July 2008
Jun 12, 2008
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Jul 16, 2008
The Art of the Muses
The dances of ancient Greece are as beautiful and powerful as the great literature and antiquity associated with Greek culture. Each dance has a profound...
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Jun 30, 2008
What Has Become of Scapino Ballet?
What has become of the Scapino Ballet of Rotterdam, a once beautiful company of dancers with tasteful choreography and elegant presentation that graced the stage...
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Jun 30, 2008
A Waiting Game! Akram and company at city center!
A Bengali word meaning ‘carier,’ “bahok” is a cerebral piece of choreography by Akram Khan and Company.
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Jun 30, 2008
The Mindbody Electric
When the mind and body are treated as inseparable and are fueled by positive energy, the results are electric. Literally.
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Jun 30, 2008
Conditioning and Cross Training for Dancers
All packed? Double checks done in drawers, under beds, between coverlets and behind curtains for escaped objects? Cell phone charger in hand?
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Jun 30, 2008
Faustin Linyekula’s Spaces of Possibility
If all you had were the ground beneath you, what would you create? In Africa’s Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), choreographer Faustin Linyekula...
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Jun 30, 2008
Amira Mor: Jewel of the Nile
Belly dancing conjures up images of exotic women dancing in harems for Sultans and Sheiks. And now all over the world, the art of belly dance...
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Jun 29, 2008
Washington, D.C. – Dance Blossoms
Washington, D.C., home to the renowned annual cherry blossom festival, is also home to a blossoming dance culture. Washington plays host to about 185 embassies...
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Jun 29, 2008
Living Tissue: Teaching and Learning Butoh in the 21st Century
The word “butoh” means “dance step” in Japanese and “Butoh,” or “Ankoku Butoh” as it was called by founder Tatsumi Hijikata, refers to the “dance of utter darkness”...
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Jun 29, 2008
Dances of the World-Exposed
World dance gives shape to the world around us. It enlightens, educates and entertains.
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Jun 29, 2008
Foreclosure/Forbearance/For Sale!/For Keeps
Last year, when Frank J. was shopping for a condominium apartment, he was worried that he wouldn’t qualify for a mortgage.
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Jun 29, 2008
International Cooperation
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Jun 27, 2008
Roxane Butterfly and World Dance
Her mentor, master tapper Jimmy Slyde who died on May 16, dubbed her "Papillon (butterfly) because…she flies!” She’s also called a “maverick in her field.”
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Jun 27, 2008
The Embodiment of a Legend
South India's Bharata Natyam is among the oldest of classical Indian dance forms. Ancient sculptures throughout South India depict the many complex...
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Jun 27, 2008
Tappin' In
When tap dancer Danny Daniels could not attend his award ceremony in New York for Tradition In Tap, producers Avi Miller, Ofer Ben and Germaine Salsberg...
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Jun 27, 2008
A “World” wind of Dance
I know it is Tuesday for sure when I hear the coins on the belly dance students’ hip bands clink as they arrive for their weekly class.
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Jun 27, 2008
The Embodiment of a Legend
South India's Bharata Natyam is among the oldest of classical Indian dance forms. Ancient sculptures throughout South India depict the many complex poses used in the art.
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Jun 27, 2008
Backstage
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Jun 27, 2008
Katherine Dunham: Modern Dance Pioneer
Every dancer must possess a hint of the willingness to literally leap into the unknown from time to time. In the midst of the Great Depression in America, a young black woman...
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Jun 27, 2008
Jimmy Slyde Lives in Our Hearts (Oct 2, 1927-May 16, 2008)
For the many who loved Jimmy Slyde, it should be comforting to know that Jimmy died in the arms of a close friend, Roger A. Reed.
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Jun 26, 2008
Shantala: A Synthesis of Cultures
Dancing! Why do we like moving so much and why do we feel like being moved? The fundamental urge for humans, as indeed all living beings, to move...
