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January 18

The Washington Post
US State Department Spreads American Dance From Kyrgyzstan To Mozambique
DanceMotion USA, a cultural diplomacy initiative, is sending the likes of the Trey McIntire Project, Rennie Harris Puremovement and the Seán Curran Company to far-flung corners of the globe. US State Department Spreads American Dance From Kyrgyzstan To Mozambique

December 26

San Francisco Chronicle
Dance 2011: Highs, lows and top 10 moments
At just 15 minutes, the appearance of Los Angeles tapper Jason Samuels Smith at the Left Coast Leaning Festival was packed with a jazz-inflected world of rhythm, humor and wisdom delivered by a master hoofer. Dance 2011: Highs, lows and top 10 moments

December 16

Time Out New York
Best (and worst) Dance of 2011
The word of the year was Devotion Best (and worst) Dance of 2011

December 7

Denver WestWord
Dancer Michelle Ellsworth wins a $50,000 USA Fellowship prize
?The sixth annual round of the USA Fellowship grants -- fifty awards of $50,000 each -- were announced last night in Los Angeles, and exactly one went to a Colorado artist: Michelle Ellsworth of Boulder, for her work in the field of dance. Dancer Michelle Ellsworth wins a $50,000 USA Fellowship prize

November 18

Dance Informa
Musical Inspirations
While each choreographer seems to have his/her own process during the creation of a work, most seem to share a common driving force: music. Musical Inspirations

September 21

San Francisco Chronicle
Bay Area Fall Dance lineup
Merce Cunningham Dance Company, in "Nearly Ninety{+2}" at Stanford, gives audiences a last chance to see the troupe. Bay Area Fall Dance lineup

August 22

The Boston Globe
Dance Review: Beantown Tap Fest
this year’s “On Tap!’’ Friday night, produced by festival founder and director Julia Boynton, did that and more, giving an enthusiastic crowd a glimpse of tap’s past, present, and very lively future. Dance Review: Beantown Tap Fest

June 10

Edge Philadelphia
Jazz, history and dance meld in ambitious work "The Spirits Break to Freedom"
Dowell’s photographs are projected on the dancer’s bodies and animated to the music and dance. Jazz, history and dance meld in ambitious work

February 17

Wall Street Journal
Video: Tap Dancing as a Fun Workout!
"Ms. Hagan loves (tap) dancing so much that she created a dance floor in her home in outside Boston, so she can practice routines. It consists of a 4x4-foot piece of masonite, a wood composite, which cost about $20 at Home Depot." Video:  Tap Dancing as a Fun Workout!

July 2

The Boston Globe
Tap Dance Intensive Underway at The School at Jacob's Pillow
"As Glover makes clear, such Pillow intensives aren’t summer camps, but “professional development" opportunities for experienced dancers." Tap Dance Intensive Underway at The School at Jacob's Pillow

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