Showing posts with label Dance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dance. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Stomp...auditions in New York City! April 25th! Break a leg!




 




 
The successful stage production - STOMP - is holding open auditions in New York City on April 25th.

The try-outs will be held at The Orpheum Theatre.

STOMP, is an exciting night of dazzling entertainment which features a unique combination of percussion, movement and visual comedy.

After a 10 year collaboration, the creators - Steve McNicholas & Luke Cresswell - crafted a stage show that has been packing houses around the globe since its first inception in the summer of 1991.

The original cast of STOMP recorded music for the "Tank Girl" film soundtrack and also contributed to the Quincy Jones album "Q’s Jook Joint".

A soundtrack recorded by Cresswell and McNicholas for the Showtime Movie - “Riot" - was released in the Spring of ’97.

STOMP has also been featured in slick eye-popping commercials which include a handful for Coca-Cola’s Ice Pick, Target stores in the US, Toyota in Japan, and "Seat" in Europe.

More recently, STOMP was commissioned to create and produce the "Lost and Found Orchestra" which took the ideas behind Stomp to a symphonic level (in celebration of 40 years of the Brighton Festival).

The LFO performed at the Sydney Opera House as part of the Sydney Festival early in 2007 and at the Royal Festival Hall in London.

The show was reworked and renamed for a US tour in 2010 and titled:

Pandemonium: the Lost and Found Orchestra

Audition Information

www.StompOnline.com/auditions

http://www.thetattler.biz


Thursday, January 20, 2011

COMPLEXIONS...intensive dance workshop with Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson!











For 16 years COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET has been bringing it’s own unique brand of contemporary choreography and technique to the stage.

Now, a Summer Intensive Program has been developed at the renowned company, with the specific aim of making the COMPLETE DANCER from head-to-toe.


PRECISION, PHYSICALITY, EXPRESSION, and VERSATILITY - these are a handful of the vital descriptive words - often used to describe the intrinsic nature of the programs at COMPLEXIONS.

According to the faculty, complexions now seeks dancers that are not limited by his/her training but liberated by it, for the upcoming August semester in New York City.

It should be underscored that CCB Summer Intensive instructs its students like no other.

It guides dancers to achieve their full artistic potential in the unique and exclusive style of Complexions Contemporary Ballet.

Students are taught the Complexions technique through classroom exercises and company repertoire instruction.

Participants experience techniques designed to cultivate and develop strong, well-trained, dancers who are educated to perform more skillfully and creatively.

The Summer Intensive offers three programs, and each program is designed for students who have a solid ballet and modern base, who are looking to take their technique to the next level.

Division 1

A program designed for the Pre-Professional Dancer with a strong emphasis placed on the foundation and fundamentals of Dance in the context of Contemporary Ballet. \

Ages 13-17 years old.

Division 2

Geared towards the Pre-Professional/Professional Dancer who has a solid technical foundation and wishes to continue to refine their training in contemporary ballet and achieve a competitive edge.

Ages 18 and over.

Division 3

THE MASTER SERIES

Think Natalie Portman and The Black Swan.

For Professional Dancers only.

Train one-on-one in an intimate setting with Contemporary Masters including Artistic Directors Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson.

Ages 18 and over.

Location:

DANY STUDIOS
305 West 38th St.
2nd Fl.
New York, NY
10018

DATES:

Week 1

August 1st through August 5th, 2011

Week 2

August 8th through August 12th, 2011

Week 3

August 15th through August 19th, 2011

Week 4

August 22nd through August 26th, 2011

(All students must take at least two consecutive weeks.)

(In order to take week 4 and be included in studio showing all students must take week 3.)

Timetable:

Division 1

(13-17 years)

Mon:
10:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Tue:
10:00am – 3:15 p.m.

Wed:
10:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Thu:
10:00 a.m.– 3:15 p.m.

Fri:
10:00 a.m. – 3:15 p.m.

Division 2

(18years+)

Mon:
3:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Tue:
3:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Wed:
3:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Thu:
3:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Fri:
3:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.

Division 3

(18years+)

Mon:
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Tue: 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Wed:
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Thu: 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

Fri: 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.

TUITON RATES

Division 1 & 2

$425 per week

$1600 for all four weeks

Division 3

$325 per week

$1200 for all four weeks

Limited Scholarships available for Division #1 only.

Please email khellams@complexionsdance.org for information.

