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...Dance battles are popping up at venues across the U.S., including Atlanta's popular club MJQ Concourse and Miami's Opium Garden and Prive (the site of a much-lampooned Britney Spears-Christina Aguilera dance skirmish last year). "In the clubs you see a lot of battles nowadays," says dancer Wade Robson, 21, creator of the eponymous MTV show. "These dancers are also incredible gymnasts, and they incorporate all styles of dance, from tap to salsa...
...dance-battle scene is also seeing a growing number of women warriors. "There's a lot of pressure with all the people watching and having your reputation on the line," says Maryss, 23, a West Coast-based dancer who frequently participates in competitions at clubs. "[But] even if you do something whack, the crowd will support...
...unknowable, enigmatic. He seemed indifferent to money and accepted as little as $50 per performance in royalties when other troupes staged his works, recalls his onetime assistant Barbara Horgan, director of the George Balanchine Trust, which licenses performances by other companies. He formed intense bonds with his favored female dancers, making them his muses. He married four of them - Tamara Geva, Vera Zorina, Maria Tallchief and Tanaquil LeClercq - and had liaisons with others. Male or female, close or remote, most of his dancers revered their ?Mr. B.? ?I can?t say that I knew him well,? says former NYCB dancer...
Harvard alum and dancer Ryuji Yamaguchi ’03 remarked that “Harvard has a dance program that is primarily extracurricular and open to the student body.” How true do you feel this statement is of dance and other artistic endeavors at Harvard...
...truth is, I hadn't thought much about life after high school, even though I was an excellent student and a voracious reader. I was a popular girl and thought I was just the best dancer. To such bands as the Honey Drippers and Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five, I'd try out new steps for the jitterbug, the sand and other dances. I'd also daydream about boys and clothes and moving away from home to, well, anywhere. Cleveland, maybe, or even Chicago. I didn't have a plan...