet to reimagine Giselle-one of the most classical ballets of all time- for a contemporary audience. By transforming both the movement and the storyline, Khan completely transforms this ballet. Watch a scene from Khan’s Giselle here.
in a choreographer’s mind
Check out this TED Talk featuring an inside look at English choreographer Wayne McGregor’s creative process!
the nutcracker turns tap
Proclaimed top choreographer Michelle Dorrance and her company Dorrance Dance transformed the traditional Nutcracker, but as a tap show. Watch the teaser video here!