May 21, 2007

A Whirlwind of Performances and Upcoming Videos

Lots of dance this past week in Washington, DC.

- Friday night I saw a performance by contemporary ballet company Dance Smith at Atlas. And on Saturday afternoon, I did a video interview with Artistic Director Natalie Moffett Smith. I'll try to edit and upload video within the next couple of days.

- Saturday night I saw Tappers with Attitude Youth Ensemble at Dance Place.

- Sunday morning - back at Dance Place - I saw performance of "Acts of Faith" from Deborah Riley Dance Projects, which was part of a fund raising campaign for The Brem Foundation to Defeat Breast Cancer. I had a great conversation with Sue Apple of Brem Foundation about ways that the Internet can be used to help raise money for her foundation with the help of local dancers, online video and charity badges - I'm sure we will continue conversation and I'll provide updates.

- Then for a big change in scenery, I went to the Building Museum in downtown DC to see dancers from Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and Bowen McCauley Dance perform with construction equipment in Pas de Dirt. A unique performance. I did a video interview with Peter DiMuro and Lucy Bowen McCauley after their performance.

- And I wrapped-up my weekend dance tour with a program by the Youth Dance Ensemble at The Jack Guidone Theater at Joy of Motion. I'm interviewing JOM's Executive Director/Artistic Director Doug Yeuell and Helen Hayes, director of the Youth Dance Ensemble program, later this morning - I've taken many jazz classes with Doug and modern classes with Helen.

I don't think I've ever seen that many dance performances in such a short time-frame. It's especially fun to see teens and young kids perform, which I got to do twice this weekend with Tappers with Attitude and the JOM Youth Dance Ensemble. It's impressive the amount of time, energy and commitment they put into their very polished performances.

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