Monthly Archives: May 2012
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Madison Studio recital day!
Posted on May 31, 2012 by lauraet in Ballerina Corner, behind the curtain, exhibitions & performances, Uncategorized.Tweet MSDE’s annual recital, “Ballet, Boogie, & Broadway,” kicks off in just under 5 hours. We had an excellent dress rehearsal last night, I got to leave my costumes on the premises so I don’t have to carry them over there again today, I have all the correct shoes in my bag, and (hopefully) the […]
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The effect of a dance studio on a Regular Person
Posted on May 29, 2012 by lauraet in behind the curtain, in other news.Tweet Since working on Dancing Stars I’ve started to notice something interesting about the way “regular people” (non-dancers or non-habitual dancers) react to being in a dance studio space. For as long as I can remember, I have regarded a dance studio as one tiny step–at most–below a sacred space. In fact, in the Afro-Haitian […]
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Good Stuff
Posted on May 24, 2012 by lauraet in Linktastic.Tweet Guys, there has been so much good dance stuff online lately that I can hardly believe it. Hat tips to Joyce Newman, Carson Flournoy, Sheri Leblanc, and Arthur Murray of Danvers, Mass. (seven convenient locations)! This tongue-in-cheek yet totally true and hilarious appeal to men: Dance–The Man’s Choice (from Arthur Murray of Silicon Valley) Tango […]
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“Translocal”?
Posted on May 19, 2012 by lauraet in dancing in the media, in other news, MSDC.Tweet Jonathan Marion, whom I can pretend to know because he is a frequent flyer on Dance Forums, published this interesting article about “the translocal culture of competitive ballroom dance” in Journal for the Anthropological Study of Human Movement. The article does a nice job explaining that competitive dancers not only take the extensive travel […]
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And the beat goes on
Posted on May 18, 2012 by lauraet in exhibitions & performances.Tweet We had to go over to the Alzheimer’s Association office this afternoon to return some stuff. Once we finished walking right into the middle of a committee meeting because someone (DANIEL J. BOUDREAULT) did not heed the “Please use front door” sign, we had a nice chat with the staff. Karen K. asked “Are […]
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The gift that keeps on giving
Posted on May 16, 2012 by lauraet in Dancing Stars of Central Georgia, faaaaaaaame!.Tweet Dancing Stars of Central Georgia is the gift that keeps on giving! Yesterday evening we all got emailed a YouTube link for this “Thank You” ad that WGXA created: The little clips in the ad look so good that we can’t wait to see the DVDs with the complete video of our performances. We’re […]
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Who takes the lead?
Posted on May 15, 2012 by lauraet in dancing in the media, in other news.Tweet My Twitter-mate Caitlin Doran posted a link earlier today to this article in Canada’s National Post. The article reports an incident in which a woman was asked to leave a jive class after trying to switch to the leader’s role and “lead her male partner.” The instructor contends that the student was asked to […]
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Videos of Team Dashley and Team LaJack
Posted on May 14, 2012 by lauraet in Dancing Stars of Central Georgia.Tweet Our friend Jamie Wyatt of Dancing on the Journey took videos of our performances on Saturday night. Hooray! I think our performances look great (if I do say so myself)–check ’em out, and please visit Jamie’s blog and Pinterest boards. Ashley & Daniel: Jack & Laura: Jamie also got video of our fellow USA Dance […]
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Dancing Stars of Central Georgia wrapup/recap/victory lap
Posted on May 13, 2012 by lauraet in competitions, Dancing Stars of Central Georgia, faaaaaaaame!.Tweet The first Dancing Stars of Central Georgia was a huge success for the DLDancers team! We didn’t bring home all the trophies but Team Dashley crushed their fundraising goal and thereby won the People’s Choice award–Ashley raised over $100,000 all by herself, making a huge contribution to the overall total of $205,962! Everybody was […]
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I haz famus partner!
Posted on May 12, 2012 by lauraet in Dancing Stars of Central Georgia, faaaaaaaame!.Tweet Fox24, presenting sponsor for Dancing Stars of Central Georgia, has been doing profiles of the “stars” in Dancing Stars for the past several Fridays. Jack’s turn came yesterday: We also got this incredibly moving video emailed to us as an important reminder of what this event is really all about: No matter who wins […]
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