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Writing With Twyla Tharp: I Collaborated With A Genius -- And Survived

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 11.24.2009 | Books

Read More: Creativity, Twyla Tharp, Collaboration, Ballet, Richard Avedon, Dance, Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Billy Joel, Books News
Jesse Kornbluth

When you're in a room with Twyla Tharp, it's hard to notice anything else. As her dancers know, a "very nice" from Tharp is a bit more meaningful than it is from almost anyone else.

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Next Up for the Santa Monica Pier is Cirque du Soleil's "Kooza"

Terry Gardner | Posted 11.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Santa Monica Pier, Stilt Walkers, Cirque Du Soleil, Kooza, Dancing, Carnival, California, Los Angeles, Ballet, Entertainment News
Terry Gardner

Cirque du Soleil helped the Santa Monica Pier celebrate its 100th birthday on 9/9/09. Next up for the partying centenarian is "Kooza," Cirque's new s...

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Toronto Film Fest Day 4: Two Documentaries and a Little Girl

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Toronto Film Festival, Documentary, Ballet, Michael Moore, Movies, Frederick Wiseman, Adoption, Capitalism: A Love Story, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

You could spend an entire film festival going from press conference to round table to one-on-one interviews. I'd rather see the films and worry about interviews some other time.

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One Approach to Reducing Health Care Costs: The Discipline of Dance

Michael Kaiser | Posted 08.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Ballet Theater, Make a Ballet, Chance to Dance, Royal Ballet, Ballet, Dance, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Health Care, Arts Education, Aileycamp, Politics News
Michael Kaiser

Children who dance are far more likely to appreciate their own physical selves. Dance training helps address the obesity problem currently facing our nation.

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Natalia Osipova Emerges As American Ballet Theater's New Star

The New York Observer | Robert Gottlieb | Posted 08.10.2009 | New York

Read More: New York, Osipova, New York Ballet, Natalia Osipova, Ballet, Abt, American Ballet Theater, New York Theater, Natalia Osipova Abt, New York News

If ever we needed proof that the gods giveth even as they taketh away, it was to be found at ABT this season, when on successive evenings the company ...

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Interview with Carlos Acosta: 'I Am Insufferable'

Christina Patterson | Posted 07.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Ballet, Houston Ballet, Dance, Cuba, Havana, Entertainment News
Christina Patterson

"We're very strong-minded people," says Acosta. "We learn to control the struggle. You wake up every single day to hammer your body, and you do it, and it does something to you."

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Ballet's Rising Star Retires

Washington Post | Sarah Kaufman | Posted 07.24.2009 | Style

Read More: Alexandra Ansanelli Retire, Ballet Star, Ballet, Alexandra Ansanelli, Ballet Star Retire, Style News

She looks as cool and polished as a 1940s glamour queen, but Alexandra Ansanelli presents a baffling contradiction. The raven-haired American star of ...

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Renewing Yourself for Spring: A Personal Journey

Colleen Perry | Posted 04.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Down Syndrome, Boston Ballet, Reneweal, Spring, Ballet, Dance, Cleaning, Detox, Emdr, Living News
Colleen Perry

I was asked to write about ways to renew yourself for spring. My first thought was, "Oh no, am I doing anything that would count as 'renewal' aside f...

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Dancing With the Stars Finale: Audiences Value Good Solid Dance Skill Over Fame and Big Personality

Tonya Plank | Posted 12.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ballroom Dancing, Lance Bass, Reality TV, Breaking Entertainment News, Latin Dance, Ballet, Warren Sapp, Brooke Burke, Cody Linley, Dancing With the Stars, Lacey Schwimmer, Who Won Dancing With the Stars Season 7, Brooke Burke David Charvet, Brooke Burke Dancing With the Stars, Dancing With the Stars 2008 Winner, Dancing With the Stars Season 7, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

Personally, I love that Brooke Burke won. Overall she had by far the best technique of all of the contestants, yet she has no known movement background.

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Company B, Citizen: Dances For Our Troubled Times

Tonya Plank | Posted 11.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: American Ballet Theater, Paul Taylor, Ballet, Lauri Stallings, Company B, New York City Center, Citizen, Fashion, Antony Tudor, Doctor Atomic, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

The 1940s, a time of war and economic crisis, appears to be a popular period to revisit in the performing arts world right now, with Doctor Atomic, an...

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Dancing With the Stars Needs to Do Something Other than Add Social Dances and a Non-Ballroom Judge to Spice Up the Show

Tonya Plank | Posted 11.22.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ballroom, Michael Flatley, Reality TV, Yulia Zagoruychenko, Hanna Karttunen, Breaking Entertainment News, Latin Dance, Riccardo Cocchi, Mimulus Dance Company, Ballet, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Modern Dance, Jerome Robbins, Julianne Hough, Keigwin and Company, Alvin Ailey, Slavik Kryklyvyy, Misty Copeland, Twyla Tharp, Marcelo Gomes, Cody Linley, Dancing With the Stars, Len Goodman, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

Is it just me or is this the most boring season thus far of Dancing With the Stars?

