Recently added articles from Dance Magazine:
Student of a wise teacher.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2009; ... As a former student and George Mason University dance graduate, I was touched by Kate Mattingly's interview with Susan Shields ("Teacher's Wisdom," Aug.). It is a beautiful piece, reflecting the magnetism of Ms. Shields' personality and the astuteness of her teaching philosophy. As she ...
Loving Parker (and musicals).(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Thank you for David Parker's thoughtful, funny, and heartfelt piece about movie musicals ("My Secret Passion," July). Like Parker, I was mesmerized by the fanciful gems of MGM's golden era. The first time my grandmother plopped me down to watch Gigi, I fought her as a 12-year-old should ....
Curtain up.(Merce Cunningham )(Editorial)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Sometime in the 1970s or '80s, I was watching Merce Cunningham in a solo onstage. He was skimming across the floor when suddenly a baby in the audience let out an unhappy howl. Most dancers would be so concentrated on performing that they would ignore it, or somehow block it out. But Merce ...
Praise for Pierre.(letters)(Letter to the editor)
Oct 01, 2009; ... Pierre-Francois Vilanoba's article ("Why I Dance," Aug.), which traces his growth from dancing for fun as a young student to dancing as a means of expression as a principal dancer with San Francisco Ballet, is written with great feeling. The ...
On the web.
Oct 01, 2009 ... Check out what's on www.dancemagazine.com this month NEW! Tharp Takes on Sinatra (again) See footage of the stellar cast of Come Fly With Me, which opened in September in Atlanta. What's Up, Wendy? DM's editor in chief shares the newest ...