tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31706069115243548542012-01-26T14:48:19.474-05:00A place to get the conversation moving about dance of all types in and around Atlanta, Georgia.Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.comBlogger2041100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-81509257297055910032012-01-26T14:48:00.000-05:002012-01-26T14:48:19.481-05:00

So the next DanceATL meeting is supposed to be on Feb. 5. Which also happens to be Super Bowl Sunday. I don't know that the dance community is hugely into football, but I don't want to generalize too much either. (I seriously wouldn't have known it was even coming up except that a neighbor invited us to a party for it.) That combined with the fact that I really haven't planned this meeting yet (!

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-39984053228327322952012-01-12T01:22:00.001-05:002012-01-12T01:22:32.532-05:00

So, you may have all heard something about the contemporary dance event Off the EDGE that's coming to Atlanta (the Rialto and beyond) on Jan. 23-29. Perhaps you even applied to be part of EDGE/Public, just one part of the events that will be going on. Well, now there's a schedule of pretty much everything in a single PDF! To try to clarify what you're seeing: the whole shebang focuses on the two

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-33083636866829049862011-12-19T11:56:00.000-05:002011-12-22T14:24:32.403-05:00

So last year I listed most of everything that happened in 2010 in sort of loose chronological order. Now here's an attempt to list things from 2011 (this time alphabetically, sort of by performer) but wow, there was so much, I can't be sure I everything got in! It's also a little tricky since mostly it's by season on peoples' calendars instead of calendar years. Mostly I'm just condensing

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-70231758959044443842011-11-30T13:20:00.001-05:002011-11-30T13:56:03.107-05:00

I hope everyone had a really great Thanksgiving! I did, right after CORE had our Navigating the Hallway show, which together with the holiday means it's been a while since I've posted anything...and I'm not going to catch up on everything right now. Sorry! But I would like to put out a last minute invitation to join us for a holiday party (with optional ice skating) in lieu of our regularly

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-37997033252173649162011-11-15T10:45:00.001-05:002011-11-15T10:54:02.392-05:00

I'm playing this up because it's really just a fantastic opportunity for dancers who need help with their careers. Free lunch? free career counseling? discount on tickets to wonderful dance show? Great! Yay dance! Here's the info: A very unique New York City-based non-profit that serves ONLY dancers -- Career Transition For Dancers (CTFD) -- is conducting a free-of-charge workshop happening

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-28596873013472280612011-11-02T13:07:00.000-04:002011-11-02T23:23:45.945-04:00

A post on The Ballet Bag about "The Future of Dance Criticism" has a funny take to close the article--criticism as therapy? This, she says, is because you feel better when you can argue with the critic. The author's point really, though, is that the professional critic these days holds some measure of attention not because they're respected as an authority due to their position at a printed

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-17119394370922047882011-10-19T13:22:00.001-04:002011-10-19T13:22:08.669-04:00

Let's see, there are a few things to mention that would otherwise go in an enews (and have mostly already been posted to Facebook) but I'll put here just to get them out there: Full Radius looking for dancers  Jordan Matter is looking for dancers for photos for his book Dancers Among Us. Let's prove him wrong that we haven't responded (his blog post "Where's the love Atlanta") and show him some

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-68300606639715355902011-10-03T15:53:00.005-04:002011-10-03T15:53:53.178-04:00

First off a big thank you to Ivan and Kennesaw State University Dance Program for hosting our meeting in their beautiful new studio space, and to Jenna Knight from the Ferst Center for organizing the topic and leading the discussion. Notes: Jenna: new director at Ferst a former prof dancer, dedicated to bringing in cutting edge contemporary dance, walk line between selling tickets and challenging

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-59303892458421781902011-09-26T16:04:00.001-04:002011-09-26T16:04:15.682-04:00

Wow, what a way to start off a season! So the most recent news for DanceATL: we're taking over the city! Ok, maybe not literally, but I love the hyperbole of our Creative Loafing shout out: "the meetings, blog, and events calendar of the new dance service org DanceATL have become an important focal point for Atlanta's independent dancers and choreographers as they gather and plan for their long

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-43968750565741818172011-09-09T16:01:00.001-04:002011-09-09T16:01:06.086-04:00

The DanceATL website has gone live! FINALLY! So it's always a work in progress because you know, it's a website. So please keep sending your information and please let us know when old information is outdated. And we'll do our best to keep it up to date. If there's something else you'd like to see that's not there, tell us. The platform is built but still flexible (we can add more pages etc.) We

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-15577339768746773152011-09-06T01:48:00.001-04:002011-09-06T01:48:14.978-04:00

It's September and that means seasons by dance groups are starting all over town. Also, I have a deadline (finally) for the DanceATL website of, oh, now, because there's an article coming out that I will post when it hits. So you'll see both the website (eek! consider it a "soft launch" here this week--restaurants do it, why can't we?) and this article coming soon. Oh, and when you see the old

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-53078847288907899712011-08-22T23:15:00.000-04:002011-08-22T23:15:12.373-04:00

