29 May 2011
This pitiless crew had not only a dance critic eating out of their hand; five thousand Chinese enjoyed their charms, and their enduring hard work. I never chatted with dancers who referred to themselves as often as dance-artists or expressed as much concern about connecting with their audience. [...]
26 May 2011
Crazy things happened in the audience. When Miller first exploded into drumming, the crowd erupted with the first of many spontaneous, marvelously timed, rounds of applause — not jazz’s standard post-solo clapping. Instead, a great roar would arise like at a soccer match. The quartet responded in kind, tearing into their material and delivering a full throttle set of American jazz. [...]
26 May 2011
The Lula Washington modern dancers make a bullet path from Xi’an to Zhengzhou on a high-speed train. There they opened a 8 day residency at SIAS University, under the sponsorship of SIAS President Shawn Chen. [...]
24 May 2011
They came, they saw, they danced, and they conquered the ancient Chinese capital of Xi’an, even waking the terracotta soldiers: Lula Washington Dance Theatre. [...]
23 May 2011
At Beijing Airport with irrepressible, fabulous Lula Washington Dancers… [...]
16 May 2011
arts·meme has the great honor of accompanying Lula Washington Dance Theatre’s month long tour of China, primarily in and around Henan province. [...]
9 January 2011
A positive review by a U.S. consulate representative vetting a Vladivostok performance by Lula Washington Dance Theater, in November and December on a 20-city Russian tour, has resulted in a six-figure grant in support a 25-day tour for the ebullient Los Angeles-based African-American dance troupe to China. [...]
27 January 2010
About Los Angeles choreographer Lula Washington who created movements for James Cameron’s “Avatar” [...]
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gered mankowitz, photog, 1967
brigitte bardot ballerina
charles chaplin, ballet man
debbie reynolds ballerina
janet leigh ballerina
“the red danube” (1949)
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