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"So You Think You Can Dance" Producer Puts Underprivileged Youth In The Spotlight

Posted 11.24.2009 | Impact

Read More: Dancing With the Stars, Katie Holmes, Youth, Carrie Ann Inaba, Teens, Nigel Lythgoe Adam Shankman, Dance, Dancers, So You Think You Can Dance, Impact News

"So You Think You Can Dance" co-creator and executive producer Nigel Lythgoe sees a lot of talented young people who aren't quite ready to take the st...

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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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New York Subway Performers Project: Help Capture and Map The City's Street Talent (VIDEO)

Posted 11.23.2009 | New York

Read More: Larry Wright, Video, Subway, Busking, Dance, Subway Performers, Mta, New York City, Eyes and Ears, Nyc Subway News, New York News

While subway systems outside of New York might be cleaner and break down less often -- and let's be honest, most of them do -- few are as filled with ...

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This is It: Michael Jackson's Transcendence

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 11.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Amadeus, This Is It, Art, Mj, Dance, Shakespeare, Music, Hip-Hop, Michael Jackson Documentary, Entertainment News
Stephen Gyllenhaal

I went to see This Is It the way one might go see a horror picture. What I encountered instead was an artist at the absolute top of his game.

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Thriller on Pearl Street

Kimbal Musk | Posted 11.03.2009 | Denver

Read More: Thriller, Boulder, Dance, Thrill the Nation, Denver News
Kimbal Musk

Last night I was part of an amazing tribute to Michael Jackson with a large group performance of 'Thriller' on the Pearl Street in Downtown Boulder.

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Paco Pena Astonishes With Aplomb While The Afro Cuban All Stars Sizzle

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Massey Hall, Flamenco Dance, Flamenco, Spanish Guitar, Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Afro-Cuban Music, Paco Pena, Latino, Latin America, US-Cuba Relations, Latin Dance, Cuban-Americans, Dance, Havana, Performance, Entertainment News
Marissa Bronfman

I cannot recall the last time I experienced such an incredibly ebullient performance of such vitality and vigor, such precision and beauty, as Paco Pena's A Compas (Primal Pulse).

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WATCH: 87 Year-Old Woman Dance, Rock, and Blow Your Mind!

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Elderly, Dance, Aging, The Balanced Life, Inner Life, 87 Year-Old, Happiness, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

Do you think you can dance? Wait till you see the lady in this video!

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Get Out Your Dancin' Shoes

Lisa Honig Buksbaum | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Volunteering, Nia, Health, Make a Difference, Donating to Charity, Volunteer Stories Obama, Hospital Outrach, Dance, Youth Leadership, Living News
Lisa Honig Buksbaum

My latest experiment in empathy has truly given me more appreciation of the little things, such as the person who gives me a seat in the subway, or holds a door open for me.

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Dance Your Blues Away

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 09.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Happiness, Freedom, Dancing, Ed and Deb Shapiro, Gabrielle Roth, Deb Shapiro, The Inner Life, Meditation, Dance, Spirituality, Ed Shapiro, Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

When Ed was just 16 he won a dance contest on TV's popular Ted Steele's New York Bandstand and became a regular on the show; when he was 19 he won the...

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Healthcare Reformers: Dance With The Ones Who Brung Ya

Christine Pelosi | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Tom Delay, Too Big to Fail, Universal Healthcare, Democrats, Legislation, Wellness, Universal Health Coverage, Insurance, Prevention, Prescription Drugs, Transformers, Universal Health Care, Dance, Medicare, Health Coverage, Dancing With the Stars, Healthcare Reform, Pre-Existing-Condition, Health Care, Politics News
Christine Pelosi

While the dance of legislation can be painful to watch, I still like the Democrats' chances for healthcare reform better than Tom DeLay's on Dancing with the Stars.

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Why I Worry About Modern Dance

Michael Kaiser | Posted 09.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts, Modern Dance, Dance, Merce Cunningham, Kennedy Center, Alvin Ailey, Entertainment News
Michael Kaiser

Virtually every great modern dance company was founded more than 40 years ago. Where is the current, not to mention next, generation of great modern dance companies to carry the torch?

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Stage Door: Burn The Floor

Fern Siegel | Posted 09.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Broadway, Dance, Entertainment, Ricky Rojas, Karina Smirnoff, Nuria Santalucia, Rebecca Tapia, Burn the Floor, Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Jason Gilkison, Entertainment News
Fern Siegel

Burn The Floor is a salute to international style ballroom dancing -- five Latin American dances and five ballroom dances. All will knock your socks off.

