“Look no further than this instructional video by Contemporary Eric, which carefully demonstrates the 15 foundational steps of the genre,” such as the “Zombie With Emotion” and the “Why Is Your Head in My Hand?”
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When ‘The Nutcracker’ Goes Wrong
“One time, the Bunny from the battle scene, danced by a school child, wet herself onstage, and we had to navigate around the yellow snow. The dressers were furious afterward because one of the dancers had to kneel in the puddle.”
Breaking The Glass Ceiling At Arthur Murray Dance Studios
In 1942, “the 22-year-old from rural North Carolina saw an ad for dance instructors. Soon she was interviewing for a position at Arthur Murray Dance Studios, the inspiration of a Hungarian immigrant whose franchises were expanding across the country.”
Making ‘The Nutcracker’ (And Ballet) More Accessible
“For some families, a performance of ‘The Nutcracker’ is a Christmas tradition; for others, this ballet, any ballet, is exotic and perhaps intimidating, an art form that speaks an unfamiliar visual language.”
Dancing Through The Pain (What, Pain?)
“Dancers are stoic, and they tend to push through pain. That means not only that diagnosing a chronic illness be difficult, but dancers can block their own recovery.”
The Business Model of the Royal Ballet’s Cinemacasts
“The Royal Ballet Director Kevin O’Hare discusses growing the business of ballet by taking the live show and simulcasting it to a global audience inside cinemas around the world.”
Royal Ballet Plans Second Reality-TV Backstage Webcast
“Allowing cameras backstage to film classes and rehearsals, this day in the life of the company was streamed live on YouTube and the Guardian [in 2012] website to an international audience that surprised even the company.”
Nutcrackers Across The Oceans
“Although the Royal Ballet’s “Nutcracker” is praised by many as an excellent version, and by some as the best, it made me homesick for America as nothing else did during a four-week visit to my native land.”
Philip Glass’s Bond With Dance
The composer’s speech at the Dance Magazine Awards moved editor Wendy Perron (and much of the audience) so much “that I wanted to transcribe it and share it with you.”
No New Joni Mitchell Ballet Next Year (There’s Too Much Material)
The Edmonton Ballet’s 2007 project based on Mitchell songs, The Fiddle and the Drum, was such a smash hit that Mitchell and the company planned a second collaboration for 2014. The project isn’t cancelled, but it won’t happen just yet.