Dance It Out! How much do I love Steller…? Oh, so much. It’s my favorite new way to tell stories. Do you Steller? The app allows you to create interactive small stories made up photos, videos, text and music that can be shared with friends. I like that stories can be grouped into certain collections like …
Top ten ways to dance into spring in North Texas
It’s raining it’s pouring…so go to the theatre while the green grass is growing. There are so many spring concerts and so little time. Spring time is one of the best times for dance concerts. Here’s a round-up of the top ten dance shows for North Texas that you won’t want to miss this season. …
Five things you might not know about dance
Dancers have a wonderful reputation of being overachievers, super hard-workers and multitaskers who can focus on many things at once. This is why they make the best employees! I think of ballerinas as super heros. There’s a deep history to making these super hero dancers… Here are five things you might not know about dance. …
LakeCities Ballet Theatre Presents its 30th Anniversary Nutcracker
THE HOLIDAYS begin with the Stahlbaums’ annual Christmas party…children hungry for presents, too much champagne and a kooky uncle who makes enchanted toys. The whimsical world of E.T.A. Hoffman’s The Nutcracker helps to take us on the journey with Clara Stahlbaum, a bubbly little girl whose parents are having a party on Christmas Eve. For the evening …
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Le Ballet de Dracula
‘Tis the season for a scary ballet. Le Ballet de Dracula is everything the wholesome Nutcracker isn’t…scary, bloody and spooky. LakeCities Ballet Theatre’s artistic director, Kelly Lannin prepared the audience on Friday night not to get too comfortable because it was about to get scary…it was the perfect way to get into the Halloween spirit. My daughter and I …
Joffrey Ballet: Chicago’s classy cutting-edge company
One of the top dance companies in the world, The Joffrey Ballet graced Dallas this past weekend for the first time in twenty years. The program in Dallas’ Winspear Opera House included Edwaard Liang’s, Age of Innocence (2008), Christopher Wheeldon’s, After the Rain (2005) and Vaslav Nijinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps (1913). The three performances gave the audience a mix of emotion, romance, and history all …
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The Sweetest Dreams Come to Life through the Nutcracker
GROWING up, I remember my mom dressing me up in a navy velvet Christmas dress to see the Nutcracker ballet. She even let me wear my tiara. I had no idea the effect the ballet would have on me. Sitting in the audience, I was overwhelmed by a dreamy feeling of Tchaikovsky’s music, the winter …
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Let It Out…Dance All Day!
Dancers are a different breed. They dance ALL the time in regular everyday settings. A dancer doesn’t just bend over to pick something up, they ponche, plié, cambre…I think most everyone has an urge to break out and dance. We are ALL dancers! There is great joy found in movement; if we celebrate that happiness and dance …
First Position: a beautiful, feel-good ballet documentary
Not everyone has an appreciation for the talent, resolve, and effort required for a person to become a professional dancer. Ballet looks effortless and graceful with its artistry and embellishment of shapes but it is as complex as learning a new language. First Position, a Sundance documentary by Bess Kargman, focuses on seven children who are preparing for …
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Dance Planet, Do it!
My friend Sharon knows how to do the seventies disco dance “the hustle.” This week at work I would sing to her, “Do it! Do the Hustle!” Sharon would stop what she was doing (teaching kids) and “Do it! Do the Hustle!” Ahh, the power disco dance has to make us happy! This past Saturday …
Moulin Rouge: The Ballet
Stepping in to the Eisemann Center in Richardson, Texas on Friday night was an exhilarating feeling. Entering the theatrical atmosphere, the audience saw the signature red windmill lit up and slowly spinning. It made me feel as excited as I was when I saw the Moulin Rouge in Paris. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet set the …
Bei mir bist du schön: means ‘American Ballet Theatre’ is grand
One of the most beautiful sights you can see in a theatre is the American Ballet Theatre in a live performance. ABT is the country’s oldest surviving ballet company, but the word ‘old’ doesn’t suit ABT. This past weekend the company displayed an exciting mix of traditional and avant-garde in Dallas’ performance. It was a …
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