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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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Philippine Prisoners Dance to Michael Jackson's "Dangerous"

Disgrasian | Posted 08.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Dancing Filipino Prisoners, Filipino Thriller, The Philippines, Michael Jackson Dangerous, Dancing Philippine Prisoners, Philippines, Dancing, Michael Jackson Death, Viral Video, Viral Videos, Asians, Prison, Filipinos, Michael Jackson Dies, Dance, Prisons, Rehabilitation, Entertainment News
Disgrasian

The prisoners at the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center make incarceration look really awesome with another Michael Jackson dance video, this time to "Dangerous."

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So You Think You Can Dance Salutes Breast Cancer

Jen Grisanti | Posted 08.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Reality TV, Positive Thinking, Entertainment, Inspiration, Spiritual, Breast Cancer, Dance, Cancer, Spirituality, Entertainment News
Jen Grisanti

Melissa so poignantly danced the part of a woman who is fighting cancer in her body and seeking solace in the arms of Ade. It was television at its best. It was a celebration of the spirit.

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Dangerous: Michael Jackson and I.F. Stone

D. D. Guttenplan | Posted 08.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Communism, Jews, Dance, I.F. Stone, Indiana, African Americans, Entertainment News
D. D. Guttenplan

Because mud sticks, I was going to kick off here by examining the so-called evidence for the charge that I.F. Stone, the legendary radical journalist,...

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Did Mark Sanford And Maria Belen Chapur Fall Victim To The Dance?

Diane Tucker | Posted 12.13.2009 | Style

Read More: Mark Sanford, Maria Belen Chapur, Relationships, Jane Austen, Argentina, Mark Sanford Argentina, The Thomas Crown Affair, Diane Tucker, Happiness Tips, Happiness, The Jane Austen Book Club, How to Be Happy, Marriage, Relationship Advice, Punta Del Este, Socrates, Renee Russo, Pierce Brosnan, Agnes De Mille, William K Wolfrum, Havana Marking, Romance, Dance, Midlife Crisis, Vogue, Foreplay, Jenny-Sanford-Vogue-Magazine, The State, Politicians, South Carolina, Bitch Magazine, Palmetto Scoop, John Lerner, Style News
Diane Tucker

"It was innocent," insisted Mark Sanford, while recollecting his first encounter with Maria Belen Chapur on an Uruguayan dance floor. Oh, really?

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Sundance Film Afghan Star Incredible

Jim Luce | Posted 08.02.2009 | World

Read More: Kabul, Islam, Sundance Film Festival, Islamic Council, Britain’s Got Talent, Pakistan, United Nations, Adam Lambert, The Kite Runner, Democracy, Mathew Luce, Film, Dari, Oprah Winfrey, Muslim, Havana Marks, Pashtun, Herat, Taliban, Documentary, Rachel Reid, Pop Idol, Dance, Afghanistan, Sharia, Ismail Khan, American Idol, Afghan Star, Incredible, Mujahiddeen, Barack Obama, World News
Jim Luce

Afghan Star is the perfect window into a country's tenuous, ongoing struggle for modernity. What I would normally consider frivolous entertainment is downright revolutionary here.

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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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The Dance of the Child Soldiers

John Feffer | Posted 07.17.2009 | World

Read More: Dance, Sierra Leone, Child Soldiers, Africa, World News
John Feffer

David Alan Harris, a choreographer and therapist, tells the riveting story of how young men in Sierra Leone, who show no outward emotion about their past atrocities, slowly come to terms with their experiences -- through dance.

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Alvin Ailey Theatre Dances To Its 50th Anniversary

New York Press | Susan Reiter | Posted 07.11.2009 | Local

Read More: Alvin Ailey Anniversary, New York Dance, Alvin Ailey Hymn, Alvin Ailey Revelation, Dance, Alvin Ailey Dance, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, New York, Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre, Aaadt, Local News

With so much to celebrate in connection with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre's 50th anniversary, it's great news that New Yorkers get a second,...

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Celebrating Merce Cunningham's 90th Birthday

Jane Levere | Posted 05.31.2009 | Style

Read More: Dance, Slideshow, Merce Cunningham, Style News
Jane Levere

This month's 90th birthday party for renowned avant-garde choreographer Merce Cunningham attracted a multi-generational galaxy of stars.

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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 In The Footsteps Of Zorba The Greek!

Alex Pattakos | Posted 04.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Dancing, Greek Independence Day, Dance, Alex Pattakos, Zorba the Greek, Stress, Meaning, Crete, Living News
Alex Pattakos

As a Greek-American, March 25th marks a very important day for me: "Greek Independence Day." On this day in 1821, the Greeks decided to take up arms ...

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Spewing Joy: The Supermarket Shuffle

Dr. Cara Barker | Posted 04.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Fear, George Crane, Fearlessness, Compliments' Club, Northwestern University, Dance, Choice, Joy, The Balanced Life, Happiness, Living News
Dr. Cara Barker

Readers, what a joy you are! In fact, priceless. As usual, your responses have been heart-warming, contagious. Last week, one of you said something...

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