Wanting to post but not really wanting to write...so here's what you get for tonight: Andrew Alexander's preview for brooks emanuel (be dance) in Creative Loafing And his mention for the PLOT artists' talk, both at poem 88 an article in Dance Informa about Dance Truck season preview for Crossover Movement Arts fall dance preview from Cynthia Perry in Access Atlanta Ok, I didn't watch this

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-80433142375946962452011-08-08T12:36:00.000-04:002011-08-08T12:36:42.298-04:00

Thanks to everyone who came to the meeting! Thanks to Expression for performing, CORE for hosting, Aly for notetaking and Andrew Alexander for listening. I hope you all found it valuable. Please get in touch to let me know if there are ways to improve the process as we move forward to the next meeting on Oct. 2. Performance by Expression Dance, upcoming performance Aug 27-28 at Beacon

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-47434392563966048022011-07-29T11:59:00.001-04:002011-07-29T11:59:30.554-04:00

Catching up on some of the things that have been written/uploaded about dance in Atlanta in the last few weeks. Please comment with links to things I've missed! PLOT:  Andrew Alexander's preview and review in Creative Loafing,  Collin Kelly's preview in Atlanta INtown,  BURNAWAY's interview with Blake Beckham,  Cynthia Perry's preview in ArtsCriticATL.com gloATL Liquid Culture:  Andrew

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-37932575796318485632011-07-29T11:13:00.000-04:002011-07-29T11:13:16.550-04:00

And posting a little late, but maybe you haven't made your plans for this weekend yet. If not, you should head out to celebrate on Saturday, July 30 it's National Dance Day! (Who knew!?) Our friends at ATL Dance Source have these local events posted, but there's more! Well, one more at least that I found. There's also an event at Six Flags at 8:30 a.m. where you can go and dance the dances

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-36165686999035701292011-07-29T00:17:00.000-04:002011-07-29T00:17:36.243-04:00

So I'm passing along the link if you haven't seen it to allisnotlo.st, the newest OK Go video where the band plus Pilobolus dancers do all sorts of fun kaleidoscopic dance-y things in multiple browser windows. It was hard to get it to load yesterday when it had just come out because of traffic to the site, though some is also local in that it's resource heavy. It only works on Google Chrome so

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-56618989097368737552011-07-28T23:12:00.000-04:002011-07-28T23:12:04.611-04:00

Upcoming DanceATL meeting on Aug. 7, 6-8pm at CORE (again, I know, but it's what works when the two other places I was trying to get us to meet fall through! If you want to host in the future, let me know!) Expression Dance Co. will perform and we'll have a chance to talk to Creative Loafing's Andrew Alexander about the state of the dance scene in town from where we see it. Notes shall be taken

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-78184136824823572702011-07-09T10:39:00.000-04:002011-07-09T10:39:27.219-04:00

So I'm getting emails about the service council that's meeting at the Dance/USA conference later this week. Compared to the more organized orgs out there, I feel like we almost don't count, but I'm hoping to get some ideas from what those who ARE organized are doing that might help us on our path forward. I read some of the notes sent from discussions for DanceNYC and it strikes me how the

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-38595297815641940182011-07-01T00:50:00.000-04:002011-07-01T00:50:55.743-04:00

It's almost the Fourth of July. There'll be fireworks and my little girl says "Happy Birthday, America!" even though she has no idea what (or who) "America" is. And I'm pondering this blog. In an effort to remain neutral, I've only posted things that other people have written. I don't want to become a reviewer because I want to be all-inclusive and supportive of everything everyone is doing. But

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-10818180195423105412011-06-23T16:27:00.000-04:002011-06-23T16:27:17.087-04:00

Catching up on some things and because it's summer I'm not nearly as behind as I often am. So...previews (actually before the events! don't expect it guys, sorry, but during the season this won't happen) in Creative Loafing for Dance Truck at the MINT Gallery, gloATL's upcoming, and Gardenhouse Dance at the Atlanta Contemporary Arts Center. And something upcoming for me too, is the Dance/USA

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-84556897479953628142011-06-20T11:02:00.000-04:002011-06-20T11:02:15.918-04:00

Congratulations to Angela Harris of Dance Canvas for winning the American's for the Arts American Express Emerging Leader Award at this year's AftA conference! Read more about Angela and her award at the AJC and Creative Loafing. And the Wylliams/Henry Contemporary Dance Company is moving part-time to Atlanta (sharing with its current home base in Kansas City, MO). You can read Cynthia Perry's

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-78352264430504636532011-06-08T04:09:00.000-04:002011-06-08T04:09:04.977-04:00

So since my last wrap up of articles covering Atlanta's dance, it hasn't been quite as busy as that first weekend in May, but the rest of the month was none too shabby, with performances every weekend. Not this but next weekend is one of the first in a long time that I don't know of anything going on (and if I'm wrong, please please correct me!) And after that, it's good to see that there are

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-90277472584921048042011-06-08T03:28:00.000-04:002011-06-08T03:28:11.575-04:00

June 5, 2011 DanceATL meeting Atlanta Ballet Michael C. Carlos Centre for Dance, Studio 1 4-6 pm Amy Gately and Room to Move Dance Work “Southern Signs”, collaborator Peter Dyer, photographer Layering of phrases, teach phrases then work to change up phrasing, dynamics How do the slides interact with the dancers? Projected into the space? Sequence of where the music and photos and choreography

