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New Dancer Magazine Video Contest!

Want to be featured in Dancer Magazine? This month we're looking for the wackiest, wildest, and coolest dance routines out there. Do you have a unique skill like juggling while balancing on pointe? Can you leap off ladders or over platforms? Do you like to incorporate mixed media and visual effects? Show us how you push the boundaries by uploading your craziest routines between June 1 and June 30. At the end of the month the video with the most views wins!

Click Here for rules and how to enter!

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tags Enthusiast, Competitions & Conventions, Performance, Dancer Magazine, Video Contest (all tags)

Want To Be Featured In Dancer Magazine?

Want to be featured in Dancer Magazine? Enter our new online video dance contest!

Every month, you'll have the opportunity to upload videos of you performing original choreography in different dance genres. At the end of the month, the video with the most hits wins! The winner will be contacted by Dancer Magazine editors and then featured in the next issue. It's that easy!

After the jump, you'll find a list of the dance style we'd like to see each month with some examples to get your creative energies flowing.

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tags Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Modern, Broadway, Ballroom, Teacher, Enthusiast, Parent, Retailer, Studio, Competitions & Conventions, Performance, Summer Study, Dancer Magazine, Online Contest (all tags)

The Dancer Magazine Year in Review 2008 - Get Ready!

For months, you've waited patiently in anticipation of the first ever dance annual of its kind - the Dancer Magazine Year in Review 2008. And now we're just days away from its release! With a ranking of the top 50 most competitive dance studios in North America as well as the top three in each state and Canada, this special issue is sure to get the dance world talking and gawking. You never know - maybe YOUR studio appears on our list!

But we're not going to give anything away just yet. However, we're sure you won't be disappointed.... (You definitely want to read on)...

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tags Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Modern, Broadway, Ballroom, Teacher, Enthusiast, Parent, Retailer, Studio, Competitions & Conventions, Performance, Summer Study, Dancer Magazine, Year in Review (all tags)

Dancer Publishing's Holiday of Choice Party - Be There!

Dancer's [Insert Holiday of Choice] Party!

Make merry with the Dancer Publishing crew for a night of holiday happenings!

Festivities include:
Cocktails!
A rotating line-up of dance performances from lots of fun companies!
More Cocktails!!
Hors D'oeuvres
A veritable Who's Who of the dance world, dressed to impress!
Did we mention the FREE cocktails?

More information after the jump!

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tags Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Modern, Broadway, Ballroom, Teacher, Enthusiast, Parent, Retailer, Studio, Competitions & Conventions, Performance, Summer Study, Dancer Magazine, Dancer Publishing, New York City (all tags)

Dancer Publishing Holiday Party Performance Line-up!

Eva Dean Dance's PUMPED Photo: Frank Ward; Chase Brock Experience; Gallim Dance; KEIGWIN + COMPANY Dancer: Julian Barnett Photograph by: Briana Blasko

Eva Dean Dance's PUMPED Photo: Frank Ward; Chase Brock Experience; Gallim Dance; KEIGWIN + COMPANY Dancer: Julian Barnett Photograph by: Briana Blasko

As many of you know, Dancer Publishing is hosting a holiday benefit party on December 11, 2008 at Manhattan Movement and Arts Center in New York City. We have promised our guests a night of merriment, libations, and a rotating line-up of fun, crowd-pleasing dance performances by well-known companies. So who are the performers, you ask?

Read more to find out who's dancing!

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tags Ballet, Jazz, Hip Hop, Tap, Modern, Broadway, Ballroom, Teacher, Enthusiast, Parent, Retailer, Studio, Competitions & Conventions, Performance, Summer Study, Dancer Magazine, Dancer Publishing, Manhattan Movement and Arts Center, New York City (all tags)

Dancer Magazine's Managing Editor Performs Tomorrow

A still from No Where Can Be Here Now

A still from No Where Can Be Here Now

Managing Editor Laura Diffenderfer is a multi-talented woman who wears many hats. Not only does she run the editorial department for the magazine, but she also continues to perform as a dancer. Tomorrow, she'll be performing in an experimental theater piece called "No Where Can Be Here Now" at the Chocolate Factory in New York City. Keep your eyes peeled for a first-person account of her experience later on this blog!

Read on to find out more about the show, including time, location, and the meaning behind the movement.

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tags Modern, Teacher, Enthusiast, Performance, Dancer Magazine, experimental theater (all tags)

My New Home at Dancer Publishing

Lindsay Dreyer and Owen Goldman at New York City Ballet in 2006

Lindsay Dreyer and Owen Goldman at New York City Ballet in 2006

Hello Dancer Readers!

I'm so happy to announce that I am now a permanent member of the Dancer Publishing team!

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tags Enthusiast, Dancer Magazine, DancerUniverse.com, Editor at Large, Lindsay Dreyer (all tags)