September 2008
Jun 12, 2008
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Sep 1, 2008
Russia’s Unique Riches: From Village to the Moiseyev & Kirov
Both ballet and theatrical folk dance choreographers have drawn from peasant and village life of different cultures. These dances are creatively transformed...
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Sep 1, 2008
Abductors and Adductors
“My thighs are huge!” “I hate my legs!” “I have saddlebags!” “What can I do to make my legs look better?” Most dancers, in all disciplines, have a love-hate...
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Aug 29, 2008
Rennie Harris: Sharing the Hip-Hop Legacy
Lorenzo “Rennie” Harris has been on the educational trail since he was a founding member of the Scanner Boys, a Philadelphia crew. Even earlier, at the age of 14
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Aug 29, 2008
Kenichi Ebina: Dancing to a Different Drummer
It’s a phenomenon, it’s pop culture, it’s being taught in main stream dance studios and small studios all over the world, it’s hip-hop!
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Aug 29, 2008
Lary Keigwin’s “Elements”
In Larry Keigwin’s newest work, “Elements,” inspired by the elements of nature, cabaret and concert dance coexist. Keigwin + Company performed this...
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Aug 29, 2008
America: Put Your Game Face On!
Battery Park City is a picturesque waterfront along the Hudson River where tourists from all over the world come to walk along the promenade or take a ferry...
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Aug 29, 2008
Yoga For The Dancer: The Various Yoga Disciplines XVIII
Lucid waking is far more important than lucid dreaming. This is the art of living with mindfulness, of being present in each moment throughout the day.
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Aug 29, 2008
Hip Atlanta - Hopping with Energy
Every major American city, it seems, has a vibrant dance scene, but few have developed closer ties between a music and a dance style than Atlanta.
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Aug 29, 2008
Studio for Rent
Renting studio space to others is an interesting consideration for many studio owners across the country. Should I or shouldn’t I?
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Aug 29, 2008
When Parents Cross the Line, Teachers Must Step In
Participating in dance competitions can be a rewarding and enriching experience for students as well as their parents.
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Aug 29, 2008
Doing It Yourself
There are many reasons for not retaining counsel, and they are usually expressed with a dollar sign. In truth, small businesses do not have big budgets for legal fees.
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Aug 29, 2008
After 20 years in hip-hop, Dave Scott is everywhere you look
Dave Scott has a problem most artists can only dream about while they are waiting for their big break.
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Aug 29, 2008
The Importance of Tap in the Studio (Reflections on a Half Century of Dance Training)
I have learned from 50 years experience (and continue to learn) what to do and what not to do in planning a children’s dance curriculum. In my early years...
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Aug 29, 2008
One Love:Tabitha and Napoleon Take on Life, Love, and Hip-Hop Together
The hip hop choreographers, teachers and directors Tabitha and Napoleon D’Umo, are in love – both with their work and with each other.
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Aug 29, 2008
Hip-Hop’s Real Deal
Director Benson Lee of “Planet B-Boy” sees hip-hop dance for what it really is, an art form still struggling to be legitimately recognized as it spreads...
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Aug 29, 2008
From Ballerina to the Queen of Krump: The Party’s Just Begun for Marquisa Gardner
If you take a krumping class at the Debbie Reynolds Studio in North Hollywood, Calif., you won’t see Marquisa Gardner’s name listed among the instructors.
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Aug 29, 2008
Earl “Snake Hips” Tucker: The King of Hip-Hop Dance?
Could a man nicknamed “Snake Hips” whose erotic pelvic tilts and twirls shocked Harlem audiences in the mid-1920s be a forefather of today’s hip-hop dance revolution?
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Aug 29, 2008
Wayne 'Frosty Freeze' Frost Break Dance Legend
Newspapers from coast to coast and many online news services announced the death of 44-year-old Wayne “Frosty Freeze” Frost at Mount Sinai Hospital...
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Aug 29, 2008
Robin Dunn Gives Hip-Hop a F.A.C.E.-Lift
It’s not often that you hear “locking,” “turnout,” and “namaste” in a single breath. That is, unless, you are in conversation with Robin Dunn.
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Aug 29, 2008
Keeping an Eye on Taste: Thoughts on Age Appropriate Music, Costumes, and Choreography
In the early years of competitions, the phrase “age appropriate” was rarely if ever heard. Now, it resonates through one’s ears on a weekly basis.
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Aug 29, 2008
Translating the Cipher:
Imagine a pas de bourrée. Now insert breaks: pas de bou-pop, then pas de pop-rrée. In his choreography for Rubberdance Group (RBDG), Victor Quijada...
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Aug 29, 2008
The Teacher Behind the Mask
The Jabbawockeez’s Kevin Brewer just might have the hip-hop answer to spiritual oneness: His groundbreaking teaching philosophy called Beat Kune Do.
