Dance studio

he was a citizen of America, he was Irish and ¼ German. Gene began to dance when he was 15. He was known as an all rounder because he was an American actor, singer, film director, producer, dancer and above all a choreographer. He was well known for his good looks and energetic style of dance. Kelly 's family started a dance studio in Pittsburgh. In 1932 the studio was renamed as Gene Kelly studio of Dance After starting the dance company, he decided to pursue his carer as a choreographer. It…

Matilda’s Ensemble. The auditions took place at the Ripley Grier Studios in New York City. That is where most of the auditions take place for Broadway. My mom and I get there early and sign in at…

Pantherette Dance team. The weekend of November 22nd, 2015 the city of Deland, Florida held their annual Deland Fall Festival of the Arts. The Pantherettes performed a few of their routines from their pep rally routine to a dance created for their few competitions during the season. The first performance was a new work to the music “Goodnight Moon” by Shivaree, the music selection was very instrumental to the choreography and helped to tell the story and relay the mood of the dance.…

MY DANCE YEARS I was very excited about my first ballet/ jazz/ hip-hop dance class. That I was only five- years- old and I was tall for my age. I walked into the dance studio i was scared at first to make new friends, I met my dance teacher, she was nice, her name was Janet. Then after meeting my dance teacher I actually made a friend on the first day of dance class. The girl’s name was Kayln, she said she loved to dance just like me dancing really helped me to relax. I wanted to give up but I…

interest of mine since i was five years old and began taking dance classes. Although I knew everything about learning and performing I had little knowledge about the choreographing process. I decided to learn these steps for my project to be able to construct my own dance in two years when I have my senior solo, as all seniors do at my studio. At the end of last year my dance teacher said if a fellow dancer and I wanted to choreograph our own dance for recital next year, she would definitely…

major Laura Catherine Dawson has already found her spot at the head of a class full of students, a dance class that is. Dawson is the founder and head instructor of the Leaps of Faith dance program. The program is a free of charge after school ministry born out of a partnership between Edwards Street Fellowship, Earl Travillion Attendance Center and Dawson’s personal mission to start a free dance company. Dawson started dancing at two-years old. The Hattiesburg native studied classical…

American dance in the 1930 's by going to the roots of black dance and rituals transforming them into significant artistic choreography”-KDCAH Background/Personal Information About Katherine Dunham Katherine Mary Dunham was born on June 22nd, 1990, in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She was born to her father Albert Millard Dunham and her mother Fanny June Taylor, and was the younger sister to Albert Dunham Jr. (Library of Congress). From a very young age Dunham was fascinated by the art of dance, but…

If you asked me today if dance was ever an obstacle in my life I’d probably tell you no. In reality, dance was never really easy for me in the beginning. My journey as a dancer started all the way back to when I was three years old. Growing up, I was never really the girly type. I was more of a sports kind of girl thanks to my older brothers and dad. My mother on the other hand did not want me to go down that route, so she introduced me to the world of dance. It was a love hate relationship at…

visually. There are many genres of dance, just like how there’s horror and romantic genres in music or film. Each dance genre can correspond to a period of time, gender, religion or musical tune. Within dance we have multiple occupations and purposes. Everything and everyone experiences different levels and variety of dances; even our eyes “dance” as we read words on the covers of magazines. There are many factors that determine your knowledge and likeness of dance. Maybe when you were just a…

hailed as the queen of south indian cinema in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Born in Travencore, Kerala, on 12th June 1932, she was the middle sister. Lalitha, Padmini and Ragini became popular dancers in different genres like Kathakali, Bharatnatyam and folk dance and came to be called the Travencore Sisters. The trio were the disciples of Indian dancer Guru Gopinath. They learnt Kathakali and Kerala Natanam styles of dancing from him.The trio were the disciples of Indian dancer Guru Gopinath. They…