The Tribeca Film Festival begins tomorrow, with two new (and highly promising) dance feature films in the lineup: Dancing in Jaffa follows Mad Hot Ballroom’s Pierre Dulaine as he establishes his successful Dancing Classrooms program in his hometown of Jaffa, Israel, and faces the challenges of a deeply divided culture. In Flex Is Kings, viewers […]
Riccardo Cocchi and Yulia Zagoruychenko, world professional Latin championsThis weekend, top ballroom competitors invade Manhattan for the second annual Dance Legends festival. The two-night event at the Hammerstein Ballroom features performances by world champions in ballroom and Latin dance, including 2012 DT cover star and “DWTS” pro Louis van Amstel and his partner Julie Fryer, […]
How I teach ballroom dance On a gray Sunday afternoon, about 30 teenagers from all five New York City boroughs pile into a midtown Manhattan dance studio. Adele’s “Rumor Has It” plays from speakers, and with students clad in dresses, suits and clip-on ties, the scene reads like a high school dance with better posture. […]
On Friday, Grand Central Terminal celebrated its 100th birthday in classic Big Apple fashion: sensational performances attended by huge crowds of spectators. Highlights of the all-day event included addresses by Cynthia Nixon, Billy Collins and legendary Mets player Keith Hernandez. Musical performances ranged from the West Point band to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s electric violinist Sarah […]