Article: Studying Dance Cultures Around the World.(book)(Book Review)

Article: Dance cultures from around the world arrive in ...
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  February 28, 2008 ;     534 words ...REGIONAL and international dance companies are to descend on Liverpool for the start of this year's Leap festival. The annual event from Merseyside Dance Initiative, now in its 16th year, launched its programme yesterday, which takes place between March 1 and 15 with the theme Cultures Collide.

Article: Danza Viva connects dance cultures
Elm Leaves (Elmwood Park, IL);  February 4, 2004 ;     700+ words ...To many, the arts are a way to express inner emotions, provoke thought and, when it's all said and done, entertain. To others, the arts are all that -- plus an integral, challenging and enlightening medium for education. Such is the case with Oak Park-based Danza Viva Center for World Dance and One

Article: Rich blend of dance cultures
Herald Express (Torquay UK);  August 20, 2007 ;     510 words ...African American culture and modern dance are fused together in an evening of high-energy entertainment. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has dazzled audiences from New York City to South Africa to China with unparalleled artistry. The company takes popular music, gospel and jazz and fuses

Article: Event bridges divide of Asian cultures: Art, dance, ...
Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, OH);  March 18, 2007 ;     700+ words ...Byline: Tracy Wheeler Mar. 18--Andy Xu has heard them all. He's Asian, so he must know karate. He's Asian, so his driving must need improvement. He's Asian, so he must be smart. The stereotypes, "though they're not really hurtful," he said, can be annoying. On Saturday afternoon, though, the

Article: II for the road: Ailey II's troupe enriches modern dance ...
Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK);  November 3, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Byline: James D. Watts Jr. Nov. 3--In the lingo of the dance world, Ailey II is a "junior company." Junior companies are typically places where young dancers leave behind the relative safety of the classroom to experience first hand the life of a professional working dancer. With Ailey II, this

Article: Studying dance with Stiles
The Northern Echo;  April 5, 2001 ;     690 words ...THERE are young Hollywood actresses better known for premieres, dresses and partying than acting. Then there are others following the Jodie Foster path of trying to combine acting with studying. Julia Stiles, star of the current teen drama Save The Last Dance, falls into the latter category. "I

Article: Everything under the sun: studying dance at ...
Dance Magazine;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...The stomping rhythm of a tap combination. The drumbeats of a Ghanaian dance class. Voices yelling out impromptu dance combinations. A cacophony of rhythms and sounds stream through the studio walls and flood the air. Welcome to WAC--the Department of World Arts and Cultures at University of