Friends and neighbors have turned to a GoFundMe campaign to aid a longtime leading couple on the Columbia arts scene. Jeanne Szkolka, a well-regarded dance instructor and founder of the Columbia Dance ...

Michael Scott, America's most famous paper company manager, once declared that funk was both the problem and solution. Summer in the Midwest can be like that. Sometimes the best way to cool down from ...

On nearly any night of the week — and all through the weekend — you can find a place to dance in downtown Columbia. Nightclubs keep the senses stirring, lights down and music up. Sometimes a themed ...

As of Dec. 1, Columbia Ballet Academy will be the new Boone County Family Resources provider for DanceAbility, a program offering dancers with different abilities from ages 4 and up an opportunity to ...

The sloping ramps in Lerner Hall on Thursday flooded with purple, pink, and blue light and dancers from 13 Columbia dance groups for the 18th in-person annual Glass House Rocks. The event, put on by ...

When Alec Roth and Sophia Myers were informed of the Mareck Center for Dance closing its doors this past August, they were ...

In previous years, the dance community has proven to be a safe space and creative outlet for many students on both Columbia and Barnard’s campuses. However, as campus conditions have changed amid the ...

COLUMBIA - Dance is an art form expressed by just about every culture and country in the world. Just ask Susan Ibe. ”I would say I've been dancing for like 15 years,” Ibe said. "Basically all my life.

Ballet requires a certain strength, a certain discipline and rigor to achieve greatness. It's something Brianna Taylor knows well. But the rigid guardrails of traditional ballet can be stifling.

The Columbia Repertory Dance Company is a bit different from many of the dance companies in Columbia. Bonnie Boiter-Jolley, managing director and co-founder of the Company, said the genesis of the ...