Tweet Here’s what we are doing: meeting our partners for Dancing Stars of Central Georgia at a cocktail party that will be covered on the local news! Turn on NewsCentral (Fox 24/ABC 16, WGXA) at 7:00 on Thursday to see the announcement of the Dancing Stars event!
Continue Reading... 2 Comments.Tweet Monday night we learned that one of our dancers is fluent in American Sign Language, a topic in which Daniel and I share a real but largely hypothetical interest. After comparing notes on some signs (the ones we’ve picked up from watching ABC Family’s Switched at Birth are correct, but utterly random–“Ferris wheel”?) and […]
Continue Reading... 2 Comments.Tweet On Saturday, February 18, I went with a friend/colleague to see Twyla Tharp’s new ballet The Princess and the Goblin. Apparently its full formal title is Twyla Tharp’s The Princess and the Goblin, which makes my teeth hurt, but I suppose one could argue that if you’re Twyla Tharp, you can call your ballets […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Tweet Big news from DLDancers HQ: Daniel and I found out on Friday that we have been chosen as “pros” for the Alzheimer’s Association “Dancing Stars of Central Georgia” event. Just like on Dancing with the Stars we will each be paired with a local “star” to prepare a dance routine that will be performed […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Tweet It used to be the case (18th-19th centuries, after the invention of partner dancing as we know it) that “older” and/or married people didn’t dance at parties or balls. Dancing was for the young people and those who were courting. I’m glad that’s not true anymore or Daniel and I would not have had […]
Continue Reading... No Comments.Tweet Last night, thanks to the mysterious appearance of the HBO channels on our cable lineup, I finally watched Black Swan. I approached the movie with extreme trepidation: because I get creeped out really easily and I don’t like to be startled, several people had told me I shouldn’t see it at all. But I […]
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