Category: dance

“Dancing was where my body and soul were happiest. My highest career aspiration was to become a professional dancer/choreographer. But what do you do when you realize fairly early that you may not have the talent in such a competitive arena?”

“On Wednesday, the Netherlands’ Performing Arts Fund, which administers government funding to the fields of dance, theatre and music, announced its allocations and the Amsterdam-based theatre was left empty-handed.”

The Mountain Dance Trail project, run out of Davis & Elkins College, “has helped organize dances across the state, cultivating tradition county by county. With a nod to the Bourbon Trail in Kentucky and the Crooked Road music trail in Virginia, it is a homegrown effort to revive and brand a West Virginia legacy.”

“Ballet San Antonio, which took some cost-cutting measures earlier this year to manage its debt, is rebounding, adding two artists to its staff and rehiring many of the dancers who were let go a few months ago.”

“By comparison to the ’80s and ’90s, the last decade’s worth of exercises are high on difficulty and tumbling but low on elegance and refinement. Instead of putting together complete routines, coaches, choreographers, and gymnasts treat the moments between tumbling passes as opportunities to rest, filling them with static poses, ill-timed to the music.”

All the Right Moves “follows four friends in Los Angeles as they try to launch a new contemporary dance company with the regrettable name Shaping Sound. The four are not quite famous, but they’re known to avid watchers of dance shows.” Naturally, the series has them sharing a house – and having arguments in the hot tub.

“[The] time-delayed broadcast on Friday was missing a crucial segment – a dance tribute created by British choreographer Akram Khan. NBC edited out Khan’s sequence and replaced it with a segment featuring Ryan Seacrest interviewing swimmer Michael Phelps.”

Bussell’s return could give a much-needed boost for British dancers who, she claims, suffer from a lack of confidence. “We’ve got all the talent, the ability and the facilities. I don’t believe it’s impossible for us to feel confident.”

“Eschewing the more conventional model of producing full-length ballets in proscenium theaters, the Blankenships have instead pursued a uniquely hybrid mission of staging informal Cuban ballet exhibitions and cabaret-style shows in historic buildings that have often demanded significant repair.”

“Spectators were asked to display photos of loved ones who could not be there during the segment. The music, a hymn called ‘Abide With Me,’ was described in the ceremony’s program as an ‘honest expression of the fear of approaching death.’ NBC producers did not air it, instead showing American viewers Ryan Seacrest’s interview with swimmer Michael Phelps.”