July 2011
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Dancers and Choreographers that Shaped Modern... →
At Right - Isadora Duncan Modern dance began as a rebellion against the conventional with Isadora Duncan’s Greek inspired tunic, bare feet, and emotionally charged improvised movement….
How Dance Teachers and Parents Can Help Nurture...
In order to encourage parents to raise creative children, there first must be at least some understanding of what creativity is and how it develops.
What is Creativity?
Defining creativity, much like defining intelligence, is difficult to do. Creativity is a term that is open to many interpretations. Additionally, creativity is not easily measured or tested; this is due in part to a lack of...
WatchThe State Academic Ensemble of Popular Dance by Igor Moiseyev - Russian Sailor Dance
Birthday Wishes
Because today’s so special it really wouldn’t do, to send one simple birthday wish to last the whole year through… So this wishes happy moments, a day when dreams come true, and a year that’s filled with all the things that mean the most to you.
Happy Birthday, Chris!
Picture of F1 Racing Coffee Mug that I Sent You
Campaign to Help A Friend
Since I’ve been on Twitter, I’ve met many wonderful people. One of those is Kim, @TnDWorldFans, who is trying to help her favorite(and mine) Ice Dance pair, Jayne Torvill and Chris Dean(@torvillanddean) get 30,000 followers. Right now, they need about 74 more. If you are a fan of figure skating, or know anyone that is, please consider following two great people as well as skaters....
Zumba Your Way to Fitness
Zumba is not just a latest “It” dance craze of the moment and is not just a fleeting workout routine that all the kids are buying into these days. Zumba is an energetic, infectious, fun-filled medley of dance exercises done to the rhythm of Latin beats. It is not surprising that Zumba keeps gaining new followers and aficionados and that it is proving itself to be much more than an...
The Evolution of Merging Ballet with Music
Before the esteemed Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky started composing music for ballet, ballet music was generally not highly regarded as a compositional form of music. “Symphony music” then didn’t include ballet music. Then, it was typically made by composers of lesser stature, mostly “craftsmen,” and not given much importance as it is nowadays. Ballet music was thought to be an...
Rehearsals for Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe's "Swan...
China’s breathtaking Guangdong Acrobatic Troupe
Via The Telegraph. It was the moment that launched a million Youtube hits: a ballerina, pretty as a snowflake, dancing a pas de deux from Swan Lake on her partner’s head. There are hundreds of bootleg video clips of this extraordinary feat, performed by two Chinese dancers, Wu Zhengdan and Wei Baohua, but all of them share a collective gasp...
Manage Your Dance Time So It Doesn't Manage You →
As a dancer, you must spend hours practicing your craft. But if you have a job, are going to school, participate in various hobbies and organizations, etc., it can be difficult to find the…
Swan Lake Odette variation - Lucia Lacarra (2/2)
aurelie-dupont:
Olesya Novikova quote
aurelie-dupont:
“To express the beauty and gifts of nature, one must have a feeling for music. When dance and music don’t go together, don’t correspond, there is no harmony.”
Yulia Zagoruychenko Auctioning Championship Dress...
World Latin champion Yulia Zagoruychenko is auctioning off one of her championship dresses to help friend and fellow dancer Julia Ivleva. Julia is a pro standard dancer who was recently diagnosed with lung cancer in both lungs, though she’s never smoked and, like all dancers, maintains a healthy lifestyle. Julia has no health insurance. Click here for Zagoruychenko’s auction. If you...
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Ravel’s Bolero, choreographed as a classical Pas de deux on a barge in Marseilles harbour by Roland Petit, 1997
Roland Petit, founder of Les Ballets des Champs-Elysées and the Ballets de Paris de Roland Petit, choreographed this version of Boléro which is considered by many even better than Béjart’s version of Ravel’s famous piece. Petit himself is already...
Musical Theater: A Uniquely American Art Form
Although music has been a part of theater since ancient times, the musical theater we know and love today was born in the United States. America can lay claim to being the nursery of a unique form that used song and dance as a means of furthering the action of the text or revealing information about a character.
