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Find Out What Inspires Choreographer Cat Cogliandro

Cat Cogliandro’s genius is turning paradoxes into powerful art. In her gestural contemporary choreography, vulnerability becomes strength and imperfection is beauty. Born and raised in Houston, TX, Cogliandro earned a BFA in dance from SUNY Purchase before moving to L.A. Cogliandro now teaches in L.A. and nationally, and choreographs for her company CATASTROPHE!, which was […]

Congrats to the 2018 Capezio A.C.E. Awards Winners!

What’s better than a competition that gives promising choreographers a whole bunch of funding? How about a competition that also puts on a must-see show as part of the process? That’s the genius model of the Capezio A.C.E. Awards. Every year since 2009, the contest has brought upwards of a dozen finalists, selected from a […]

Here Are the 2018 Capezio A.C.E. Awards Finalists

We have so much ❤️ for the Capezio A.C.E. Awards, the annual competition that highlights gifted emerging choreographers from all over. Since starting in 2009, it’s become an eerily reliable predictor of the Next Big Thing in choreography. And that’s not an exaggeration: Past winners include Travis Wall, Al Blackstone, Melinda Sullivan, Talia Favia, and […]

Jacob Jonas Takes Us on the Most Beautiful NYC Tour

Jacob Jonas may be from California, but he’s got a New Yorker’s heart. The choreographer first wowed NYC audiences in 2013, when his piece In a Room on Broad St. won third place at the Capezio A.C.E. (Award for Choreographic Excellence) Awards. And while in town a year later (to present an evening-length version of […]

Choreographer Lindsay Nelko Talks Awakening

Lindsay Nelko (photo by Kristen Sawatzky) At last year’s Capezio A.C.E. (Award for Choreographic Excellence) Awards in NYC, Lindsay Nelko tied for third place, winning $3,000 to produce her own show in conjunction with Capezio and Break the Floor Productions. Next week, we’ll see the fruits of that partnership: Nelko will present the world premiere […]

Melinda Sullivan Rocks the A.C.E. Awards

The theme at this year’s Dance Teacher Summit Capezio A.C.E. Awards? Girl power, baby. For the first time in the choreography competition’s history, all three top prizes went to women. Taking home the night’s top award—a $15,000 production budget to go toward a show in NYC—was tapper (and former DS cover girl!) Melinda Sullivan. Sullivan’s […]