Made Ya Look! Go here to see my interview on the Alive Magazine site. I’ve never been more nervous before an interview but she was the most easy-going person to talk to- funny, personable, and generous. Apparently you CAN be a great artist with a 20 year career and not completely loose your marbles! It was a great opportunity [...]
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Interview with Kansas City Ballet’s Kimberly Cowen
Posted in Profiles, tagged kimberly cowen kansas city ballet, spring to dance 2012 on May 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Model Behavior- scandals, fashion, and ballet
Posted in my fashionable costume shop, Profiles, tagged ballerina fashion models, fashion lines at bloomingdales, hoss intropia, paloma vasquez de castro, scandal at the royal ballet, sergei polunin, tamara rojo on March 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Scandal, fashion, and ballet- in other words, three of my most treasured possessions/ ambitions I don’t know if anyone else is quite so un-shocked by the whole SCANDAL AT THE ROYAL BALLET! The 21-year-old superstar, Sergei Polunin, abruptly left his post as principal dancer right before his ‘biggest debut ever’ in the new piece, ‘The Dream’. [...]
Decisions (pt. 2) Things (not) to worry about
Posted in Profiles, the Written Word, tagged F. Scott Fitzgerald, inside the dance bag, joffrey ballet victoria jaiani, things not to worry about on March 4, 2012 | 1 Comment »
The definition of crazy= doing the same thing and hoping for a different result)
‘Big Cats’- the Musical
Posted in backstage pass, Favorite Videos, Lightbulb moments and ideas, Profiles, tagged adnrew lloyd webber, big cat week, cats the musical, fox theatre, ken page, national geographic, old possum's book of practical cats, pinterest, st. louis, t.s. elliot, the muny on December 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I know that watching a bunch of grown-up dress up like house pets is maybe not the coolest way to spend an evening
Sixteen candles, 117 candles
Posted in Profiles, tagged 117, birthday, celebrity birthday, dance, google, google homepage, martha graham, may 11, modern dance pioneer, sixteen candles, ted shawn, wishes on May 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
what’s the opposite of womanizer? menanizer?
No more Cunningham dance Company- where do we go from here?
Posted in Profiles, tagged adventures in motion pictures, alvin ailey, arts, arts preservation, blog, blood diamond, butler university, choreographers, choreography, company closing, dance, dance company, death eaters, disciples, edward scissorhands, harry and the potters, history, innovators, judith jamison, life legacy, london, martha graham, matthew bourne, merce cunninghman, modern dance, modern dance pioneers, new york, new york times, pattern of change, paul taylor, robert battle, roots, susan mcguire on May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It is an old idea that the more pointedly and logically a theory or thesis is formulated, the more irresistibly it cries out for an antithesis. I have studied Cunningham technique in modern dance classes; to me, it feels like ballet footwork done with Martha Graham’s use of contraction and spiral in the torso. Summed [...]
A Moment of Silence for Dance Legend, Denise Jefferson
Posted in Profiles on July 20, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A big loss to the dance community this past Saturday; Dancer, teacher, and director of the Ailey School Denise Jefferson died of ovarian cancer at age 65. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/arts/dance/20jefferson.html?_r=1 She came to Butler University in my senior year, I believe to review our program (I can’t really remember). What I do remember is listening to her [...]
When even interesting people give boring Interviews- a conversation with choreographer Tommy Lewey
Posted in Profiles on June 4, 2010 | 3 Comments »
It’s my job as a choreographer to control what the viewer sees and ultimately show them one type of human interaction
Choreographer Specualtions_ Twyla Tharp
Posted in Profiles, tagged billy joel, boradway, britney spears, butler university, come fly with me, movin out, sinatra, twyla tharp on May 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I adore ‘Movin’ Out’- the musical that brought some of the best dancers in the world to portray characters in Billy Joel songs while a band plays on a lofted stage above their heads. I love the music, the story, the costumes, but mostly I love love love the choreography. I will never forget my [...]
The Lazy Blogger (not just sundays, and no Andy Samberg or cupcakes to go with it)
Posted in Dance in the Media, dance terminology, Profiles, tagged Ballet, clue, glee, nijinsky on May 5, 2010 | 8 Comments »
And one more thing, just because you CAN sort-of stand on your toes, Rachel Berry, doesn’t mean that you look acceptable doing it. Didn’t anyone learn anything from Rihanna and her terrible pointe shoe exhibition in the ‘Umbrella’ video?
