DC Flamenco Festival Dances into Town
... with five unique performances from some of Spain’s leading flamenco artists.
Master musicians, vocalists and traditional and contemporary dancers share the stage while demonstrating the passion, elegance and exhilaration of Spain’s national dance – flamenco.
This year’s festival features not only established performers but a few newer flamenco dancers exploding onto the flamenco scene, including the sensuous Pastora Galván, a dancer who easily shifts form classic and...
January 15th, 2010 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: dance, Events, featuredarticle, flamenco, Lisner
Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest by Gareth Brown
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At the beginning of December, I was at the Urban dance Festival 2009 at Swire Island East (map) where a photo exhibition called ‘Bodies in Motion, Bodies at Rest’ was being showcased. The collection takes a fresh look at Hong Kong’s historical backdrop by juxtaposing it with contemporary dance. As part of an ongoing photographic site-specific dance exploration by local photographer Gareth Brown, it observes infrastructures that have developed within the city through the years by covering both...
December 29th, 2009 | Jessy DB | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: art galleries, dance, exhibitions, photography, The Arts
A Jazzy Hip Hop Spin on the Classic Nutcracker
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Momentum dance Theatre’s Jazz Hip Hop Nutcracker is an exciting and original annual dance theater production putting a contemporary spin on the classic holiday Nutcracker story.
Two children, both having a bit of trouble fitting in with their peers, meet during a holiday party, share their problems and hopes, and then receive special gifts from the cool wizard guy, Mr. D.
They take their gifts and create a show, all from their imaginations. They later discover that change for the good can...
December 11th, 2009 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: christmas, dance, holidays, performing arts
Hong Kong Urban Dance Festival 2009
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On 12th December the Hong Kong Youth Arts Foundation is holding its Urban dance Festival 2009 where you can catch 66 outstanding dance performances from some of Hong Kong’s most talented youth. From 11am to 6pm at Taikoo Place (map), there will be live percussion music, dance workshops, performances and tours complete with characters in costumes. This is all FREE ADMISSION and everyone is welcome to participate. It’s a great chance to spend some time outdoors at the Swire Island East promenade...
December 5th, 2009 | Jessy DB | Read More | Comments: 1Filed under: dance, featuredarticle, festival, live music, Outdoors & Recreation, Performaning Arts - Theater & Dance
The Rockettes Rock Washington DC
... has been delighting New York Audiences, but in 1994, they took to the road and tour nationally.
The Rockettes will be performing their signature dance numbers including the audience favorite “The Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” dressed in their famous Babes in Toyland outfits will delight audiences with their precision chorus line dancing and signature high kicks. Additionally, “The Living Nativity,” complete with live animals are sure to delight the children. Another...
November 27th, 2009 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: christmas, dance, featuredarticle, Rockettes, The Arts
The Nutcracker – A Holiday Classic
... come alive and take them on a whirlwind adventure that includes the Sugar Plum Fairy, the dancing Snowflakes, and other masterfully choreographed dances.
The children (and audience) are presented passionate Spanish dancers, exotic harem dancers, fun Chinese dances and explosive Russian dancers all performed to the recognizably magical music of Tchaikovsky.
Watch as the story hits a crescendo as the Nutcracker Prince and his toy soldiers battle an army of giant mice led by The Mouse King.
The...
November 17th, 2009 | Jon Rochetti | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: ballet, dance, Events, Family Friendly
Buy Tickets for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Nutcracker
... One of those events that you need to plan for early is the Pacific Northwest Ballet’s staging of the Nutcracker.
Pacific Northwest Ballet Company dancers and PNB School students in Nutcracker. Photo © Angela Sterling
The classic, much-loved holiday story is the magical world of a little girl’s dream. It explores the theme of good triumphing evil, and of a beautiful woman finding her prince. In a constant blurring of fantasy and reality, and set to a beautiful Tchaikovsky score, the wonderfully...
October 27th, 2009 | Mary Jo Manzanares | Read More | Comments: 0Filed under: ballet, dance, featuredarticle, Holiday events, Nutcracker, performing arts
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