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July 2009
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Click here to read our January 2009 cover story "The Pioneers: Inside ABT's New Training Program"
Online-only features
- Ballet Class at Juilliard with Lawrence Rhodes
- Tech Rehearsal with Tap City Youth Ensemble
- Inside the NYU/ABT MA program with guest blogger Hannah G.
- Healthy Feet Exercises for Tappers
- Thinking on Their Feet preview
- View youngARTS slideshow
- Behind the Scenes with Urban Bush Women
- On Set with Tyce Diorio
- Behind the Scenes with ABT's Raymond Lukens, Rachel Moore and Franco De Vita
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Have you ever had to fire a teacher at your studio before?
When working with a composer, don't assume he/she knows dance jargon: communicate clearly in language he/she will understand.
Winners of the Month!
Johnny Sadowski teaches you how to pop! Check him out in Lil' Mama and T-Pain's video "I'm What It Is" (he's in the gray vest and black sunglasses).
EDITOR'S BLOG
Jazz at JUMP
Jenny Dalzell / Jul 1, 2009
JUMP Nationals were in town last week (NYC) and I attended jazz, lyrical contemporary, ballet and hip hop classes. On Saturday I was able to talk to some students. Here’s what they had to say about evolving jazz and contemporary dance styles: “Everyone’s trying to copy that quirky and weird technique,” said recent high school grad Natalie Iscovich, referring to the overwhelming trend of fluid movement accented by sharp, broken movements and torso undulations. Other students agreed that now everything looks the same. Iscovich continued, “jazz used to be lines, legs, technique; now it’s about choreography.”…
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JUMP Nationals were in town last week (NYC) and I attended jazz, lyrical contemporary, ballet and hip hop classes. On Saturday I was able to talk to some students. Here’s what they had to say about evolving jazz and contemporary dance styles: “Everyone’s trying to copy that quirky and weird technique,” said recent high school grad Natalie Iscovich, referring to the overwhelming trend of fluid movement accented by sharp, broken movements and torso undulations. Other students agreed that now everything looks the same. Iscovich continued, “jazz used to be lines, legs, technique; now it’s about choreography.”…
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