In 1866 the combination of a French ballet troupe without a performing venue and...
Top 5 Reasons to Say I Love You
Beautiful post. Top 5 Reasons to Say I Love You via @Modernlifeblogs
Written by Aline Hanle
On all the sentences with which Life gifts us to express Love, one above all is the most meaningful. “I Love you”. A simple 3-word sentence empowered with Truth. While, it is used in many occasions and many circumstances, Let’s not forget that it holds the most essential part of Humanity and represents...
When You Should Leave a Dance Class
With the advent of the new show Dance Moms, parents and students should be more aware not just of a new studio but when a dancer should leave an old one. While you should never leave a dance class mid-class (unless you tell your teacher in advance), when do you know it’s time to move on to a new dance class altogether?
If you are taking a dance class and just not enjoying it any longer, it...
“The most important thing in anyone’s life is to be giving something. The quality I can give is fun, joy and happiness. This is my gift.” Ginger Rogers
fred astaire and ginger rogers pictures
fred astaire ginger rogers pictures
Ballet photography by Mark Olich (7/7)
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Why Choose Dance as a Career? →
Learning to walk set you free. Learning to dance gives you the greatest freedom of all: to express with your whole self the person you are. Melissa Hayden
Online Disney Channel UK Dance Contest →
nichelledances:
Got To Dance winner Akai Osei is teaming up with Disney Channel to launch Shake It Up: Dance, Dance, an online dance contest that will give the winner a unique opportunity to have their dance aired on the channel, as well as a holiday to LA and a once in a lifetime dance master class with Akai.
The online dance contest is inspired by the channel’s smash hit comedy series Shake...
Ginger Rogers: Beyond Fred's Partner
Ginger holding her oscar for Kitty Foyle
“I believe in living each day as it comes, to the best of my ability. When it`s done, I put it away, remembering that there will be a tomorrow to take it`s place.” - Ginger on her philosophy of life.
It’s hard to believe that Ginger Rogers still has as much appeal as when she was in her prime. Still, most people remember Ginger for...
Two Upcoming Celebrations in Honor of Ginger...
OrlandoBallroom.com presents “A Tribute to Ginger Rogers” on July 23, 2011
Orlando social ballroom dancers deserve one night each year to do something special, exciting, and elegant. They occasionally need something out of the ordinary and over-the-top, yet not so expensive that only the elite can participate. Additionally, Orlando’s ballroom professionals long for...
Photographs of British Ballerina Dame Beryl Grey
Source: BBC News
Dame Beryl Grey is one of the greats of British ballet who found fame on the stage dancing Giselle in the 1940s.
She became the first English dancer to appear as guest ballerina with the Kirov and Bolshoi Ballet and is now in her 90s and living in Forest Row in Sussex.
An exhibition featuring photographs of her early career, taken by the celebrated photographer Colin Jones,...
Dance Champion Elena Grinenko Shows Ice Dancers...
Via @elenagrinenko @icenetwork @GrEntertainment
Elena Grinenko has tutored 2011 world ice dance champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White. (courtesy of Elena Grinenko)
By Lois Elfman, special to icenetwork.com(07/07/2011) - It’s usually not my style to insert myself into an article, but it’s impossible for me to explain how Dancing with the Stars alum and former U.S. and world...
Ballet is Not Just for Kids: Tips for Adult...
The arrival of ballet studios in all metropolitan areas means that the study of dance is more open than ever before. Due to this, adult classes have exploded in popularity. Ballet is now open to any and everyone, and people take classes for a variety of reasons. Whether you tool ballet when you were younger and wish to return or just like ballet, here are a few tips.
Consider Your Reasons
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Nichelle's Notes: A Celebration of Female... →
nichelledances:
via @ChEckiTDance The ChEck Us OuT Dance Festival: A Celebration of Female Choreographers at 5pm on July 23rd at Summit Rock in Central Park. This is a carefully curated event of dance at which 11 choreographers will present their innovative work. The festival seeks to showcase the shining talents of these strong, female choreographers in a welcoming and fun environment.
