“Groundbreaking took place in 2014. The dance school welcomed its first class in fall 2015, with 33 students collaborating with dance professionals while studying styles including ballet, ballroom and hip-hop. Classes were held in a temporary facility on campus, then moved into the new 54,000-square-foot building in August. “
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This Human-Rights Museum Has A Problem At Its Heart
“Its backers have praised [the Canadian Museum for Human Rights], which attracts nearly 350,000 visitors a year, for starting important conversations about injustice. But to others, despite a raft of powerful exhibits on the oppression of indigenous peoples in Canada, the museum could do more to address the nation’s uncomfortable truths about its past and present dealings with the descendants of the land’s original inhabitants.”
Juilliard’s President To Step Down After 34 Years
“One of the most influential offstage figures in the New York arts world is stepping down. Joseph W. Polisi, who transformed the Juilliard School during three decades as its president, announced on Wednesday that he plans to leave the post in June 2018.”
Johan Kobborg And Alina Cojocaru Talk About Their Ordeal At Romania’s National Ballet
Kobborg: “Actually, you could say I’m still waiting to hear, because the last thing I heard in the meetings I had in July were that the management was going to contact me with a proposal. But I see they’ve hired someone else [the Italian Renato Zanella]. So I guess that’s it.”