Dance in 2006 offered local audiences many exciting contemporary experiments - some of the best of them exploring mixed-media with great surety. And near year's end, Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin's millennial modern dance training system, Gaga, made his Batsheva Dance Company of Israel into heralds of a future that promises unprecedented levels of articulation and mutability.

The creators of the long-running PBS hit series Championship Ballroom Dancing are back with an exhilarating new prime time special that takes viewers onto the dance floor and behind the scenes as ballroom dancing's elite go toe-to-toe to compete for the title of "America's Best."

Diane Jarmolow's Ballroom Dance Teachers College presents Associate Certification One Week Intensive Training from March 5 to March 9, 2007 in Oakland, California.

Diane Jarmolow's Ballroom Dance Teachers College presents "How-to-Get-Certified" Two-Week Intensive Training from February 19 to March 2, 2007 in Oakland, California.

Choreographers Isabel Croxatto/Isabel Croxatto+Abundanza (Chile), Shinichi Iova-Koga/Inkboat (CA), Alex Ketley/The Foundry (CA), and Kate Weare (NY) have been selected to spend three weeks working with AXIS Dance Company in April, 2007 at MANCC on the Florida State University campus.

In honor of Black History Month, the Detroit Opera House brings a brand new production, Color-ography, to the stage February 10 (8:00 p.m.) and 11 (2:00 p.m.), 2007. The work, commissioned and performed by the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC), celebrates the work of African American painter Jacob Lawrence, with a visual feast of movement. Color-ography will premiere in Dayton, Ohio, February 3, 2007.

Featuring a host of stunning productions, from smash-hit West End musicals to the very best in contemporary dance and drama, Sheffield Theatres are pleased to announce its full season of touring shows for spring 2007 is now on sale.

From 17 - 27 January 2007, Sydney Opera House together with Sydney Festival present the visionary new dance work, Kaidan, by the internationally acclaimed Australian director, choreographer and designer, Meryl Tankard.