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Them’s marchin’ words!

August 21st, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

Encouraging words from Rachel Maddow at Jacob’s Pillow… yeah, that’s why I do what I do!

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What a wedding dance!

August 3rd, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

Check it out…

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Doing a conference: strategies

July 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

I’ve been to four conferences in the past 8 or 9 years:   NDEO in Providence, Rhode Island (was that 2001?); NDEO 2003 in Albequerque, New Mexico;  daCi 2006 in The Hague, The Netherlands; and NDEO 2009 in New York City.   That’s not often enough that I know many people when I get there, but enough […]

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Doing a conference

July 27th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized

On the occasion of having recently been to New York City for the NDEO 2009 Conference Focus on Dance Education: Take a Bite of the Apple/Exploring Resources to Promote Best Practices, I recommend it — doing a professional conference — although it does take a fair amount of energy, time, trouble & money.  Here are […]

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SYTYCD: so you thought you could disregard…

July 24th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

disregard vb. 1. to give little or no attention to; ignore.  2. to treat as unworthy of consideration or respect. So You Think You Can Dance has been going on for 5 years now, but I’ve only just hopped on the bandwagon.  Despite having seen it once or twice a couple years ago  — and […]

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Summer thoughts

July 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized

My mind’s been neither as empty as my summer classroom nor as stagnant as this blog since June 19th. Fact is, the content of my posts reflect the intersection of dance & my life, while the rhythm of my posts is equally expressive [as in, a single post in May was all that could happen […]

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Dance around the world

June 19th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

Look for “Dance Around the World” in The Big Picture.

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Ah… summer

June 19th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Uncategorized

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Rehearsal: skill development for kindergarteners

June 18th, 2009 · Comments Off · Uncategorized

Performance over, there’s finally time to review the process… There’s a lot to learn in the process of rehearsal, if the dance is built for continuous learning. And although the goal of rehearsal would seem to be a more perfect performance, it’s not.  It’s growth.  There’s a limit to how perfectly kindergarteners are going to […]

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Training the audience

June 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Uncategorized

Audience norms are really different, depending on the event.  Golf: total silence for the swing.  Ballet: silence with applause following fantastic turns and jumps.  Modern: silence, even following fantastic turns and jumps. Baseball: general conversation, cell phones & folks hawking food, but don’t disturb your neighbor during a play, and be ready to cheer wildly […]

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