15 January 2012 The jazz dancer, Marie Bryant, claims to have taught 20th Century Fox’s blonde bombshell, Betty Grable, how to shake her thing. The conduit was Jack Cole, for whom Bryant worked as a rehearsal assistant. [...] 12 January 2012  A good way of going postal .. by attaching an “innovative choreographer” stamp to your mail. [...] 11 January 2012  Iconic? You bet. As “Gilda,” Rita Hayworth is unbelievable in that black slit-up-to-the-thigh number. And who knew from whence the inspiration? [...] 9 January 2012  Review of Wim Wenders’s dance film, “Pina” [...] 8 January 2012 Gregory Hines vs. Sammy Davis, Jr. You be the judge. [...] 7 January 2012  Those who go see the new Wenders film “Pina” are on their own to cull any information on the artist. artsmeme to the rescue! [...] 5 January 2012  A well qualified woman in the arts was today named to a key role. Congratulations to the new director of the American Dance Festival, Jodee Nimerichter. [...] 4 January 2012  When Merce Cunningham Dance Company, rather its board of directors, announced the closure of one of the greatest performing arts ensembles in dance history, audiences responded with mute acceptance. Dance critic Robert Johnson reacts differently. [...] 3 January 2012  Meet Micah Moch, one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2012. [...] 31 December 2011  A highlight of the blistering Kwanzaa show staged by Lula Washington Dance Theatre at the Nate Holden Theater this weekend was a sinewy solo by Haniyyah Tahirah bedecked in what Washington calls a “tutu raffia.” [...] | |
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