Celebrate Jewish Culture at the Chutzpah! Festival
The Chutzpah! Festival of dance, theatre and music celebrates contemporary Jewish culture with shows and performers in venues around Vancouver until Sunday, February 27.
The main venue is the Norman Rothstein Theatre, but there are also performances at the Scotiabank dance Centre, Presentation House Theatre Venue nightclub, and the Commodore Ballroom This years festival includes an artist residency program that brings together dancers and choreographers from Israel and Canada.
Kibbutz
A newcomer...
February 15th, 2011 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance, Jewish culture, music, theater
The 7th Annual International PuSh Festival of the Performing Arts
... it’s 7th birthday as part of the celebration. Lots of exciting performances and events have been planned, with an eclectic mix of music, dance, theatre and other events. And for the first time, visual artists who exhibit or publish their work will be included.
Linking performance and visual arts 100% Vancouver is a huge project by Theatre Replacement and SFU Woodwards originating in Rimini Protokoll’s Berlin company who presented last year’s Best Before. Three performances...
January 17th, 2011 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: arts, dance, festivals, theater
Shakin’ Up Washington DC with Bellydance Superstars
Having performed over 600 shows in more than 20 countries since forming 6 years ago, one of Washington DC’s favorite dance troupes, the Bellydance Superstars, have earned their reputation as one of the finest and most progressive bellydance company on the planet.
Having sold out previous single night appearance shows at The Birchmere in Arlington, Virginia, this year, two shows are scheduled in late October as part of their 3-month, 75 city tour.
Washington DC is a mecca for bellydance with multiple...
October 6th, 2010 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance, featuredarticle, Virginia
A Ballet Like No Other – Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
I first saw a performance by Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo in Chicago in the late 1970s. I took my then girlfriend, a serious dance student, to the performance, simply telling her that we were seeing a ballet troupe from Monte Carlo.
She had no idea all of the dancers of the company were men, all men, including the ballerinas wearing classic tutus and dancing en point. By the end of the second number, she mentioned she thought something was just a bit “odd.” She then realized that the...
October 2nd, 2010 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: ballet, comedy, dance, Kennedy-Center
Free Concerts and Movies at Carter Barron Amphitheatre
... Amphitheatre, in picturesque Washington DC’s Rock Creek Park, offers free summer music concerts, performing arts and movies all summer. From dance to poetry to jazz and blues, the series has something for everyone, including a couple movies for the family.
The summer free concert schedule includes:
August 13 at 7:30 p.m. – 8th Annual Metro DC dances features Capitol Movement (CMI), Junior Company, Contradiction dance, New School of dance & Arts, Next Reflex dance Collective plus...
July 16th, 2010 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance, movies, music
New Works Dance & Music Series
Enjoy dance and music from all over the world in a beautiful setting on Granville Island. The New Works “All Over the Map World dance & Music Series”takes place at Ron Basford Park (next to Performance Works Theatre) (map) on Granville Island starting July 12 until August 30.
This year’s lineup is “All Over the Map’s” characteristic blend of music and dance and you can be sure it will get the audience moving, some be prepared to dance! The shows are free...
July 9th, 2010 | thevancouverguide | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance
Burlesque-A-Pades Invades DC
... performing his hard-rock version of Hava Nagila.
The show is bound to be campy, cute, clever and of course sexy. With some of the best burlesque dancers in the business bringing the classic 1950s glamour back into entertainment, how can it not be an titillating night of retro fun.
Burlesque originated in the mid-1800s as an alternative to high-brow entertainment and theater. It involved a series of comedy and singing acts, skits, jugglers or acrobats and the main attraction, scantily-dressed...
June 25th, 2010 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance, nightlife, The Arts, theater
Coming up: Greenwich and Docklands International Festival
The Greenwich and Docklands Festival brings modern dance to East London at the end of June, using some of the area’s most famous buildings and green spaces as the theatre for spectacular events.
An Italian dance company set the Royal Naval College on fire...
This year the theme is ‘earth’, opening with ‘Gravity’, an event which will see the Queen’s House, Greenwich, taken over by dancers. The mix of modern dance with the calm Renaissance lines of Inigo Jones’s...
May 30th, 2010 | Andrea Kirkby | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Art, dance, festival
Riverdance’s Farewell Tour Stops at Wolf Trap
After 15 years of delighting audiences with its legendary high-stepping, fast-tapping Irish dancing troupe, Riverdance is making its final world tour and stopping at Wolf Trap for 7 shows before taking their final bow.
Initially made famous by Jean Butler and Michael Flatley, Riverdance will be visiting every venue in North America it visited during its 15-year run. Over the past few years, the show has been performing to smaller audiences and smaller venues.
The show brings their usual intricate...
May 29th, 2010 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance, music
Northwest Folk Life Festival Kicks Off Seattle Summer
... one of the classic holiday weekend events is the Northwest Folklife Festival. Now in its 39th year, Folklife is an eclectic combination of music, dance, storytelling, and play that brings the community together in a giant weekend celebration. This multi-cultural,family friendly event has hundreds of performances and interactive activities, giving fans of all ages a chance to enjoy, relax, explore, and experience something new.
Children of the Revolution perform at Seattle's Northwest Folklife
The...