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-54566865663144471942011-05-31T00:58:00.000-04:002011-05-31T00:58:04.264-04:00

Ok, so Chelyabinsk is a long way from Atlanta (it's in Russia, just north of Kazakstan), but I found this video on Pentacle's Move the Frame blog on dance and video and thought I'd share. (That's what's cool about all this media stuff and "world wide web" after all, right? :) Next in line - Chelyabinsk Contemporary Dance Theatre from Ertza on Vimeo. More about Челябинский театр современного

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-85075122948471225862011-05-20T00:49:00.000-04:002011-05-20T00:49:42.249-04:00

At today's Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund luncheon (where the organization announced next year's grants, and CORE received one! Yay! Thank you! Do a little happy dance! :) But aside from all the fantastic arts groups that received funding from MAAF, (including the Georgia Ballet as the other dance org in the bunch, congrats!) the big, news-worthy announcement was by Mayor Reed. He spoke and told

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-37448922431814809822011-05-19T13:26:00.000-04:002011-05-19T13:26:26.972-04:00

So there's been a LOT of dance happening the last few weeks and I haven't been keeping up with posting. Kind of happens a lot, so here goes on the catch up again (which will not be all-inclusive because there's a bunch I haven't posted. Feel free to add more links that I missed to the comments.) Here are some more articles from earlier (I think I'm backed up at least through April...):Full

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-85879401748581840412011-05-15T01:27:00.000-04:002011-05-15T01:27:50.225-04:00

So just to get it out there, the next DanceATL meeting will be Sunday, June 5 at 4 pm at the Atlanta Ballet Michael C. Carlos Dance Centre. The discussion will be about "Approaches to Choreography" and the guests are Amy Gately, director of Room to Move Dance, George Staib, director of Staibdance and independent dance maker Blake Beckham.

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-13975497039993166792011-05-15T01:22:00.000-04:002011-05-15T01:22:12.043-04:00

So how many people saw the Martha Graham 117th birthday Google doodle? It seems like everyone on Facebook did. It was pretty cool. Very nice for Google to pay tribute to a dance luminary, and with animation no less! (most of the other Google doodles I've seen are stationary.) For those of you who  missed it (or just want to see it again) here's a link to it. And while you're on Vimeo check out

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-8549897327422771382011-05-02T01:01:00.000-04:002011-05-02T01:01:51.574-04:00

So this is pretty cool: Jacob's Pillow Interactive (and maybe something you don't want to know about if you have a procrastination problem at all--they even have a "guess who this is" quiz!) Jacob's Pillow has created an online snapshot of their video libraries from the very earliest in the 1930s. Obviously, since they archive pretty much every performance that takes place, it isn't comprehensive

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-68920629518342049292011-04-26T23:57:00.000-04:002011-04-26T23:57:33.130-04:00

Hi all! Happy Dance Week! Are you celebrating somehow? Free classes or performances or special events? Comment and let us know what events you have planned and how they work out for you. In future years, would a more concerted effort to promote dance week through DanceATL be appreciated? It seems that folks are postponing the celebration till the end of next week instead, when there are numerous

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-79832303701853211182011-04-04T01:40:00.000-04:002011-04-04T01:40:34.264-04:00

Thanks to everyone who made it out, especially our guests, Chris Holzwarth, Jenna Knight and Helen Hale, to Refuge Dance Company for their beautiful performance and to Moving in the Spirit for hosting. Because of having a laptop now, and thanks to Stephanie for taking notes, we have notes almost the same day! Technology! Woot! (We're also discussing figuring out a low-cost, even more high tech

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-64508495794109772652011-03-25T15:06:00.000-04:002011-03-25T15:06:53.914-04:00

DanceATL's Bi-Monthly MeetingSunday, April 3 3:30-5:30 p.m. The Beam Moving in the Spirit Performance: Refuge Dance CompanyDiscussion Topic: "Dance Careers in Atlanta" This meeting will begin with performance by Refuge Dance Company and then move into discussion of dance-related careers in Atlanta. Our group includes dancer/dancemakers, Helen Hale and Daryl Foster, and Jenna

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-68128040292662761022011-03-25T14:45:00.000-04:002011-03-25T14:45:32.382-04:00

So last year, in April there were shows pretty much every weekend, stacked on top of each other 2 or 3 to a weekend. It was a busy month! But apparently this year everyone decided to put everything THIS weekend! Ok, maybe not really everything, there are still lots of things in April...but it's still pretty jam-packed this weekend. So much so that even with some help, I won't be able to get the

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-19745463843911726862011-03-16T14:36:00.000-04:002011-03-16T14:36:03.214-04:00

Yep, it's been a very long time since I posted. A very busy month for me (even compared to the normal amount of busy!) And so it goes. Here are some things from the last month or so that I haven't posted yet. From ArtsCriticATL.com: Ballethnic's Flyin' West This weekend's Paul Taylor Dance Company performance preview (interview with Annmaria Mazzini, who wouldn't remember me, but many summers

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-22093581307652382062011-02-14T14:14:00.000-05:002011-02-14T14:14:18.206-05:00

