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 ...
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 ...
Over a hundred community members gathered in the Roone Arledge Auditorium on Sunday night for Ijoya’s first ever showcase, a landmark event for the Columbia African dance team. Under the auditorium’s ...
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 — In a vacant glass repair shop on Marion Street late one Saturday, dozens of bodies writhed, shuffled and bounced to the steady beat of Chris Johnson’s DJ set. In the lulls between drowning ...
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.
Elise Heitkamp has known Aiyanna Williams for at least 10 years. Heitkamp was her dance teacher at the School of Missouri Contemporary Ballet. "She obviously was a phenomenal dancer, she was ...
A GoFundMe campaign has raised over $8,800 for dance instructor Jeanne Szkolka and her husband, Pete, after she suffered a stroke. The Szkolkas need assistance with medical expenses and potential ...