So, what is line dancing you may ask. In an article, Treva Bedinghaus aptly summarized, “Line dances are choreographed dances with a repeating series of steps that are performed in unison by a group ...
There are no actual dance steps in “Esplanade,” but it’s one of the most electrifying dances ever made. The audacity of its ...
If you love dancing but your partner doesn’t, line dancing can be the perfect solution. “And if you’re a practising Muslim who is not supposed to get too close to anyone but your husband, it is really ...
Line dancing may be associated with the US, but it's a popular hobby and competition dance in Germany, too. DW checked in with a line dance society and a champion line dancer. "You don't just get up ...
Ballet, the basis for all of Western theatrical dance, is a theatrical performance, using elements from a rich tapestry of traditional movements. Most ballets consist of dancing and music only, ...
There are many ways you can measure the high-water mark of modern dance, but one method might be to pinpoint the moment at which its European predecessor, ballet, started inviting the distinctly ...
The experience of exile, whether literal or symbolic, is inevitably reflected in an individual’s body. Feeling cut off from one’s roots, or viewing yourself as a stranger in a foreign land, influences ...
When Contemporary Dance Theater founder Jefferson James first moved to Cincinnati with her husband in 1964, there was no real dance scene in the city. “There was sort of a society of ballet studios ...
“Border Crossings: Exile and American Modern Dance 1900-1955” opens at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum and dance performances by the Jose Limón Dance Company, Santa Barbara Dance Theater and ...