Recent News Archive
Oct 14, 2008: Houston, Texas
Houston, Texas, the fourth largest city in the United States, has a reputation for being big and brash, and its citizens’ “larger than life” attitude has...
Oct 14, 2008: Mary MacLeod on Getting at the ‘Heart’ of Fosse’s Damn Yankees
One Saturday morning early last spring, Mary MacLeod set off to judge a dance competition, turning off her cell phone before beginning her day.
Oct 14, 2008: Petrus Bosman
Choreographer, dancer and world-class entrepreneur Petrus Bosman passed away on July 19th, suffering cardiac arrest while engaged as a guest...
Oct 14, 2008: From Mr. Thommie to Mr. Braithwaite: The Party’s Just Begun for Broadway Bound Thommie Retter
“Had I received my first Broadway role when I was in my twenties, I would have thought the universe owed it to me,” confesses Thommie Retter...
Oct 14, 2008: Maria Torres Latin to the Core
With a firecracker personality, Maria Torres is Latin to the core. Her movements and speech patterns sparkle with enthusiasm, and her ideas spill over as she...
Oct 14, 2008: Miss Ludie Jones…Tap Dancing At 92
Each year, the St. Louis Tap Festival honors outstanding hoofers from the past. This year Ludie Jones was honored and invited to teach routines from her...
Oct 14, 2008: Working WIth The Body You Have
Restriction. No one likes that word, whether one is speaking of limitations set by parents and teachers, or those set by one’s own body, such as not being...
Oct 14, 2008: Work Performance: Jill Johnson’s “The Copier” for Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
Humanity is brought center stage in Jill Johnson’s dance installation “The Copier” performed by Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet in New York this August.
Oct 14, 2008: DESIR –- Or how many different ways to endanger life and limb!
If a blazing light had not been directed right into my eyes so that I had to hold one hand up to shield them from the intense glare, I would have, without reservation...
Oct 14, 2008: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
Hubbard Street settled into the Joyce Theatre in August, winding up the last two weeks of dance events in New York City and living up to their...
Oct 13, 2008: Code of Conduct: How a Dress Code Can Help Your Studio Run Smoothly
This time of year, parents everywhere are filling dance bags with new leotards, tights, ballet shoes, leg warmers and all the other accoutrements...
Oct 13, 2008: Letters, I Write Letters…
…I don’t write too many letters. Amen! Because if you got a letter from me it meant that something was not gelling or perhaps there might even be a problem.
Oct 13, 2008: Widgets and the Arts
The widget inventor sells his design to a manufacturer. Widgets are produced and offered for sale. Lots of people buy them, and everyone makes money.
Oct 13, 2008: Crafty Costuming
Have you ever sat down, jittery with excitement to watch a dance routine, only to be distracted by an ill-fitting or ill-conceived costume?
Oct 13, 2008: Going Live A 5, 6, 7, 8!
The best accompaniment for any dance class is live accompaniment -- period. It is hard to argue otherwise. Some may say, "Hey, we have entered the digital age.
Oct 13, 2008: Battle Cry: Sonya Tayeh’s Distinctive Voice
Sonya Tayeh is a firecracker. She bursts with persistence, innovation and indulgence in her art form. To talk to her, one would think she’s been...
Oct 10, 2008: After Seventeen Years, Koresh Dance Company Maintains a Personal Style
Onstage, the dancers in Philadelphia’s Koresh Dance Company seem to have it all. Fierce and powerful movers with torsos as flexible as any ballerina’s, the...
Oct 10, 2008: The Lyrical Debate
The quivering lip. The arm reach to the audience. The melodramatic drop to the floor. Lyrical, if not fully understood by its performers and viewers, can sometimes provide comic relief to critics of the dance.
Oct 10, 2008: Meet Me At the Hop
A group of men dressed in evening jackets sits behind covered music stands on a stage banging out jazz rhythms. A girl with a short, flared skirt is whipped around the dance floor by her male partner.
Oct 10, 2008: Legends of Jazz Dance Technique
Although jazz dance is an indigenous American art form, its roots span continents and centuries—from Africa and the Caribbean to slave dances in the American South and dance halls of the 1920s.
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