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30 October 2012

Barrie Chase to reminisce about her favorite dance partner

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Concerns this week’s event at the Television Academy, a revisiting of the great television specials of Fred Astaire. [...]

20 May 2012

Happy 100th Gene Kelly! Love, Oscar

Gene Kelly color

A big centennial event for Gene Kelly @ the Academy. [...]

18 February 2012

Wherefore art thou, o Hollywood choreographer?

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Choreographers get a bum deal in Hollywood. So what else is new? Where *aren’t* dancers at the bottom of the rung? [...]

4 November 2011

Hollywood’s dance super-agent, Julie McDonald, to be honored with Lifetime Achievement award

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Where it comes to doing real things to help dancers and choreographers, pioneering agent Julie McDonald is in a category of her own. And now she’s being recognized with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Choreography Under the Stars Festival in Palm Desert Nov 12. [...]

21 October 2011

MJ, not dying, not depressed, in “This is It”

Michael Jackson in "This Is It."

Ruminating on Michael Jackson in “This is It” which I only had the ability to watch tonight. [...]

21 October 2011

Michael Jackson rehearses “Billie Jean,” “Human Nature,” from Kenny Ortega’s “This is It”

Michael Jackson in "This Is It."

Michael Jackson, a great, great talent, riffs on his dance moves while rehearsing “Billie Jean” from Kenny Ortega’s “This is It.” Saddest movie I ever saw. [...]