From Flora Maria Garcia at the Metro Atlanta Arts and Culture Coalition: Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee revealed details of what some of the cuts will be in their proposed budget package and they include cutting the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) budget to $155 million this year. That's a substantial cut from its currently funded level of $167.5 million. The battle begins

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-81095221812817666452011-02-09T00:28:00.000-05:002011-02-09T00:28:11.172-05:00

So this link was on the DanceUK facebook a while back of Zenaida Yanowsky (principal with Royal Ballet) doing choreography by her dad, Anatole, when she was 18. I saw her do this solo at the 1994 International Ballet Competition in the "contemporary" category (she won gold). It was part of a duet actually, with her brother Yury (who won silver and is now with Boston Ballet). The amazing thing is

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-58573758574143927522011-02-06T23:03:00.000-05:002011-02-06T23:03:33.207-05:00

Thanks so much to everyone who came out despite the Super Bowl for the DanceATL meeting this afternoon! Especially thanks to our speakers, Emily Cook Harrison, RD, Dr. Frank Sinkoe, and Amanda Blackmon, PT, DPT, OCS, and our performer Blake Dalton of Crossover Movement Arts, and CORE for hosting. I was excited to have such a great turn out and interesting discussion. I took old fashioned notes (

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-55111013237782263812011-02-04T02:02:00.000-05:002011-02-04T02:02:51.849-05:00

I've been lucky (knock on wood) in my life as a dancer that I haven't done more than sprained my ankle a couple times.  Small things like floor burn and bruises are just signs that you've been really dancing (and way back when in the pointe shoe days, blisters etc. were inevitable of course. Nowadays, I like dancing barefoot. ;) Then there are some pretty crazy stories of dancers who've been

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-20112043742996263032011-02-01T22:08:00.000-05:002011-02-01T22:08:02.168-05:00

Recent reviews in Dance Informa Magazine online: Project 7's "Wall to Wall" by Deborah Searle and Full Radius Dance's "Walking on My Grave" by Emily Yewell Volin. A look at the line-up for this year's Modern Atlanta Dance Festival, in ArtsCriticATL.com from Cynthia Perry, and previews of the upcoming gloATL performance "This is a World" also from ArtsCriticATL and Cynthia Perry, and from Andrew

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-58737078191847581212011-02-01T00:04:00.002-05:002011-02-01T00:04:29.781-05:00

The Kennesaw State University Program in Dance would like to invite the Atlanta dance community to share in our growth and success as we open the first phase of our new dance facility at Chastain Pointe. Please join us for an Open House on Friday, 2/11 from 4-6 p.m. To attend, please RSVP by 2/7 by calling 770-499-3214 or e-mail arts@kennesaw.edu Directions: From I-75, take Exit 271 (Chastain

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-52592407023096622392011-02-01T00:03:00.000-05:002011-02-01T00:03:49.725-05:00

Details on the meeting this weekend (finally!) DanceATL's Bi-Monthly Meeting Sunday, February 6 3:30-5:30 p.m. CORE Studios Discussion Topic: "Dancer Health" A fantastic panel of health experts who focus on a variety of issues facing dancers: Emily Cook Harrison, RD, discussing nutrition and body image, Dr. Frank Sinkoe, podiatrist and Amanda Blackmon, PT, DPT, OCS, discussing injury

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-42098203523748262202011-01-26T00:37:00.000-05:002011-01-26T00:37:01.876-05:00

Just sharing this because, I mean, how can you not be impressed at these guys squeezing themselves into a car? http://blog.pilobolus.org/2011/01/pilobolus-and-emc-break-a-world-record/ Otherwise, there are so many things on my to-do list, but not so much on the "done" part of that checklist, I'm afraid. Things I wish I were posting here include: notes from the Dec. meeting,  announcement on

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-66860755048457399012011-01-12T19:18:00.000-05:002011-01-12T19:18:10.738-05:00

Here's a nice reaction to the "too many sugar plums" controversy from UK's Guardian. Ms. Mackrell's argument about unique bodies being a positive dance trait reminds me of something that happened to me as a teenage dancer. I met a woman with 6 toes on one of her feet in a modern dance class. I admit, my first reaction was "oh no! doing modern dance everyone always sees your feet and that extra

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-87925415088706529472011-01-07T22:14:00.000-05:002011-01-07T22:14:35.820-05:00

Congrats to Moving in the Spirit and Kennesaw State University for opening new spaces for dance and thus expanding their existing programming. From the press release, "Moving in the Spirit, a nonprofit youth development program, completed construction this fall on a new dance space that will serve hundreds of youth in the Atlanta community. Named after Dougald “Mac” Monroe Jr., an advocate for

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-78606800133832609362011-01-06T14:01:00.001-05:002011-01-07T22:04:09.245-05:00

Happy New Year to everyone! So it's a new year, but here's a year-in-review by Cynthia Perry from ArtsCriticATL.com. Thanks for the shout out! And another she did for the AJC. Let's see what else happened last year that she didn't have space to mention (focused on the local dance scene, not things that came in to large venues, though there were some pretty spectacular things that did. Please feel

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-68963027640899110022010-12-14T01:25:00.000-05:002010-12-14T01:25:02.252-05:00