REGISTRATION & AUDITION INFO

Division 1

AUDITION REQUIRED FOR ACCEPTANCE.

You must pre-register for the audition.
Audition locations and dates are posted under the Education link on Complexions website.
If you cannot attend the audition COMPLEXIONS does accept DVD submissions.

Guidelines for DVD submission are below:

* Not to exceed 15mins
* A sample of bar and center work
* A short contemporary solo

All videos are viewed by co-Artistic Director, Desmond Richardson

Division 2

NO AUDITION REQUIRED

Open enrollment.

Must Pre-Register for the workshop and be at least at an intermediate level.

Admittance is on a first come-first serve basis.

Division 3

NO AUDITION REQUIRED

Must Pre-Register for the workshop and have a recommendation letter from a working dance professional.

The workshop is for ADVANCED students only.

Admittance is on a first come-first serve basis.

INFO
 
www.complexionsdance.org
 
http://www.thetattler.biz
 
 

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Paula Abdul..."Live to Dance" has potential to charm!





Judges give contestants standing ovation!





With a lot of fanfare, CBS launched - "Live to Dance" - Paula Abdul's attempt to rise up and prove critics wrong after a much-publicized (embarrassing) fall from Grace last year when she parted ways with Fox's American Idol.

To the reality-show's credit, Paula (who wears a hat as Executive Producer) has laid a workable foundation to build on, in the event the dance competition gains momentum in the coming weeks and rustles up a solid fan base sufficient to please the Network brass and sponsors alike.

Although the entertaining bill-of-fare - packaged into one-hour segments - doesn't stray far from its roots (i.e. talent shows where viewers at home root for the underdog or participate in the voting process).

There are a couple of departures from stale old concepts, however, that have the potential to uplift.

The "open door" policy is refreshing, for starters.

Dance enthusiasts aren't burdened down with a set of criteria - age restrictions, a need for an armful of professional credits to land an audition, training - that might otherwise discourage hopeful two-steppers (with original ideas on choreographed moves) from pursuing their day in the sun.

The contestants need only demonstrate their dance ability to take a stab at the jaw-dropping $500,000.00 prize!

In contrast to other popular ratings-getters on air 'til now - the panel of Judges presiding over the auditions (Michael Jackson's choreographer, a Pussy Dolls band member, and Paula Abdul) have a background in the discipline.

Consequently - the panel is able to render intelligent, well-rounded, truthful assessments (based on style, originality, and technique) that resonate with a chord of truth.

Decisions that fly-by-the-seat of the pants rarely go over well with sophisticated audiences around the country today, after all.

Unfortunately, disgruntled contestants are not always that easy to appease, when they are rejected.

Such was the case tonight, sadly, in one isolated incident.

When a hefty middle-aged gal got the thumbs down from the Pussy Doll adjudicator, the angry contestant was quick on the uptake.

"The skinny girl's hate," she snarled at the pretty celebrity, as a hush fell over the "dome".

Which begs the question.

"American Idol" often fueled controversies to trigger angry viewer response - with the aim achieving that end.

For example - the producers appeared to rub their hands with glee whenever ugly battles (and mind-boggling sinister power-plays) between Simon Cowell and Paula Abdul - played out in all their tawdry glory in the weekly gossip rags.

I'm betting that all the superficial "sweetness and light" - on the part of Paula Abdul in particular (a transparent B-list celeb who gushed once-too-often tonight on air in my estimation) - may eventually grate on the nerves.

"Live to Dance" may have to take a cue from the Wild World of Wrestling to appeal to the gladiator mentality now-and-then during sluggish runs.

A bitch fight may just be in the offing in the near future if the overnight ratings aren't up to snuff tomorrow morning.

News at 11!

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Paula & Simon before the split!

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

JAYOU! - In the Mix

Here is some dope party dubstep for you fiends out there.
JAYOU straight outta tha U.K. Here is a fairly popular mix of his "IN THE MIX"
Bust it out at a rager and everyone will immediately become a dubstep fanatic; has worked for me countless times. Enough Rambling here it is.

JAYOU- In the MIX! [Mediafire]
JAYOU! [Myspace]

Grimer_Gold

Saturday, January 16, 2010

lolol awesomesauce!

listen to this when yr drunkskiz!!!


Mix by Samus Jay.


Samus Jay - The Ultimate 90's Mix [Download - Click]