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Christopher Wheeldon is Trying Very Hard to Make Ballet Hip, Sexy and Accessible, But Will He Be Successful?

Tonya Plank | Posted 11.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ballet, Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Maria Kowroski, Lightfoot Leon, Drew Jacoby, Frederick Ashton, Fashion, Rubinald Pronk, Wendy Whelan, Les Ballets Russes, Christopher Wheeldon, Emily Molnar, New York City Ballet, Morphoses, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

Of all ballet artists, Wheeldon one of the most sought-after choreographers in the world these days and seems to be trying the hardest to bring ballet back.

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Bless This House

Norman MacAfee | Posted 09.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Leos Janacek, Dmitri Shostakovich, Tyler Angle, Ballet, Michelle Williams, Bruno Moretti, Alexei Ratmansky, Salzburg Festival, Brussels Opera House La Monnaie, The Rake’s Progress, W. H. Auden, Robert Wilson, Ashley Bouder, Paris Opera, Philip Glass, Igor Stravinsky, Benjamin Britten, GéRard Mortier, Opera, George Balanchine, Charles Wuorinen, Peter Martins, Film, Christopher Wheeldon, Peter Gelb, Rudolph Bing, Goeran Gentele, The Markopulos Case, Pierre Boulez, Mauro Bigonzetti, Brokeback Mountain, Metropolitan Opera House, Pelléas Et MéLisande, Einstein on the Beach, Wendy Whelan, Death in Venice, Heath Ledger, Gesamtkunstwerk, Debussy, Entertainment News
Norman MacAfee

The New York State Theater at Lincoln Center, home of the New York City Opera, is dark as it undergoes a year of renovation. It is a house of past and perhaps future artistic importance in two art forms.

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The Largely Self-Taught Dancer Wins America's Collective Hearts: So You Think You Can Dance Season Finale

Tonya Plank | Posted 09.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, Reality TV, Katee Shean, Breaking Entertainment News, Latin Dance, Courtney Galliano, Ballet, Ballroom Dance, Joshua Allen, Nigel Lythgoe, Hip Hop, Adam Shankman, Mary Murphy, Mia Michaels, Contemporary Dance, Twitch, Joshua Allen Winner, Who Won So You Think You Can Dance, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

Joshua Allen was the rightful winner this season. He has everything: creativity, understated charisma, an endearing personality... I really don't know if there's been a winner I've felt is so deserving.

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So You Think You Can Dance Top 6

Tonya Plank | Posted 08.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, Los Angeles Ballet, Reality TV, Argentine Tango, Tyce DiOrio, Nigel Lythgoe, Hip Hop, Breaking Entertainment News, George Balanchine, Contemporary Dance, Ballet, Mia Michaels, Toni Basil, Samba, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

I am shocked. Will's Samba this week completely blew me away, as did his slow Hip Hop. As did his solo. He hasn't done a thing this season that hasn't been excellent.

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So You Think You Can Dance Top Eight, and Desmond Richardson!

Tonya Plank | Posted 07.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: So You Think You Can Dance, Ballroom Dancing, Reality TV, Desmond Richardson, Dwight Rhoden, Hip Hop, Nigel Lythgoe, Breaking Entertainment News, Latin Dance, Dance on TV, Ballet, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

This show outdoes itself each week. I was in a blissful state of shock Wednesday to see the breathtaking Desmond Richardson helping to choreograph.

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So You Think You Can Dance Round 4 Eliminations

Tonya Plank | Posted 07.15.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Benji Schwimmer, So You Think You Can Dance, Reality TV, Nigel Lythgoe, Ballet, Hip Hop, Breaking Entertainment News, Dance on TV, Jazz, Contemporary Dance, Mia Michaels, Jazz Funk, Modern Dance, Dance, Popping, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

I thought this was Courtney and Gev's best week so far. I'm kind of glad they were in the bottom three, because otherwise we would not have been able to see that wicked Hip Hop routine!

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Is Ballet Dead? Never! New York City Ballet Presents an Enticing Evening of New Work

Tonya Plank | Posted 06.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: River of Light, Ballet, Rococo Variations, Peter Martins, Christopher Wheeldon, Alexei Ratmansky, Gonzalo Garcia, Mauro Bigonzetti, Maria Kowroski, Benjamin Millepied, Ashley Bouder, Contemporary Ballet, Wendy Whelan, Concerto DSCH, New York City Ballet, Joaquin De Luz, Oltremare, Dancers, Nycb, Ballerina, Dance, Theater Review, Entertainment News
Tonya Plank

I had a wonderful night at New York City Ballet the other night. The program, titled "Here and Now", focused on some of the company's newest works, and was kind of a celebration of the future, of 21st Century ballet.

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