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balletish: Maria Kochetkova

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:51:13 -0400

balletish:

Maria Kochetkova

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Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:20:42 -0500

balanceandperfection: I really want to try grishko’s. does...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:20:25 -0500

balanceandperfection:

I really want to try grishko’s. does anyone have any personal experience with them?

It’s me again! Here is a video of me dancing. I started...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:17:17 -0500

It’s me again! Here is a video of me dancing. I started dancing when I got to college at the age of 18 and in three years quickly fell in love. I am now a senior at a conservatory of performing arts studying Musical Theatre and Dance. Please read my story here. Thank you so much. You guys are the best!!

Elizabeth Streb, once called the Evel Knievel of dance, is the...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:16:57 -0500

Elizabeth Streb, once called the Evel Knievel of dance, is the founder of “POPACTION” choreography, which intertwines the disciplines of dance, athletics, boxing, rodeo, the circus, and Hollywood stunt-work. The result is a bristling, muscle-and-motion vocabulary that combines daring with strict precision in pursuit of public acts of “pure movement.”

Diablo Ballet of California becomes the first professional dance company in the world to create a new dance work from the internet.

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:16:14 -0500

CALIFORNIA DANCE COMPANY BECOMES FIRST TO CREATE NEW DANCE WORK FROM THE INTERNET

(Walnut Creek, CA) Diablo Ballet of California will become the first professional dance company to create an entirely new dance work from ideas suggested by internet users.

The Web Ballet will be based on choreography suggestions submitted by individuals all around the world to Diablo Ballet’s Twitter page @DiabloBallet and performed March 1st & 2nd in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Now through Thursday February 14th, people may use the Twitter hash tag #DiabloWebBallet to suggest:

- Emotion of the dancers (happy, sad, etc)
- The mood of the entire work (intense, lighthearted)
- Specific dance moves ( turning, jumping, specific steps)

Participants will also be able to help select the music of the piece by voting on the three selections found on Diablo Ballet’s YouTube page: http://www.youtube.com/user/diabloballet

More information on how to participate may be found at: http://www.diabloballet.org/performance.html

The work will be choreographed by Robert Dekkers, Diablo Ballet dancer, Artistic Director of San Francisco’s Post:Ballet, and one of Dance Magazine’s 2011 25 to Watch.

Submissions closes on February 14th, when Robert Dekkers and Lauren Jonas, Diablo Ballet’s Artistic Director, will select seven choreographic suggestions. Dekkers will then have two weeks to utilize all of the winning ideas and create a new dance work.

“Diablo Ballet is proud of making dance accessible, and this concept will allow people to participate in the creative process,” said Lauren Jonas, Diablo Ballet Artistic Director. “We’re thrilled to break new ground and to show how the global web community can come together to create the power of dance.”

Choreographer Robert Dekkers is especially excited. “Inviting anyone, anywhere to participate in the creative process opens up so many possibilities for me as a choreographer. I’m eager to see how the dancers and I integrate all of the suggestions into a cohesive work. This is a rare chance to create art with people, instead of simply creating it for them.”

The Web Ballet idea was created by Dan Meagher, Diablo Ballet Director of Marketing,. “We want to show people the creative process of dance and help make ballet accessible to all.”

The Web Ballet will be presented as part of Diablo Ballet’s Inside the Dancer’s Studio series March 1st and 2nd at the Shadelands Arts Center Auditorium in Walnut Creek, CA. The winning suggestions will receive tickets to the performance and a photo from the created work, autographed by Dekkers.

Diablo Ballet is recognized nationally for their use of social media to make dance accessible. Last March, the Company became the first professional West Coast dance company to invite people to Twitter live during a performance.

Since 1993, Diablo Ballet has been a professional, award-winning dance company in the San Francisco Bay Area, which presents classical dance works along with innovative world premieres. More information can be found at www.DiabloBallet.org

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Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:16:01 -0500

Trainee dancer with Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Alexandra...

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:15:57 -0500

Trainee dancer with Ballet Theatre of Maryland, Alexandra MacWilliams performs in BTM’s Waltz of the Flowers. Photo by Donna Cole

http://little-bluebirds-fly.tumblr.com/

Diva Diverse Belly Dance

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:14:28 -0500

I went to my friend’s party where they had organised a Get-together with family and friends in Scarborough, Toronto. My friend had organized some performances by Diva Diverse company and I had an opportunity to see the amazing performances of Belly dancing and Salsa by Diva Diverse performers.

I suggest to people of Toronto that if they are looking for some performers in their parties and events than “Diva Diverse Dance Company” is a place where you will get vaue for the money and time.

Harlem Shake (Batman and Master Chief Edition)

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:14:23 -0500

This is NOT what you think. Watch and enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uojBZOCpWOY

EARLY COLLEGE ART PROGRAMS

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:13:09 -0500

Hi,

We thought your readers/followers would like to know about our new book coming out! Thanks, Down East Editions

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EARLY COLLEGE ART PROGRAMS is a new book scheduled to be published in the Apple iBookstore on the week of March 11th. The book, which includes several dance programs throughout North America, describes over 180 summer college art programs especially designed for high school students. Among the programs featured are summer dance intensives at Julliard, Ailey, Rutgers, and more!

For a preview of the 213-page book, visit DownEastEditions.com

A Dance....LIFE

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 22:13:02 -0500

Thought I would send over a dance short I produced.

https://vimeo.com/51755118

It comes from within. Whether it is a quiet melody, a tingling sensation, a burning need to move, it is a feeling that for a dancer does not age. Time may continue to move along at too rapid a pace but one’s passion and the pursuit of such passion, slow times daily race.

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Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:25:04 -0500

mengini: The Royal Ballet

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:24:22 -0500

mengini:

The Royal Ballet

balletomaneassoluta: Young Zakharova

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:20:53 -0500

balletomaneassoluta:

Young Zakharova

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Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:17:13 -0500

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Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:15:12 -0500

thenextfamous:

Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:15:07 -0500

thenextfamous:

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Fri, 08 Mar 2013 01:01:40 -0500

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