Recent News Archive

Jul 31, 2008: Rhythm Tap Hits Oklahoma
February rain and snow did not chill the energy of the first tap festival held at the Edith Kinney Gaylord Center-Ann Lacy School of American Dance located on the campus of Oklahoma City University.

Jul 31, 2008: Dancing Dean: Ethan Stiefel Leaps Into a New Role at the North Carolina School of the Arts
On the eve of his performance as Solor in American Ballet Theatre’s “La Bayadère” opposite Julie Kent, Ethan Stiefel takes a moment to speak with me about his new appointment as Dean of the School of Dance at the...

Jul 31, 2008: Cyd Charisse - Who brought the beauty of bellet to the movies, Dies at 86
In the legendary MGM musical "Singin' in the Rain," a gorgeous woman is seen leaning into a chair wearing an electric green dress and puffing on a long cigarette holder.

Jul 30, 2008: The Spectrum of Contemporary Ballet: Giving Your Students a Leg Up
To discuss dance, we grapple with a variety of terms: modern, post-modern, classical, neoclassical, contemporary, contemporary ballet and more. We volley this lexicon back and forth, assuming that the meaning...

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...

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...

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.

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.

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?

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...

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...

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...

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”...

Jun 29, 2008: Dances of the World-Exposed
World dance gives shape to the world around us. It enlightens, educates and entertains.

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.

Jun 29, 2008: International Cooperation

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.”

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...

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...

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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