So I'm guessing you've probably already seen or heard about the whole "too many sugar plums" controversy? Alastair Macaulay has managed to bring up weight in ballet again (as if most of the ballet dancers in the studio don't confront that every day). Jennifer Ringer, the Sugar Plum in question, was interviewed on Today Show (most interesting how she says NYCB has a variety of body types...). And

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-36067706704993029442010-11-29T15:14:00.000-05:002010-11-29T15:14:11.852-05:00

I hope everyone had an amazingly Happy Thanksgiving! I wasn't in town this past weekend, so I didn't catch the show, but here's Cynthia Perry's review in ArtsCriticATL.com of Luminocity's presentation of Hinterland. And here's a photo slideshow of the same in Creative Loafing by Tara-Lynne Pixley. Otherwise, how are the Nutcracker's going around town? Other holiday shows out there? Having fun?

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-53706536082487749002010-11-22T12:34:00.000-05:002010-11-22T12:34:06.882-05:00

So to update from over the weekend, here are some (p)reviews of things that happened around town (that I mentioned in my last post). A preview of the Emory Dance Company show by Collin Kelly on Atlanta INtown online. A review of the Kennesaw State University dance program's show by Andrew Alexander on Creative Loafing online. A review of CORE Performance Company in Corazón Abriendo (Heart Opening

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-78463049986286658292010-11-17T12:04:00.000-05:002010-11-17T12:04:22.109-05:00

So not surprisingly for it's being the last weekend before Thanksgiving, several of the college departments are doing their fall shows (Kennesaw, Emory and Spelman), and CORE Performance Company's performing Corazón Abriendo (Heart Opening) at the Balzer. About upcoming shows: Preview of Corazon Abriendo (Heart Opening) from Creative Loafing's Andrew Alexander A piece on Kennesaw State

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-55474246650171180062010-11-12T01:23:00.000-05:002010-11-12T01:23:50.093-05:00

In case you didn't read down to the very end of the most recent DanceATL email, a recent thought spurred by conversations with a couple of other art-interested folks who said "I would love to come, but I have a hard time finding someone to go with me" is to make a DanceATL program called something like "dance buddies" (suggestions for the name?) Folks who're flying solo to a show can meet up at

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-80061903984455781252010-11-08T14:52:00.001-05:002010-11-12T01:32:02.658-05:00

So it's been a while, I apologize. There's been a lot going on! And personally I've been busy partly because I've been dancing more, so I can't complain. Here we go with a bunch of links here to try to catch up on the last couple of weeks. The 1st ever "we didn't have time to make it pretty" DanceATL enews went out and here's a link so you can read it if you aren't on the mailing list. And if

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-75183804612935986552010-10-26T22:57:00.001-04:002010-10-26T23:35:36.337-04:00

Here are a few articles about Atlanta Ballet's season opener, Moulin Rouge® that continues its run at the Cobb Energy Centre this weekend: two by Cynthia Bond Perry on ArtsCriticATL.com (a preview and review), Pierre Ruhe wrote a review for AJC, and there's another review from Creative Loafing by Andrew Alexander. Those are from the more "established" voices on dance in town--the critics if you

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-44579331377996888342010-10-20T21:33:00.000-04:002010-10-20T21:33:29.917-04:00

The 2011 Modern Atlanta Dance Festival is scheduled for April 16 & 17.  These dates were chosen based on the theatre availability at the Marcus Jewish Community Center Atlanta.  The Arts and Entertainment Department at the MJCCA are longtime collaborators in the presentation of the festival.  However, April 17 is Palm Sunday. I'm interested in getting feedback from the Atlanta dance

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-89332293482795358312010-10-13T02:24:00.000-04:002010-10-13T02:24:04.293-04:00

Review by Andrew Alexander for Creative Loafing of the past weekend's performance, "Just," presented by Wormhole and Zoetic. I have been curious about the space over at Fabrefaction, but haven't made it over there to check it out myself yet. Sounds like Mr. Alexander was impressed! Glad to have another venue available to dance in (especially if it's a good one!) And speaking of venues, I had a

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-38011105644033954682010-10-07T13:14:00.000-04:002010-10-07T13:14:15.311-04:00

Atlanta will have a Fringe Festival all its own! So for those of you making dances that need a place to perform them, check it out. Here's an article about it from Cathy Fox of ArtCriticATL.com, and the site itself is appropriately atlantafringe.com.They say the submission forms will go live on Nov. 1 and the festival itself is in August 2011. A good time to have it, in what seems to be

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-64620404614255914372010-10-07T13:07:00.000-04:002010-10-07T13:07:18.346-04:00

From Cynthia Perry at ArtsCriticATL.com, news about Lauri Stallings' upcoming project (that held auditions back in late summer.)

