Fame or Famine

There’s been some rearranging here at B5Media, and I’m very happy to say that the powers-that-be have noticed that my blog tends to focus more on entertainment than arts & crafts. As a result, I’m back amidst the likes of Dancewatcher and Idol Stalker (two great blogs with more in-depth reviews of the performing arts shows that I occasionally cover).

I have to thank Lynn over at DanceWatcher for taking point on the new dance show, “DanceCrew“, and risking the chance that it would be another Dancewar. She happily reports that “We’ve got a winner here!” and I’m looking forward to checking it out for myself.

Also, I chatted with Douglas Rosenberg about the censorship his piece “Screening the Body” (suddenly an ironic title, that) got in during the presentation in Utah. Apparently he not only was forced to change the cosutmes of the dancers, but also to re-edit his video, one of which did, in fact, show the dancers in skirts and no tops. How anyone could find this stylized video to be erotic is beyond me, or why the backs of the dancers were for some reason more acceptable than the fronts…but that seems to be the case.

If you’d like to see the offending video – and I warn you, not only the women, but the men too are topless! – it is available, along with many other examples of Doug’s great work and writing, on his site.  Look under “Video Dance” and then select “Dances for Television.”

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