Dance News September 2025 Highlights

Okay, hear’s a breakdown ‍of the personnel changes and honors mentioned in the text, organized for clarity:

New Appointments/Roles:

* ‍ Sharon Bar-Lev: New Chief Executive Officer of Batsheva Dance Company (succeeding⁣ Your Aldor in December).
* Michelle Butler: Deputy Executive Director at The Sarasota Ballet.
* Dr. Sarah Nguyen: Director of Archives at Jacob’s Pillow.
* ⁤ Vienna ⁢State Ballet:

* Principals: ‍Laura fernandez Gromova, Madison Young, António Casalinho, Alessandro Frola, kentaro Mitsumori, Victor Caixeta
* Soloists: Margarita Fernandes, Rosa ⁤Pierro,⁣ Vladyslav Bosenko
* Demi-Soloists: Alessandro Cavallo, Rinaldo venuti

Departures/Retirements:

*⁣ ‍ Chloe Misseldine: Departed for Houston Ballet (August).
* Zenetta Drew: Retiring as Executive Director of Dallas Black Dance Theater (departure date TBD, search begins in January).
* Lucien Postlewaite: Retiring as Principal at Pacific Northwest Ballet (end ⁤of 2025-26 season).
* michael Keegan-Dolan & And the Doherty: Withdrew as Sadler’s Wells associate artists.
* Kun-yang lin/dancers: Company closing after final performances in March.

Awards‍ & Honors:

* Robbie Blue:

* MTV Video‍ Music Award: Best ‍Choreography (Doechii’s “Anxiety”).
* Creative Arts Emmy Award: Choreography for Variety or Reality Programming (The Grammy Awards).
* Marguerite Derricks: Creative Arts Emmy Award: Choreography for Scripted Programming (“Star”).
* ‍ Patricia Delgado & Justin Peck: Inaugural recipients of New York City’s Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment’s Made in NY Awards for Theatre‍ and Live Performance.
* ‍ National dance Project: Production Grants awarded (details: $45,000 for creation + $10,000 unrestricted support).

Let me know if you’d like me too focus on a specific⁣ aspect of this information or if you have any other questions!