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-9574759929771768292010-10-07T13:05:00.000-04:002010-10-07T13:05:22.900-04:00

Deborah from Dance Informa sent me this info about their sweepstakes. They have their newest edition online too at www.danceinforma.com.  Leading Australian Dance Magazine Gives Cash to US Dancers Dance Informa, Australia’s leading Dance Magazine has entered the USA market with a huge incentive for new subscribers. All dancers who sign up to the bi-monthly online publication receive free

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-39630477112774079582010-09-29T22:56:00.000-04:002010-09-29T22:56:07.045-04:00

CORE Performance Company, Photo by Lori Teague Zoetic Dance Ensemble, Photo by Leah Roth DanceATL's Bi-Monthly MeetingSunday, October 3 7-9 p.m. Atlanta Ballet Michael C. Carlos Dance Centre$5 at the door, free with membership to DanceATLPerformances by CORE Performance Company and Zoetic Dance EnsembleDiscussion Topic: "Fundraising for Dance in Atlanta" A

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-46815266536886551882010-09-25T22:47:00.000-04:002010-09-25T22:47:12.443-04:00

Here's a review from Cynthia Perry of ArtsCriticATL.com of George Staib's/Staibdance's most recent show (they just closed the last one I would think here on Sat. nite.) And another from Andrew Alexander who recently started reviewing dance for Creative Loafing. (Or recently returned seems more apt--a quick search in the CL archives shows some articles from 2000, then the jump ten years to the

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-83927860685243551652010-09-19T21:55:00.000-04:002010-09-19T21:55:29.540-04:00

Review of Blake Beckham's performance "American Muscle" at Eyedrum on 9/11 by Cynthia Perry with ArtsCriticATL.com. Here's another article from Ms. Perry from back in August that I didn't post earlier about the new Atlanta Ballet space. I've just finally made it out there myself and I can say it's stunning. If you haven't made it out to drool over the huge studios and all the included amenities,

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-22986344049439993212010-09-17T22:42:00.000-04:002010-09-17T22:42:27.706-04:00

Creative Loafing's Curt Holman in an interview with George Staib about his upcoming performances next weekend, and a review of Twist that mentions the choreography in the last paragraph and a brief mention of the dance Rose and Helen did on the Convergent Frequencies shipping containers tonight in this preview of the event by Wyatt Williams.

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-60102870973304615322010-09-13T22:14:00.000-04:002010-09-13T22:14:07.903-04:00

A preview by Cynthia Perry on ArtsCriticATL.com of Alliance Theater's Twist focusing on tap dancer Jared Grimes.

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-58632616919590161502010-09-08T23:11:00.000-04:002010-09-08T23:11:07.068-04:00

So many things I've seen circulating online that I've been meaning to post lately! (And these aren't Atlanta-related so much as general dance topics.)  A post from The Ballet Bag on dance criticism meets web 2.0 brings up many of the same discussions of how dance criticism meets the online world, as print journalism struggles to answer this question across the board. This post has interesting

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-9704243019542124312010-08-30T22:56:00.000-04:002010-08-30T22:56:52.417-04:00

So August was a big dry spell for dance performance in Atlanta. But everyone kicks off their seasons soon and things get going pretty strong pretty quickly in September. Take a look at the danceatl.org calendar and you'll see we get performances pretty much every weekend starting not with Labor Day weekend, but the following weekend. I won't go into previewing things because that's not what I do,

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-18839781696714605052010-08-27T00:02:00.000-04:002010-08-27T00:02:28.747-04:00

My fantastic intern, Arielle, will be coming back to do her magic on the DanceATL calendars (danceatl.org) here very soon. Because there's been a big lull anyway, and to make sure things are up to date, I'm going to clear out all the recurring classes that she had entered last season and we'll start afresh for the fall. All the performance info you guys have sent will stay put. No worries. And

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-26362706900191313442010-08-26T23:56:00.000-04:002010-08-26T23:56:22.257-04:00

So I've got google analytics on this blog and I'm intrigued about what happened at the end of July. National Dance Day and the Expo here in Atlanta apparently drew a lot of interest before the event. I know the only info online about it was pretty buried within other websites so the searches on that topic landed folks here. Which is great! I hope that helped get the word out about the event.

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-6567478988352657482010-08-25T12:04:00.000-04:002010-08-25T12:04:38.245-04:00

Resource Market for the Arts October 4, 2010 October is Funding for Arts Month at the Foundation Center! You’re invited to come to the Resource Market for the Arts to network with peers and learn about available funding, resources, and services. There's information for everyone! Preceding the market, Susan Weiner, executive director of the Georgia Council for the Arts, will speak on

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-23498634418486435622010-08-25T10:39:00.000-04:002010-08-25T10:39:03.024-04:00

Cynthia Perry previews this fall's Dance Canvas performance, which will be Nov. 5-6 at the 14th Street Playhouse.

