Featured Blogs & Diaries

Matthew Neff
Matthew performs, teaches and choreographs in genres ranging from theater to classical modern to jazz.// Updated May 09, 2008 //

Lindsay Live
Lindsay's blog is full of late breaking dance news and intriguing perspectives on all things dance!// Updated May 06, 2008 //
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Laura Diffenderfer
The Managing Editor here at Dancer Magazine, Laura is also a writer and choreographer living in Brooklyn, NY.// Updated Apr 22, 2008 //

Wendy Garofoli
Wendy, the new Web Editor at Dancer Magazine, reports on the hottest trends in dance, from the latest news developments to buzz-worthy happenings around the world.// Updated May 13, 2008 //
Stacie Strong
Stacie, our resident tap aficionado and hardcore rhythm tapper tells all about the wide world of tap!// Updated May 11, 2008 //

Shallom
Dancer, choreographer, visual artist. Each day she looses herself in the immediacy of the moment and finds herself in the joy of movement.// Updated Jan 17, 2008 //

Taylor Gordon
A college grad at 19 years old, Taylor is blazing new paths in dance, writing, and all things creative. Take a look at what she is up to & try to keep up!// Updated Mar 31, 2008 //

Sound Guy 101
Got questions about sound editing or new trends in music? Look no further.// Updated Apr 09, 2008 //

Joe Cote
Site updates and info. Stay tuned into DancerUniverse.Com's fast pace of dance community development.// Updated Mar 19, 2008 //

Dolly Dinkle
Your one stop shop for all things fancy/dancy & fabulous on the net!// Updated Jan 14, 2008 //

Ryan Kasprzak
Ryan can "...get laughs simply by breathing" according to the NYT. Check out his blog of all things Broadway and see if his prowess translates to the net!// Updated May 08, 2008 //

Adrienne Fisher
A performer with a background in concert dance and musical theatre. Her experience in many genres of dance makes for a very interesting blog.// Updated May 09, 2008 //

Kim Gower
Kim teaches dance in many different settings and brings those perspective to all of her dance writing, she lives in D.C. and knows all about dance in the capitol!// Updated Apr 23, 2008 //
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Robot Dancer
Kerry Bircett from the English National Ballet and the robo-snake perform for awed audiences at the Streetwise Robots event in London.
A ballerina from the English National Ballet poses gracefully next to a...robot snake? That's right. A two-meter tall snake-bot was on display at the Streetwise Robots event on May 6 at the London Science Museum's Dana Center. The work of Merlin Robotics, Nottingham Trent University, and the Edinburgh College of Art, the slithery mechanical snake mimics the dexterous movements of a ballerina, sliding up her arm as she performs a por de bras.
Pretty soon, we may see dancing robots onstage alongside prima ballerinas! An exciting development, if you ask me.
Against All Odds
Dance is competitive, we all know that. Anyone who wants to become a professional has to have a thick skin to survive all the corrections given by teachers and choreographers. But what do you do if you are told time and time again that you'll never live your dream? What if your problem is not your attitude, your work ethic or your training, but is instead the one thing you can't change - your body? Read on to hear how one professional tap dancer - Laura Chiuve - overcame both the odds and the limitations of her own anatomy to succeed not only in tap, but in other forms of dance as well.
This Day in Tap History - Fred Astaire
On May 10, 1899, Mrs. Austerlitz gave birth to a little baby named Fred in Omaha, Nebraska. Seven years and one name change later, little Fred Austerlitz hit the stage as Fred Astaire, partnering his older sister Adele in a popular brother-sister act that would endure until Adele's marriage in 1932. Although modern audiences know Fred Astaire for his on-screen partnering of Ginger Rogers, he was equally (and in some cases even more) suited to dance with hats, canes, coat racks, firecrackers, sports equipment and animated mice.
Here's Fred in one of my favorite numbers, though some of you may like the clip after the jump more.
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The company seeks a male dancer with strong contemporary dance technique, partnering skill and a passion for dance. Candidates should be willing to push their minds and bodies to their absolute potential and beyond. Parsons Dance tours extensively nationally and internationally and dancers receive year-round medical and dental benefits.
More info after the jump!
Rough Terrain
When a human makes contact with rough terrain, it is truly life changing for both the terrain and the explorer.
This excavator takes a deep breath. The terrain does too. They begin to breathe in tandem-rhythmically indistinguishable from one another. He is an explorer looking to carve out his way across this land one millimeter at a time; not with tools, but with with his own bare hands, his elbows, his forearms, his feet, his shoulders and his brain.
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