July 2012
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Watchcrochetpianissimo:
Lindy Hop at the Olympics
Loved this moment in the Opening Ceremonies.
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Happy National Dance Day. Celebrate!!!
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Watchalexremnick:
Independent Olympic Athletes is my new favorite country.
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Dance in the News: All Smiles at Stern Grove →
by Kina Poon
via Dance Magazine
San Francisco Ballet’s annual free performance at beautiful Stern Grove is this Sunday at 2:00PM. In between big international tours—SFB just returned from Hamburg and Moscow, and will travel to London in September—the company will present a wonderfully varied mixed billthat includes Balanchine’s Scotch Symphony (lead by the ravishing Yuan Yuan Tan)...
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Dance in the News: Fela! Master Class 7/29! →
via Cumbe News
Shakira Marshall, one of Fela’s Queens, will teach a class inspired by the Afro-Beat Music of Fela Kuti on Sunday, July 29 from 3 – 5! $18
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Dance in the News: Setting the Stage: The Kosovo... →
by Seyward Darby
via The Huffington Post
KOSOVO — On a sultry summer afternoon in downtown Pristina, some two dozen ballet dancers in various combinations of sweats, track pants, leotards, and tights arrive in a narrow practice room to prepare for an evening performance. As they gather à la barre to warm up, a recording of piano music, playing the Cheers and Flintstones themes, “I...
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Dance in the News: Today in Weird Dance News →
by Margaret Fuhrer
via Dance Spirit Magazine
Did you know that, until last week, the town of Oakland, CA had a ban on “dance marathons”? Yup. The ban was put in place on November 18, 1930. Apparently it outlawed a craze that reached its peak after the 1929 stock market crash: Strapped for cash and hoping to win the prize money, people would take the marathons to a scary extreme, falling asleep...
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Dance Deals: $10 for 4 Zumba Dance Classes at San... →
via SFGate Daily Deals
Hey, San Francisco:
If you’re looking for a fun mid-summer exercise boost, then today’s promotion is for you! For only $10 ($52 value), you get four Zumba dance classes at San Francisco Dance Fitness. But before you think, “No thanks, I can’t dance,” it should be noted that it doesn’t matter. You need absolutely no dance experience to enjoy this fitness sensation. A mix of...
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Dance in the News: Ballet and Baseball Collide... →
by Gregory E. Miller
via The New York Post
DON’T MISS!: DEUX-BLE PLAY There’s nothing quite as American as a summer evening of baseball, hot dogs and . . . ballet? Monday night the Brooklyn Cyclones will join forces with the Brooklyn Ballet for “Ballet & Baseball: A History Lesson in Nine Innings.” Between innings, the troupe will perform short vignettes of moments in dance history,...
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Dancing with someone
dandandeenio:
Expectation:
Reality:
My life.
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Re-blog If you are a Dance Blog!
black-and-white-rag:
Please re-blog if you have a dancing blog, I follow back.
A blog about dancing or a blog that dances? :P
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Dance in the News: Edward Villella 'Retires' From... →
By Malika Rao
via The Huffington Post
The dancers of the Miami City Ballet do George Balanchine better than anyone else. Joan Acocella, singling out their mastery of the late great choreographer’s work in a New Yorker review, heaps the credit on the Ballet’s founder and artistic director, Edward Villella, a short, raven-haired stage icon from Queens, NY, whose blue collar roots and...
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