Wendy Garofoli

Wendy Garofoli
Monterey, CA
wendygarofoli.com

I've Studied: Ballet, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Modern

I Am A: Other:, Web Editor, Writer

About Me: As a former professional dancer-turned-writer, I've spent the last seven years translating my performing, teaching and choreographing experience to the page. It's been my great honor to have articles published in Dance Magazine, Dance Spirit, Dance Teacher, Pointe and Dance Retailer News. I've also written six non-fiction children's books on dance for Capstone Press, on the topics of breaking, dance teams, jazz, modern, swing and Irish Step dance. Before committing to my scribe status full-time, I was captain of the national-championship winning NYU dance team, performed at the Grammy and Bollywood Awards, and was a member of the all-female hip-hop troupe Decadancetheatre. Coolest interviews: Wade Robson, Patrick Swayze, Debbie Allen, MC Hammer, Shane Sparks, Popin' Pete, Mr. Freeze, Jerry Mitchell, Nigel Lythgoe.

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  • Sounds fabulous
    05/14/2008 11:22:56 AM EST
    attached to NYC Dance Parade this SATURDAY!
  • Smooth Walrus
    05/13/2008 06:39:28 PM EST
    This is quite possibly the awesomest video I've seen on the internet in a long time. Check out this dancing walrus, who turns in a perfectly-timed routine to Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal."
  • Robot Dancer
    05/12/2008 01:21:56 PM EST
    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.
  • Tommy Tune to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
    05/07/2008 12:34:17 PM EST
    Renowned dancer, choreographer, and director Tommy Tune, a nine-time Tony Award winner, will receive the first Douglas Watt Lifetime Achievement award at the 2008 Fred & Adele Astaire Awards on June 2 in NYC. Actress Brooke Shields will present the prize at a gala in the Grand Ballroom of the Manhattan Center Studios to benefit the Auditory Oral School of New York, a non-profit organization which specializes in teaching deaf and hard-of-hearing children. Tickets to this special event, which honors excellence in dance on stage and in film, are available for a limited time. For details and ticket information, read more after the jump.
  • Wendy
    05/06/2008 05:07:12 PM EST
    attached to "The Raw and the Cooked" Explores Dance at The Tank

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