This question has come up 3-4 times in the past 24 hours or less, so I figure it needs its own post. [Warning: contains a Rude Word!] Dancers–specifically those who come out of a performing tradition such as ballet, jazz, tap, etc.–are a subset of theatre people. And theatre people are very superstitious, right up …
Category Archive: behind the curtain
Apr
07
Kirstie falls, Daniel snorts, I elbow Daniel in the face
First of all, let me say thank you once again to everybody who came out to our monthly-dance-turned-Daniel’s-birthday-party last night. It was a ton of fun, Daniel was delighted, and we will be eating the leftover snacks for days! Extra shout-outs to one couple (you know who you are) for bravely attending your first social …
Feb
23
It’s all about the sparkle
I would never accuse our dancers of doing anything as crazy as reading this website, but this week they did seem a lot more keen on the prospect of dressing up and looking flashy for their performance. One woman brought a selection of sparkly club-wear for me to adjudicate and the other said, unprompted, that …
Feb
07
Beauty vs. Athleticism
The walls of my childhood ballet studio were decorated with several posters by Harvey Edwards, including one close-up of a man doing a détiré en avant, sweat beaded on his face and hair. The caption: “Dance is work.” Eddie Ares’s studio offers this quotation on its website: “Dancers are the athletes of God.” Even for …
Dec
22
Gratuitous post featuring SNO!
It’s snowing over at Slim Paley’s site today; turns out that the snow is a WordPress feature so I had to put up a post here just to make it snow on DLDancers as well! WordPress-hosted blogs can turn on the snow by going to Appearance –> Extras and clicking “Show snow” or some such; …
Oct
11
Er, who?
As you all know, Daniel has numerous outstanding qualities: twinkly blue eyes, charming accent, uncanny ability to fix anything–and that’s not even to mention his dance skills. However, he is terrible with names. We have a grand total of TWO couples in our group class right now and he can never remember anyone’s name other …
Oct
08
You gave advice…
and I ignored it! Around the same time I posted my four possible Smooth gown choices, my friend JoyDawn offered me a try-on of a gown she bought on eBay that turned out to be too big for her. The fit is good (it will need only minimal alteration), the price is right, and it …
Sep
29
Please note the new tagline
Longtime readers of my LiveJournal* will recognize “What have you done for your dancing today?” as an adaptation of “What have you done for your dissertation today?,” the mantra that got me through writing my doctoral dissertation five years ago. In the interest of refining our focus and the site’s focus, I’ve decided to use …
Sep
19
Assorted entertainments, or “Pick My Dress”
Our friend and role model Jim Riley recently appeared on Fox 5′s “Good Day Atlanta” in the “Road Warrior” segment promoting National Ballroom Dance Week. Watch the video below or check it out here! Another friend and role model, the lovely JoyDawn, keeps reminding me that I’m supposed to be on the hunt for a …
Jul
24
“Go big or don’t go”
Driving back from our lesson with Eddie this afternoon, I passed a minivan whose back window was dominated by a huge decal from a dance studio. Below the studio name was the slogan “Go big or don’t go!” I had to smile because I’d been having the same conversation with Eddie just a couple of …