May 21st, 2010 | Mary Jo Manzanares | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance, festival, holiday, music
Indian Folk and Tribal Dance Festival
Indian Folk and Tribal dance Festival
A 7-day National Assembly of Young Artists from Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi has been kicked off on May 17th. The Indian Folk dance festival showcases some of India’s traditional and performing arts. Every region of India has its own style of folk and tribal dance. Each Indian Folk dance style has only one purpose – an expression of joy. Usually, the Indian folk dance steps are simple and don’t require extensive...
May 19th, 2010 | induspride | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance, Events, featuredarticle
Acabar, A Happening Place
... they are on a losing team.
If you suddenly feel like dancing, just walk across the courtyard and loose yourself to the rhythm of good music on the dance floor. Impossible to imagine where dawn will surprise you…
Acabar
Honduras 5733, Palermo
4772-0845 / 4776-3634
...
March 26th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance, music, pub games, Restaurants & Bars
El Viejo Almacén: The Temple of Tango
... as well as for those immigrants who spent all day working very hard and wanted to relax and have fun at night. Prohibited for women, tango was danced only by prostitutes and amongst men as well. With time, tango songs and the dance itself started gaining everyone’s heart and soul.
Tango cafés are an important part of the life of Buenos Aires. While Café Tortoni is the most famous of the old-fashioned, elegant tango clubs in the city, it could sometimes get crowded and filled with loads of...
March 16th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Buenos Aires, dance, featuredarticle, history, music, san telmo, Tango
Upcoming Performances in Tacoma Theater District
Tacoma has a vibrant and growing Theater District, providing quality music, comedy, dance, drama, movies, and other performances in three venues: Pantages Theater, Rialto Theater, and Theatre on the Square. The Spring Season for the Broadway Center for the Performing Arts is well under way, but there’s still time to catch a great performance.
Here’s what’s on the calendar.
March:
12th – 21st – Defending the Caveman (Theatre on the Square)
19th – Jay Ungar & Molly Mason (Rialto)
19th...
March 15th, 2010 | Mary Jo Manzanares | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance, music, The Arts, theater
Tangos y Milongas
... bandoneon provided the music from the Rio de la Plata with that melancholic and somewhat sullen sound that characterizes tango today); and in the dance.
You may take Tango classes which last between one and two hours. It is ideal to take four or five lessons. From the first lesson, teachers train beginners in the mastering of the basic steps: eight simple movements that may be learned in a few hours.
Buenos Aires is full of houses with live tango orchestras and dancers. The most important places...
March 13th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 5Filed under: Buenos Aires, dance, milonga, music, Tango
Tango… How Did It All Began
... lonely and frequently sought out the company of ladies of the night. While waiting for their favours, the men entertained each other with their new dance invention, dripping with sorrow and longing as well as a touch of aggression.
Initially, the Tango was played with a violin, a flute and a guitar. The bandoneon, which gives that unique tango sound, was not a part of the Tango until a couple of decades later, around 1900 when gradually it started replacing the flute.
The most representative artist...
March 11th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Buenos Aires, dance, featuredarticle, History & Information, music, Tango
Confitería Ideal… A Unique Time Capsule
... has two floors. The main floor is mostly a confitería, a café and bakery where you can also get a light lunch. The top floor is a bar as well as a dance hall. The walls are covered with deeply rich wood paneling and mirrors. The ceiling is full of fans and an ornate metal and glass skylight. It is a time capsule where you keep waiting for Carlos Gardel to come strolling in. It is not the best place to go to meet young people because the clientéle are mostly older couples, but the ambiance is...
March 6th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: cafe, dance, Restaurants
More on the Buenos Aires Carnival 2010
... here is not as good as in other parts of Argentina such as Gualeguaychú and Corrientes, it is interesting to go and take a look, have fun and dance with the rest of the sweaty happy people.
So, every Saturday and Sunday, starting at 7 pm until late, you can go to celebrate el carnaval porteño in different spots. Here you have a list so you can choose. I recommend Almagro and Abasto…
Abasto: Av. Córdoba entre Agüero y Sanchez de Bustamante.
Almagro: Av. Corrientes entre Medrano y Bulnes.
Bajo...
February 9th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: Buenos Aires, carnival, dance, music
Music + Dance + Colours = Carnaval Porteño
... the traditional Carnaval Porteño.
The carnival is a long-standing tradition in the city of Buenos Aires. Satire and defamation, body painting, dance, street music, humor, costumes, masks and mockery, are some of the characteristics that accompanied it through time.
The difference between the carnaval porteño and the other carnivals of the north is notorious in the way of singing and dancing. The use of the bass drum and the cymbals as almost the only instruments, and the strong keen of identity...
February 7th, 2010 | Pablo Juan Augustinowicz | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: Buenos Aires, Carnaval, dance, featuredarticle, la boca, music
The Butterfly Lovers Comes to Seattle Paramount Theatre
The beauty and artistry of the Beijing dance Academy comes to Seattle in The Butterfly Lovers, the story of a forbidden marriage that’s been hailed as China’s Romeo & Juliet.
The story tells of Zhu Yingtai, a beautiful and intelligent woman, who is the only daughter in a wealthy family. She convinces her father to allow her to attend school, but since this is a tradition only permitted boys, she must disguise herself so that she might be allowed to study. She meets a handsome young man...
February 6th, 2010 | Mary Jo Manzanares | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: dance, featuredarticle, performing arts, theater
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