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Ballerina Corner faaaaaaaame!

I R FAMUS BALLERINA

Not really. But I was interviewed by 4Dancers.org as part of their month-long feature on adult ballet dancers.  Behold!  You should read the whole series; all the dancers have really great, positive things to say.

While you’re up, don’t forget to check out the “Team LaJack” page for tales of Dancing Stars rehearsal, and head on over to the Dancing Stars website for tickets to the event.  Thanks!

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Arthur Murray Explains It All For You

This weekend in conjunction with the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, the Macon Friends of the Library held their annual Old Book Sale.  They sell donated books and library books that have been taken out of circulation at fantastic prices.  I never have any luck going to the sale with a specific agenda, but it is one of the world’s great opportunities to cruise around, see what you can see, and then feel good about buying it because it’s only $1.  Last time I went, I stacked up so many books that I required a box to haul them to my car.  This time, I only bought 3 things.  Two are irrelevant to the present topic but the third one is a total gem.  You see, I was inspired by Adult Beginner‘s recent forays into ballet-book-buying and ballet-book-borrowing to ransack the “Dance and Theatre” section.  Of course, the section was 95% theatre stuff–mostly plays, a few books on set design, lighting, the inevitable 100 Best Monologues for Teens or similar, and one volume titled Now Hiring: Theatre.  I didn’t open that one but I imagine that all the pages simply said “BWAH hahahahahahaha just kidding!”

However, mixed in with the odd No Fear Shakespeare and Four Plays by Ibsen and so on, I found this gem:

How to Become a Good Dancer
How to Become a Good Dancer

Yes, that’s How to Become a Good Dancer by Arthur Murray, with Dance Secrets by Kathryn Murray (Mrs. Arthur), and delicious midcentury illustrations by Lealand Gustavson, may his name be praised. Click through for more photos!

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Short Take #7: Tweetversation

Just had to reproduce this exchange with my Twitter friend The Original Turtle (@the_turtle):

@nicole_sauvage: Need bigger house for working out choreography. #firstworldproblems #dancerproblems

@the_turtle: @nicole_sauvage the weather is getting better… You could use the driveway!

@nicole_sauvage: @the_turtle True fact! Would not be the weirdest thing ever seen on this street.

@the_turtle: @nicole_sauvage in Buenos Aires, they tango in the streets. I assume they stop traffic for it.

@nicole_sauvage: @the_turtle Only for the good dancers. It’s a convenient means of quality control.

@the_turtle: @nicole_sauvage yeah, but with the right tango heels you could but a serious dent in the hood of somebody’s car in Buenos Aires…

@nicole_sauvage: @the_turtle I really like the way you think.

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Instrument Petting Zoo!

Daniel and I had to stay busy between meeting our Dancing Stars partners and finding out the dances we’d been assigned, so last Sunday we spent the afternoon at the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences’ “Instrument Petting Zoo” event.  The event is an annual collaboration between the Museum and the Mercer/Macon Youth Orchestra and it’s designed to introduce young children (preschool/early elementary) to classical music and musical instruments.  This year, small ensembles from the orchestra played some dance selections (a pair of “Renaissance dances,” a waltz, a sarabande, a tango, and a samba) and the manager wanted to showcase some dancing along with the music.  She contacted Ms. Madison who put Daniel and me on the case as well as choreographing a number herself.  We rallied the troops from our group class and from Got Dance? Move It! so there was plenty of participation.

The Madison Studio’s junior performance ensemble performed beautifully to the “Renaissance Dances.”  Daniel and I danced the waltz; then Daniel partnered our student Megan and two of the GDMI dancers joined them for the tango.  Another GDMI member choreographed a gorgeous contemporary piece for the sarabande, and all of us closed out the program with some audience participation to the samba.  We did 3 performances over the course of the afternoon with an almost-full house for every one.  Got effusive compliments from the orchestra manager (Hi Connie!  Thanks!), a few museum higher-ups, and some audience members.  Most of all we were incredibly proud of the GDMI dancers.  They are so game and energetic and up for anything.  We salute them!

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Dancing Stars partnerships revealed!

We are so excited to have met our new partners, Ashley and Jackson!  I’m working on cheesy team names à la DWTS: Team Dashley and Team LaJack?  What do you think?

Click here for the story on NewsCentral Georgia plus video of our appearance on their newscast!