NPR’s Scott Simon presented a commentary this morning about a planned meet-up/protest today at the Jefferson Memorial. Today’s event follows an appeals court ruling in May that upheld the National Park Service’s arrest of a woman and her friends in 2008. They were arrested for silently dancing at the Jefferson Memorial in celebration of Jefferson’s …
Category Archive: in other news
Jun
04
May
26
Conservation of Dance Momentum
A body that is dancing tends to continue dancing unless acted on by an outside force. In the absence of outside forces (spring semester ended on May 6; congratulations, Class of 2011!), we have been dancing a lot and doing a lot of dance-related stuff in the last several days. Since I haven’t had to …
Apr
26
Represent, Represent!
Our class is learning the cha-cha–and also learning how hard it can be to do the steps accurately AND up to tempo. (If they’re anything like me, it’s usually one or the other…) Last night I downloaded my favorite slow/practice cha-cha song. Click and enjoy! In other news, it became known in class last night …
Apr
07
Dance Excuses
Last night we danced our new rumba routine at an International Festival event at Mercer University. It was a really nice event: good turnout, nice weather, really sweet organizer (Hi Laurel!). So if I didn’t dance well (spoiler: I didn’t), I can’t seriously blame anyone but myself. Still, on the way home I was consoling/amusing …
Mar
17
Following in someone’s footsteps
Today’s post comes to you courtesy of a student of mine who photographed 2 dance lessons in Chattanooga, TN during our recent Spring Break: Don’tcha just love it?
Jan
31
The inner Mark Twain
Internet, I revealed a secret to our dance class tonight, and now I’m going to share it with you. But it’s a secret, so I’m going to whisper, and then you can’t tell it to anyone else. Only your fellow dancers can know this. Lean in close. Wait, let me get a mint. Okay, now …
Nov
09
Save the Halls!
The Georgia Sports Hall of Fame and Music Hall of Fame, both mainstays of tourism and history in downtown Macon for over 10 years, are in danger of closing and moving to other cities. The state of Georgia plans to phase out funding for the halls over the next few years, requiring them to become …
Oct
14
“Dance Your Ph.D.”
Rarely do the 2 sides of my life dovetail so neatly, but I’ve just been reminded by my trusty online friends about Science magazine’s annual “Dance Your Ph.D.” competition. It seems dorky–and it is, in fact, HILARIOUS–but just watch the winning dance in the Chemistry category and see if you don’t feel like you learned …
Oct
02
Video stars
Yesterday afternoon at a press conference, the Peyton Anderson Foundation announced a $1.5 million one-year grant to promote Macon to the rest of Georgia and around the U.S. (Here’s the Macon Telegraph story.) The project, which is called the Gateway Initiative, includes a video featuring performing artists in iconic and beautiful Macon settings. Two of …
Aug
29
Workshop With Eddie!
At last year’s Stars over Macon Ball, Eddie Ares generously offered to come to Macon to give a free dance workshop. It’s taken almost a year but the workshop date has finally been scheduled: Sunday, September 26, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m. at the Howard Community Club. After the workshop, our dance will start at …