"What's the best advice anyone ever gave you? My teacher in Estonia told me to stop at my peak. It's better to be remembered at your best, which is why I plan to retire this summer."
"The lucrative production finished its annual run over the weekend, 45 performances in all, and the company reported about 90 percent paid attendance — only 2 percent down from last year, when the Broadway stagehands strike brought more people than usual to the ballet."
"The mixture of styles, the continuation of the love of dance, and even cheesy Michael 'Lord of the Dance' Flatley helped the show's Sunday preview get the network's highest non-sports results in the time period since Feb. 17 among adults 18-49."
"Kaiser’s 'No Bailout for the Arts?' has been circulating pretty rapidly (often under different headlines) and has now appeared in periodicals across the country. In it, Kaiser points out that: This perfect storm has already weakened the fabric of our nation’s arts ecology."
"The number of people taking part in the English folk dance is falling while the average age of the dancers is going up. The Morris Ring, which represents 200 troupes, hopes a recruitment drive will revive the flagging tradition."
"The news on 'Dancing with the Stars' has been announced and the reaction from fans is very mixed. We aren't talking about the upcoming season eight of the hit dancing reality show, but the fact that two of the professional dancers -- Maksim Chmerkovskiy and Karina Smirnoff -- are engaged."
"Choreographer Benjamin Levy has a thing for chins and convulsions, as evidenced Saturday night at Dance Place, when his six-year-old, San Francisco-based LEVYdance performed before a sold-out crowd. None of the four works on the program (three were East Coast premieres) came full circle, but each offered clever effervescence."
"Dancer Michael Wall, 16, who plays Edward Owen and also wrote the music, said: 'It has been interesting historically - researching and finding out about the background to the story.'"
Parsons Dance unveils a world premiere collaboration with the East Village Opera Company at The Joyce Theater, January 6 - 18. Parsons dancers Julie Blume and Abby Silva with EVOC lead vocalist Tyley Ross (center). Photo by Lois Greenfield.
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