It appears that one is never too young or old to dance. According to an article in the Observer, parents in Britain are enrolling their babies in ballet classes even before they’ve learnt to walk. Dance schools are taking in little ones aged six months and older up to 30 months. Ballet for babies [...] [...more]
Finally, the SYTYCD episode that everyone’s been looking forward to was on the air on Wednesday night and as we just saw, the dancing appears to be getting better with every season. This is the real competition with the Top 20 finalists dancing to impress the judges and America. Viewers phone in and vote for [...] [...more]
Well, the top 20 finalists for Season 5 of So You think You Can Dance have just been announced and judging from the type of dancers selected, the upcoming episodes should be interesting. Though there are a few jazz, salsa, Latin ballroom and hip – hop dancers among the top 20, most of the [...] [...more]
On Wednesday night, Fox TV presented an overview of the Vegas callbacks where 172 dancers competed with each other to make it to the Top 20. With so much talent on display and judges as demanding as Nigel Lythgoe, Mary Murphy, Lil C, Mia Michaels, Adam Shankman and Debbie Allen, being judged one of the [...] [...more]
Troubled young people in Britain are discovering a better life through street dancing, according to an article in The Times. Boys who hung out in street gangs, drinking, brawling and wrecking things are now looking at themselves in a wholly new way, thanks to street dance or hip – hop as it’s more popularly known. [...] [...more]
An recent article in the Northwest Asian Weekly described a Cambodian temple dancer’s extraordinary rise to the level of a first – rate ballet dancer in America. Sokvannara “Sy” Sar was first noticed by Anne H. Bass, a prominent American patron of the arts, when he performed the fisherman’s dance at Cambodia’s Preah Kahn temple. [...] [...more]
Dance is an integral part of community life in Africa. For centuries, African dance has proved to be a unifying and nurturing force in community life. Dance not only brings people together, it helps them live in harmony with each other. These are two of the characteristics that have motivated African Americans who were looking [...] [...more]
It is perhaps fitting that Perm, a gray industrial city in Russia, where the legendary Sergei Diaghilev spent some of his growing years, is embracing contemporary dance and art in its bid to reinvent itself as the country’s culture capital. An article in the New York Times looks at how the city is turning to [...] [...more]
More and more fitness enthusiasts as well as people looking to shed a few extra pounds and shape up are taking to dancing wholeheartedly. Dance based exercise has caught on fast because it’s social and enjoyable. It’s no wonder that there are so many dance exercise studios around these days. Many of their clients are [...] [...more]
The men slap their feet, thighs and hands together rhythmically as they kick their legs forward and backward. The beautifully coordinated movements of Via Kathelong’s dancers reflect the inter - personal harmony and solidarity that the group is known for. Founded in 1992 with the aim of saving the townships’ youth from taking to crime, [...] [...more]
In Cartagena, Columbia, the Colegio del Cuerpo or the School of the Body enables displaced children and youth to dance to a better life. The school trains students to understand their bodies and minds and to address difficult issues through dance. Founded by leading French and Colombian contemporary dancers, Colegio del Cuerpo employs ‘Body Education’, [...] [...more]
The So You Think You Can Dance team held the final round of auditions for Season 5 in Los Angeles and Seattle. Guest judges Adam Shankman and Mia Michaels sat in with judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy in Los Angeles and Seattle, respectively. Adam and Mia both turned out to be pretty entertaining [...] [...more]
The SYTYCD audition rounds at Miami and Memphis showcased an array of dancing styles and fortunately, an interesting variety of contestants were sent through to Las Vegas. Judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy were accompanied by guest judges at both locations and the effervescent and popular Cat Deeley hosted the show. As usual, there were [...] [...more]
Intense suffering can make one clam up and sink into emptiness, surrounded by nothing but painful memories. People find it hard to talk and even meet others. Release can only come from finding a way out of this void, loosening up and giving vent to one’s feelings. In Africa, people express themselves through dance; they [...] [...more]
A rhythmic fusion of two distinct cultures, this special and very popular dance was born when earthy African rhythms and European musical compositions came together in the early twentieth century. The Lindy Hop was influenced by the Charleston and the Black Bottom, popular dances of the early 1900s. The dance got its name from Charles [...] [...more]
It was the song “The Charleston” in the 1923 Broadway musical, “Runnin’ Wild,” that made the dance popular. African Americans in the southern states had been performing the Charleston dance since 1903 but it took a musical to make it internationally known. It’s not certain when the dance originated but the first generally acknowledged Charleston [...] [...more]
Not everybody outside South Africa has heard about pantsula dance. Yet, this dance form has traveled to several countries in recent years and is beginning to find foreign enthusiasts. In fact, Fox TV plans to include pantsula in its dance reality show So You Think You Can Dance this season. What is the pantsula dance, [...] [...more]
The fifth season of Fox’s dance reality show, So You think You Can Dance just got off to a promising start on May 21. The premiere saw an interesting variety of aspirants competing for tickets to Las Vegas at the auditions in Denver and Brooklyn. The judges evaluate dancers and either eliminate them or [...] [...more]
To the uninitiated, a capoeira performance appears to be a choreographed dance. However, a closer look reveals martial positions and movements, which are executed with remarkable fluidity and in tune with the music. The ‘fighters’ synchronize dance and martial arts to achieve a harmonious blend of dancing, music and fighting. Capoeira is believed to have originated [...] [...more]
An inventive dancer knows no limits. As the Frenchman Pierre Rigal has proved, a dancer can express himself very gracefully even in a small box – like room measuring 10ft/8ft/7ft. A recent article in The Telegraph profiled Pierre Rigal and his remarkable solo dance show, Press, which was staged at Gate Theatre in Notting Hill [...] [...more]
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