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Dd Short Short List for Week of 8/26
1. Looking Through the Glass, an abstract re-telling of Lewis Carroll’s Alice and Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by C. Eule Dance. 8/29 and 8/30 at chashama Urban Garden Room One Bryant...
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Getting Over the Hump with Rebecca Hadley
The Man, The Myth, The Merce This week, looking forward to Cunningham technique class on Thursday will carry me over the hump! The Merce Cunningham Trust offers open-level technique classes Monday –...
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On the Delayed Adulthood of Millenial Dancers: Woman of Leisure and Panic and...
In Charlotte Bydwell’s Woman of Leisure and Panic, a one-woman dance theater show performed as part of the Fringe Festival in NYC the last two weeks, timing was everything. From start to finish, this...
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Dd Short Short List for the Week of 9/2
1. Dusan Tynek’s Stereopsis at BAM Fisher Space The 10th anniversary performances include works exploring the intersection of science and mythology: “Stereopsis explores depth perception and binocular...
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Dd Preview: Laguna Dance Festival in Orange County, CA
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet in “Glow.” Photo by Sharen Bradford. Orange County is currently anticipating one of its greatest annual dance events, the Laguna Dance Festival–and as the Dd writer covering this...
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Getting Over the Hump with Sydney Skybetter
Daring to ask Sydney Skybetter–curator, consultant, and choreographer–what gets him over the hump, I received this cure-all, catchall response: I love my work. I do. But still, there are times when I...
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Dd Response: Week 2 of Ballet v6.0 at the Joyce
During the second week of the Joyce’s Ballet v6.0 festival, Whim W’Him, BalletCollective, and Jessica Lang Dance presented evenings of contemporary ballet that far surpassed those I attended in week...
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Introducing Dd Contributor: Amy Jacobus
Welcome the latest addition to our Dd Family–Amy Jacobus! In keeping with tradition, Amy responds to our initiation questionnaire. 1. ART: Performance or visual? What place does art have in your...
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Throwback Thursday: Damian Woetzel & Wendy Whelan
Everyone loves Throwback Thursdays. #tbt gives you an excuse to share that embarrassing photo of your big sister from Halloween 15 years ago — back when she had awful teeth and those ubiquitous large,...
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Dd Response: “I Have Lived a Thousand Years”
A copy of “I Have Lived a Thousand Years,” a Holocaust memoir by Dr. Livia Bitton-Jackson, sits on a bookshelf in my parent’s house in Michigan. Last Saturday, while there to teach and visit, I picked...
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Sunday Wellness: Foam Rolling 101
Foam Rollers are a popular item among dancers. They come in all shapes and sizes; the shorter, thicker, and darker they are the more intense your foam rolling experience. Half- size and skinny foam...
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Dd Short Short List for the Week of 9/9
1. Table of Silence, choreographer Jacqulyn Buglisi’s tribute to 9/11 Wednesday 9/11 - Josie Robertson Plaza at Lincoln Center, 8:15am. For more information, click here. Dancers in Table of Silence 2....
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Dd Response: The CURRENT SESSIONS Volume III, Issue II
This August marked the 2-year anniversary of The CURRENT SESSIONS, a semi-annual, New York City dance series founded by artist, creative director, and producer Alexis Convento. The premise of this...
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Getting Over the Hump with Nashville Ballet Dancer Sadie Harris
Sadie Bo Harris is a principal dancer with the Nashville Ballet and is also a scholarship student at Belmont University. We asked her, “What is your Wednesday routine? What allows you to stay energized...
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#tbt It’s a Cakewalk
The Cakewalk was all the rage in 1840′s America. Originally designed as the finale for a minstrel show, this “walk-around” competition awarded a cake to the most spectacular couple with the woman in...
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Sugar Substitues That Won’t Destroy Your Health
Sugar is a hot topic right now, and quite frankly, it’s about dang time! There are many reasons sugar is so controversial. It causes massive inflammation in the body leading to disease and is a huge...
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Dd Response: Laguna Dance Festival
For almost a decade, The Laguna Dance Festival has been considered a gem in the Southern California dance scene. I discovered it a year ago, when I had just moved to the area from across the country,...
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Dance + Business: Community Supported Art
Last winter I attended the DanceNYC symposium where I was drawn to the Bringing Entrepreneurship to the Arts panel. Most of the discussion seemed to revolve around ever more administrative tasks for...
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Wellness Sunday: Yoga For Dancers
Headstand/Handstand/Shoulder Stand Inversions are great for stress and can be done anytime, anywhere. The benefits of inversions include strengthening the core and shoulders, reversing blood flow- this...
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Dd Short Short List for the Week of 9/16
1. The Metamorphosis, a Royal Ballet production choreographed by Arthur Pita. A dance version of Kafka’s famous novella? Yes, please. 9/17-9/29 The Joyce Theater Click Here for tickets! 2.FREE Fall for...
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