March 2009
Jun 12, 2008
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Mar 2, 2009
Tradition In Tap Honors Professor Ardie Bryant
On Nov. 7-9, 2008, New York’s Tradition In Tap festival honored Ardie Bryant, who has spent most of the past 50 years in the Los Angeles area.
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Mar 2, 2009
Martha Graham
How does a company Martha Graham created in 1926 to serve her incredibly talented voice continue to evolve after her death in 1991 (at age 96)? Or, does the work of a primal force...
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Mar 2, 2009
Chinese Dancers from Beijing and the U.S.
Gorgeous costumes—satin and silk, glitter and design—first catch the eye as it zeros in on graceful, meltingly soft, passionate and cheeky women and powerful, soaring men.
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Mar 2, 2009
Dance on Location: Portland
There’s something about the Pacific Northwest that has always radiated a creative, artistic energy. Artists of all disciplines have set up shop to create...
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Mar 2, 2009
Daniel Nagrin
In a New York City apartment, a restless boy ignores his homework, and unknowingly moves to the entrancing beats of music that drift sinuously through the speakers of a large radio.
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Feb 28, 2009
No “Butts” About It: Tips for Quitting Smoking
Mary, a dance instructor, once admitted that cigarettes were her friend. “I need cigarettes to keep me thin and moving.
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Feb 28, 2009
Yoga Stretches and Strengthening for the Modern Dancer
Stretching and strengthening make the dancer and consequently, the dance. Without a strong yet supple and flexible body there is no dance.
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Feb 28, 2009
So You Want to Make a Dance Film?
The term “dance film,” and what it actually means, is not universal. In the same breath the phrase dance film is uttered, one inevitably also hears the terms “dance for camera,” “video dance” and “cinedance.”
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Feb 28, 2009
The Well-Behaved Studio
The requirements necessary to enter competitions roughly include proper dance training and technique, well-rehearsed routines and/or solos, costumes, make-up, and of course...
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Feb 28, 2009
Ouch! Running a Business in Tough Times
Keeping your business alive in hard times is challenging enough; making it grow seems impossible. Tuition payments may be slow, requests for scholarships may increase...
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Feb 28, 2009
Making Dances, Taking Chances
“Making dances is hard work, and it doesn’t get any easier,” says Trajal Harrell, a New York-based choreographer.
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Feb 28, 2009
Competition Clean: Prepping for your turn onstage
You finished the choreography and competition season is just around the corner. Your work seems done, for the most part, but the daunting task of cleaning is about to begin.
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Feb 28, 2009
DV8 Physical Theatre’s “Straight Talk”
DV8 Physical Theatre’s “To Be Straight With You” tells it like it is for gay men from Jamaica to Islam to the UK. Based on 85 interviews conducted in London, the piece uses speakers’ words to address...
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Feb 28, 2009
Talking Dance: On the Record with Kate Weare
Though she was a very young child, choreographer Kate Weare remembers vividly the power of the sea near Cornwall, England, filling her with the knowledge...
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Feb 28, 2009
Jonah Bokaer: Taking the “L.E.E.D” in Sustainable Living
The performing arts are vital to the success and general well-being of a healthy society. However, healthy art can sometimes be hazardous. In recent years, many artists have begun acknowledging...
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Feb 28, 2009
Paul Taylor: Grand Gestures, Grand Space
Light shines into the large, dingy studio located just above New York City’s Union Square. A head peeks out from behind the long, black curtain that hangs at the left side of the studio. We peer back with anticipation. She disappears.
