“When Margot Fonetyn was in a McDonald’s commercial, you couldn’t take your eyes off her! Pft..can’t be taught.”
Archive for the ‘Dance in the Media’ Category
New Social Dance- the Shamrock Shake
Posted in Dance in the Media, Lightbulb moments and ideas, tagged amanda schull, center stage quotes, margot fonteyn, mcdonalds shamrock shake on March 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hogwarts Academy of Dance
Posted in Dance in the Media, Serious Art and Other Doodles, tagged Ballet, Dolvett Quince, harry potter, star wars guide to yoga on March 8, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Voldy chases Harry, Harry chases Snitch, Jess chases Dreams
Don’t question a good thing
Posted in Dance in the Media, Reviews, St. Louis Stuff, tagged dance st. louis, Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater, Fortnight Journal on January 29, 2012 | 3 Comments »
A good performance should a) entertain b) educate and c) inspire
David Hallberg, serial killer
Posted in Dance in the Media, Favorite Videos, tagged American ballet theatre, black swan, controversy, dance in the media, david hallberg, documentary, misty copeland, morgan spurlock, natalie portman, sarah lane on January 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Just wait til’ I leak this video
A Critic’s Best Friend- and other sweet treats
Posted in Dance in the Media, St. Louis Stuff, the Written Word, tagged Ballet, dance blogger, facebook wars, frankfurt street, holiday decorations, Louisville, magazine, north end cafe, richard gere gerbil rumors, st. louis dance, the nutcracker on December 29, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Or to be safe, he could just kill the doc. We all saw ‘Unfaithful’
View from the Top; Dance Snobs
Posted in Dance in the Media, Serious Art and Other Doodles, tagged art snob, ballet composers, beatles, choreography process, dance bloggers, Dance Magazine, New York City Ballet, new york times, paul mccartney, wendy perron on September 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
closed-minded pompous opinion towards who is allowed to speak and who is not about their own goals, ideas, and work
Prehistoric Arithmetic; Dance in the Media
Posted in backstage pass, Dance in the Media, tagged a day in the life documentray, aesha ash, alonzo king, americna ballet theatre, ballet arkansas, ballet met columbus, ballet russes de monte carlo, bolshoi ballet, Dance Magazine, david hallberg, diabetes, diabetic dancers, Karen Russell, Louisville Ballet Company, misty copeland, morgan spurlock, New York City Ballet, racism in the arts on September 24, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I am of the palest shade of white and in the ballet world, no one is going to say no to my pasty complexion. My lack of turn-out maybe….
Ms. Tony beauty pageant
Posted in Dance in the Media, tagged angels, anyone can dance, anything goes, bad dancers, beauty contestant, beauty pageant, best actor in a musical, best choreography, choreographer, chorus girls, cole porter, how to choreograph on non-dancers, kathleen marshall, local pride, miss webster pageant, missouri, norbert leo butz, st. louis, sutton foster, tap dancing, Tony Awards, tony awards 2011, webster groves on June 14, 2011 | 4 Comments »
I guess I could always have them do the ‘super freak’ dance from ‘Little Miss Sunshine’, because that won’t make anyone uncomfortable.
Black Swan/ Transparent Swan
Posted in Dance in the Media, tagged 20/20, benjamin millepied, black swan, body doubles, dance in the media, dancing across borders, darren aronofsky, Louisville Ballet Company, natalie portman, New York City Ballet, sarah lane, st. louis ballet, wendy whelan on April 18, 2011 | 6 Comments »
“I was perfect…” “were you? or did you dance an entire act with a piece of mirror stuck in your abdomen!?”