Fame or Famine

July 31st, 2007

“dance as a form of survival”: Dance for Tolerance

Thanks to a tip from Sculplady, I got to read this very interesting article about a New York Dance group “proving that dance might just be the ideal medium for intercultural dialogue and positive social change.”:
“Dance For Tolerance began as a gesture in the mind and heart of Marco Stoffel, the visionary founder and president […]

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July 30th, 2007

Meshiya Lake at Washington Square Park

I don’t know if this was the performance John mentioned in the comments, but there’s a great pic of Meshiya Lake at Washington Square Park on Flickr. Here’s the review:

“Caught Loose Marble with Meshiya Lake at Washington Square Park on July 7th. I’m listening and watching, being blown away by their combined talents, and thinking […]

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July 30th, 2007

Shan Dance

At long last, after talking about her incessantly in this blog, I get to share with you the talented dancer Shan, in her performance at Tribally Yours:

I confess to a bit of a blog-crush on Shan - mainly because she is so open and genuine in her development as an adult dancer, continually pushing herself […]

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July 26th, 2007

Results show…

Wow. The opening is certainly intense…Mia Michaels, I think? (later: YES!!! I WAS RIGHT! WOOHOO!) This is in fact one of the reasons I like this show. I think that most of America would not watch this kind of dance, ever, if they were not exposed to it here…as it is, you could invite your […]

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July 26th, 2007

And Now For Someone Completely Different: SYTYCD final 10

And it came to pass that day the couples were split asunder, and new couples were formed, and for some (Danny & Lacey, Lauren & Pasha) ,it was good.
For others, (Dominic & Jaimie, Kameron & Sabra), it was not so good. Yea, the wrath of the great Seer & Revelator Mia did come down upon […]

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July 23rd, 2007

Pro or Con: SYTYCD Poll

Over at Infinite Body there is a poll about the benefits/drawbacks of So You Think You Can Dance…though the poll is heavily weighted towards the pro side, there’s also a follow through to a story on NPR about the new attention to dance the show is inspiring.
Me, I think if we’re watching people dance […]

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July 22nd, 2007

Dancing About Architecture

…is like writing about music: of course it can be done!
And done amazingly well, if you’re Frédéric Flamand, a Belgian choreographer, who collaborated with Zaha Hadid, an architect who incorporates movement into her structures.

"… Mr. Flamand, 60, approached Ms. Hadid, 56, in 1999 after admiring her kinetic designs. “Zaha’s architecture is based on movement,” he […]

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July 20th, 2007

Impulstanz: Breathtaking Dance Photography

Yeah, yeah. Hok is gone - which is sad, but the guy has more talent oozing out of him than any seven artists I know - and so is Anya, which does make me sad, but I understand the idea that it’s hard for a partnered dancer to work out solo.

Now that we’ve gotten this […]

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July 19th, 2007

OK, so I was wrong.

Due to a weird confluence of events, I can’t watch SYTYCD tonight, but I am getting updates from a friend via the web. And the bottom three are:

Hok & Jamie: No surprise there. Too slow. Beautiful dance, but didn’t really play to their talents, and no connection
Danny & Anya: WHA??? This was a surprise. Just […]

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July 19th, 2007

Last night’s videos

..are up at Mickeymac’s. Thanks to Blogging SYTYCD for the link.

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