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-56903154038579471562010-08-13T14:20:00.001-04:002010-08-13T15:31:15.865-04:00

Here are notes from the most recent DanceATL meeting on August 1. Thanks to Joe Futural for leading the discussion, Blake Beckham for performing and Mack Headrick for letting us into the back space at 7 Stages! Thanks to Rose Caudle for helping type up my messy notes. And of course, thanks everyone who made it out. Please feel free to comment if the notes are missing some things we talked about,

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-47716695747433300002010-08-11T13:37:00.001-04:002010-08-11T14:59:07.627-04:00

So I'm finally getting around to typing up my notes from the April 25 DanceATL meeting! I hope someone finds it interesting or useful to have them if you couldn't make it to the meeting. Sorry the layout isn't all that clean or legible. Let me know if you can't read it at all or now without a headache. My contacts are info@danceatl.org, ot if you'd like to host an upcoming meeting!) April 25

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-18672112698942689692010-07-28T13:34:00.000-04:002010-07-28T13:34:33.479-04:00

With this post (obviously against the idea): "Blogging about the Process of Choreography--Ugh!" Wendy Perron of Dance Magazine has started a debate on choreographers using blogs to detail their process of creating work. Dance Theater Workshop has responded and points also to Culturebot on the same topic. It's an interesting question both from the artists' side, whether blogging might actually

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-37814168541577349142010-07-27T23:44:00.000-04:002010-07-27T23:44:26.966-04:00

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-59396390670408943802010-07-27T23:41:00.000-04:002010-07-27T23:41:36.069-04:00

Here's Cynthia Perry's review of gloATL's newest site-specific dance/art "roem" at the High Museum campus last weekend. The Woodruff estimated 2,000 people were there on Friday night. 2,000 people at one dance performance! Ok, so maybe some of the Nutcrackers out there pull in that many easily, but that there were such crowds for a piece that didn't have cute kids in it on sweltering nights

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-34291530568998948472010-07-27T12:18:00.000-04:002010-07-27T12:18:18.938-04:00

This weekend is a busy one! Saturday afternoon at Atlantic Station is the Dance for Life Expo, in conjunction with Nigel Lithgoe of So You Think You Can Dance's National Dance Day (see my earlier post). There will be performances by local studios and a dance competition with the routine you can find video to learn online at dizzyfeetfoundation.org. DanceATL will have the dance table set up in one

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-51098397600929954312010-07-21T22:54:00.000-04:002010-07-21T22:54:28.601-04:00

The Ailey School has lost its director for the last 26 years, Denise Jefferson. The Ailey School memorial site has photos, video clip and links to other articles about her passing and a link to their blog where you can share memories.

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-23434298234853711272010-07-21T22:26:00.000-04:002010-07-21T22:26:35.921-04:00

So there's a movement, led by Nigel Lythgoe producer of So You Think You Can Dance and Dizzy Feet Foundation founder and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes (D-DC), to make July 31 "National Dance Day". Here in Atlanta that day there's a Dance For Life Expo at Atlantic Station (and sponsors Fox 5, which airs SYTYCD and 105.7 The Groove) complete with performances, info tables and a dance contest where

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-50101447738447690912010-07-14T15:30:00.000-04:002010-07-14T15:30:31.526-04:00

Here's an article in ArtsCriticATL.com written by LIFT co-founder Daryl Foster about a big problem for dancers in Atlanta: finding enough work to stay and BE dancers in Atlanta. It's something that DanceATL wants to help address by supporting the community and helping it grow. HOW? There's a critical mass that needs to be reached, where dancers and dance companies can gain support from the

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-42325093933610030002010-07-09T11:27:00.000-04:002010-07-09T11:27:24.096-04:00

A site launched today, DancePulp, that has video interviews with lots of (mostly classical or contemporary ballet) dancers and choreographers etc. So if you're interested in hearing some behind the scenes sort of stories from Wendy Whelan, Christopher Wheeldon etc., this is the place to go (and the newest video is Safi Thomas on hip hop, so I assume future episodes won't just be ballet.) 

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-41581073767487763362010-07-08T12:34:00.000-04:002010-07-08T12:34:41.146-04:00

I was contacted by Dance Informa Magazine, an online dance magazine based originally in Australia that has recently expanded to the US, about promoting their sweepstakes (see below.) It's pretty interesting--they chose Atlanta to be their base of operations in the US. I didn't ask what the rationale was for the location choice, but I'd like to think it's Atlanta's happening dance scene! :)

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-62159575628651713782010-07-07T13:24:00.000-04:002010-07-07T13:24:00.330-04:00

Dance New Amsterdam in NYC is facing eviction. Here's an article about the situation that explains how the city's money helped build the new space DNA is in, only to turn around and pull the plug, leaving them in the lurch. You can see DNA's press statement and sign their online petition (or donate, of course!) on the DNA site. So as much as we all would love to see any new funding streams,

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-58723066682974647962010-06-30T12:30:00.000-04:002010-06-30T12:30:06.626-04:00

Hard to believe it's been a year since I started posting mine and your thoughts about dance in Atlanta on this blog! So over the last year, what's happened? Well, we're calling ourselves DanceATL now, and we have members! We need to solidify everything for the incorporation and nonprofit status (workshop about that with GA Lawyers for the Arts coming up.) We're *THAT* close to having the actual

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-78097792072098406872010-06-30T11:34:00.000-04:002010-06-30T11:34:17.404-04:00

ADF has a video blog "May we have this CyberDance?" that includes interviews with the artists who're performing at the festival this summer (including Pilobolus this week) and other snippets from behind the scenes. Certainly makes me wish I could be up there at least to see some of the performances if not to take the classes! I have some friends who live up that way still but I don't know that

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-61780015282331163502010-06-30T11:18:00.001-04:002010-06-30T11:59:02.295-04:00