A...
A Dancer's Tribute To First Lady Betty Bloomer... →
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Betty Bloomer (front left) in a Bennington College Summer School of the Dance class taught by Martha Hill (right center). Bennington, Vermont. 1937. From the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library and Museum photo collection.
(Taken from the July 8, 2011 article in The Desert Sun)
Just as her husband was probably the most athletic president ever, Betty Ford was probably...
In Search of Validation: Short Film on the Power...
Source In Search of Validation by Mykel Dixon Beautiful short film about how we all need to feel loved and how a simple smile and kind word can “validate” us.
Uploaded by hughnewman1024 on Oct 3, 2008
“Validation” is a fable about the magic of free parking. Starring TJ Thyne & Vicki Davis. Writer/Director/Composer - Kurt Kuenne. Winner - Best Narrative Short,...
War Wounds and Tutus: Members of Royal Danish...
From The Wall Street Journal
At first glance, ballerinas and soldiers may not seem to have much in common. But an experimental program bringing together dancers and injured veterans of the war in Afghanistan is showing that, when it comes to determination and physical endurance, there are distinct similarities.
Josee Bowman, a dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet, and Jessie Lee, a retired...
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Squirrel shows us how to do proper pirouette
aurelie-dupont:
The tale of Beatrix Potter
Choregraphy: Frederick Ashton
DNB’s Don Quichot (Don Quixote) Now Available on... →
theballetbag:
Via Press Release:
As announced last week by TenduTV, Dutch National Ballet’s new full-length production of Don Quichot (Don Quixote), created for the company by Alexei Ratmansky, will be available for digital download and streaming from today. Filmed in September 2010 at Het Muziektheater (the Amsterdam Music Theater), the production was recorded in High Definition and features...
From Pointe to Pain: Ballet Foot Injuries →
Foot injuries are the bane of a ballet dancer; they appear out of the blue and can put dancers on the sidelines for weeks or even months at a time.
Ballet dancing puts a…
WatchBallet Turns: The Art of Pirouettes, Italian Fouettes and Fouettes
Spin. A complete turn of the body on one foot. The supporting foot can be either on pointe or demi-pointe, with the working leg positioned sur le cou-de-pied, in arabesque, à la seconde, in attitude, etc. Legs give the impulse from a deep plié in preparatory position, arms control the turning speed and the head is the last part...
Terpsichore*: Continuity Through Tradition. Dance. →
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via franciscogella:
An excerpt from the Coast Reporter on Saturday, July 2, 2011 article ‘Workshop Continues Tradition’.
“This is not an art form that is passed on to the next generation in book or manuscript form. It has to be one on one, artist to artist.
Over the…
9 Ways to Live a Happy Life
From @modernlifeblogs I recently set my hands on a copy of Zig Ziglar’s (amazing) book “Better than good”, and I must say that it inspired me right from page one. Zig Ziglar says, “There are three pillars to a ‘better than good’ life: passion, peak performance and purpose”.
So true.Then a few questions popped into my mind – How do we make our life everything we wished for? How do we make the...
I wanted to update my former tribute to Jayne and Chris by including their coach, friend and supporter, Betty Callaway-Fittall MBE(22 March 1928 - 28 June 2011)
To read more about Betty, click here
Thanks to @princesskim88 for a few of the photos of Betty.
WatchAXIS Dance Company gave a guest performance on FOX TV’s “So You Think You Can Dance” June 30th Fox TV @ 8/7c
Founded in 1987 as a company dedicated to physically integrated dance, which is performed by dancers with and without disabilities, Axis found a winning formula in inviting Marks and other accomplished modern dance choreographers to create works for its repertory. As its...
Watchnichelledances:
Some of @dancedirector’s young dancers are in this sweet and infectious film shot for Toronto’s PRIDE week. Way to go, girls! and Happy Canada Day!
Dance Studio Director Gone Wild blog
PRIDE PSA 2011 (by Bulldog Productions)
