by Janet Weeks | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Though she had always been a mover, Diane Frank had taken few formal dance classes before college. In fact, she entered Ohio University’s theater department in 1966 planning to become a high school drama teacher. While there, though, she took class from Shirley...
by Jen Jones Donatelli | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
In the summer of 2008, Patricia Dickinson fell into a backyard fire pit, leaving 60 percent of her body covered in serious burns (the severity was caused by the incinerated rayon tunic she was wearing). Many worried that the highly debilitating accident might sideline...
by Margaret Fuhrer | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Born in Italy but raised in a gritty outer-Boston neighborhood, Tony Williams was going nowhere fast until he discovered dance as a teenager. “I was living in the projects, one of a biracial family of nine, heading for trouble,” he remembers. “But I’d been doing...
by Kristin Schwab | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Regional Dance America’s National Choreography Intensive partners dancemakers with strong teachers. Morning modern class at the 2010 NCI This year’s National Choreography Intensive (NCI), from Regional Dance America (RDA), is a chance for 15 choreographers to...
by Rachel Zar | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday, July 5, a cruise ship full of tappers will pull away from Pier 83 in New York City. And the boat will be rocking, as tap jams, performances, impromptu classes and a whole lot of music keep the party going all night long. This opening event of the American...
by Carly Mallenbaum | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
A woman gracefully lifts a cloth as pulsating drums encourage her hips and feet to move rapidly. Her undulating body becomes a flow of movement and color. She is performing Mojah, a dance technique that fuses Horton, Dunham, jazz and West African dance. This month,...
by Katie Rolnick | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
The Dorothy Shim Sham by Dorothy Wasserman Saint Cloud Productions, 2010 It’s a jazz tradition to take a standard and make it your own—which is precisely what Dorothy Wasserman has done with the Shim Sham Shimmy. Leonard Reed and Willie Bryant created this routine...
by Jenny Dalzell | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Starting this fall, students of Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, will be able to major in dance. This is the school’s first new major since 1998. The 46-year-old dance program has allowed liberal arts students to minor, with a curriculum that balances modern and...
by Allison Jones | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
In March, University at Buffalo senior Allison Jones attended “Dance Medicine for Dance Educators: Specific Concerns,” hosted by the university’s Department of Theatre & Dance, where she is a dance management intern. The two-day conference was presented by the New...
by Kathy Blake and Suzanne Blake Gerety | Jun 30, 2011 | Uncategorized
Q: I’m very paranoid about posting my schedule online. I’m a new studio, and the only studio out of four in the area that has a website. It has been the best business decision I made (people now request information and ask to be added to the mailing list), but every...