So I've missed posting a few things because of a trip out of town, etc. We didn't have a big turnout for the DanceATL meeting, as expected, there were too many other things going on. Including brooks & company dance's beltline performance (preview posted belatedly here from ArtsCriticATL.com) and Beacon Dance at Eyedrum. But we had a good discussion, some of it on topic about the idea of a dance

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-89637456592859989082010-06-18T11:40:00.000-04:002010-06-18T11:40:40.654-04:00

So the next DanceATL meeting will be Sunday, June 27 at 7 pm at CORE  Studios in Decatur. Gathering Wild will be performing. I've already sent out an email and I hope some folks can make it, but as people responded, I've found out it wasn't really the best weekend because there's a lot going on. I'm glad there is, I just should've paid more attention before choosing to have the meeting then! The

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-7829698860379392622010-06-15T12:00:00.000-04:002010-06-15T12:00:59.463-04:00

From ArtsCriticATL and Cynthia Perry a review of gloATL's work "Halo" at New York's DUO Multicultural Arts Center. And from the NY Times, another look at the piece by Roslyn Sulcas. 

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-44844680930522433422010-06-15T11:40:00.000-04:002010-06-15T11:40:31.127-04:00

It is with great sadness that we share the news about the passing of Jonathan Wolken, co-founder of Pilobolus Dance Theatre. He died Sunday night in New York after being ill for many years with myelofibrosis, a disorder of the bone marrow. Pilobolus originated when Wolken, a Dartmouth philosophy major, and fellow student Moses Pendleton met at a dance class taught by Alison Chase. The men

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Cynthia Perry's ArtsCriticATL.com article about gloATL's upcoming work, premiering in NYC but created in ATL.

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-81392373852890078252010-05-21T13:37:00.000-04:002010-05-21T13:37:06.190-04:00

So we're officially into summer, in which most dance folks take off after a busy season and possibly attend workshops and the like. Is that true? Let me know what's up if you've got things going on. And you can always post on the DanceATL Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/danceatl with events! And I haven't posted anything in a week, sorry about that. But there certainly is less going on to

Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14962031514286807971noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170606911524354854.post-17192018294641475412010-05-13T11:19:00.000-04:002010-05-13T11:19:52.956-04:00

I borrowed this from my friend and ex-CORE dancer jhon r. stronks, and he's made a facebook page for it. So go and "like" it, and take up the saying and make it yours- "yay dance"! :)

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Preview of this weekend's performance LIFT from ArtsCriticATL.com.

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From Dance Mag and Ohad Naharin: "Ohad's Advice to Critics"

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Here's a link I just got through a Dance Mag tweet: "We Stink! by KT Niehoff" from Seattle's The Stranger. (An aside, KT was almost the third of the choreographers commissioned for THREE that CORE premiered last season until scheduling changes made it impossible.) KT goes off on the reviewer from this Seattle weekly for a review her work received.  The comments are the most interesting part (

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A preview of the Atlanta Ballet's upcoming show this weekend, from ArtsCriticATL.com and another from the Marietta Daily Journal. And then there's Lift and Fieldwork Showcase mid-May and we're into the summer, when a lot of dance takes off for the season. Though there actually are a few things going on coming up, a couple of summer performances and some workshops. The intern has officially taken

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Here's a preview of Atlanta Ballet's upcoming season with Moulin Rouge the ballet and both story ballets and contemporary choreography rounding out the line-up.

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Here's a review from last weekend's performance by Ballethnic from ArtsCriticATL.com by Cynthia Bond Perry. She tells us, "Some good news: [Calvin] Gentry is returning to Atlanta where he plans to pursue his college degree while performing with Ballethnic." Yay for people moving (back) here or staying here to dance! And thanks to everyone who came out to the Barre 2 Bar this Sunday evening. The

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I'm excited about tonight's panel at the DanceATL and Atlanta Ballet "Barre 2 Bar" event at Park Tavern. We have Thomas Bell, writer extraordinare, and since the last post we've confirmed Suzanne VanAtten, Arts & Entertainment Editor at the AJC, and Brian Wallenberg, dancer with the Ballet and their Social Media Director. So we should have all forms of media covered, so bring questions and let's

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I'm not going to put her cell phone number up here, but I'm pasting the email. If you want to contact her, please do so via email or email me at info@danceatl.org to get her cell phone number. Hope to see you dancing at the Capitol tomorrow! From Blake: I'm writing to find out if you know about Monday's march on the capitol protesting the elimination of Georgia Council for the Arts. I am

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From the AJC and Ms. Perry, an overview of the Rialto's season coming up. The dance includes Urban Bush Women and Taylor, flamenco and Brazilian music/dance. Taylor was here a couple years ago at the Rialto and Urban Bush Women was here a few years back with Emory for a residency and performances, but always good to have a chance to see them both (I didn't make either one of those last time I

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Facebook event page about the march for GA Council for the Arts on Monday from 1-3 p.m. It starts at the Rialto and goes to the Capitol. We're thinking about bringing the Dance Truck (or a smaller version of it anyway) to give a literal platform for artists to get some visibility doing what they do best, make art! The link for contacting your representatives. They won't be in session on Monday

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