The results aren't always exemplary (they never are, when it comes to taking chances), but the troupe has drawn a dance-savvy audience and created a team of wonderful performers, adept at picking up different styles and always impressive in their articulation and intensity.
Would-be reformers are drawn into a "dance of the sharks," says Franz Knieps, a former health official.Dr Rösler has picked out his shark carefully.
And in the middle of it all is the newcomer Marrakech Salón (No. 18), an artsy gay club that draws a mixed, dance-hungry crowd.
Again she drew a connection between dance music and her gay fans: "I have a lot of fans that love to dance; I have a huge gay following".
Buglisi/Foreman Dance drew a rapt audience into a much warmer, prettier world than the chill city streets outside on Saturday afternoon at the Joyce Theater.
In comparison, the previous season premiere episode, "Lard of the Dance", drew a Nielsen rating of 7.2 points with 7.1 million households watching.
On the other, live shows are an inherently ephemeral endeavor, and the Essential Mix has always acted as a definitive recorded document, drawing a detailed timeline of dance music's history, told in weekly two-hour chunks.
If you're having trouble memorizing a concept, write a catchy jingle about it (or write lyrics to the tune of your favorite song); choreograph a representative dance; draw a comic.
Arcell Cabuag draws an exuberant line dance from one corner of the stage to the other as the song "All I Do" plays, creating — as Mr. Brown accomplishes so easily — an array of spatial designs.
On Tuesday, of course, his lecture drew a friendly, studded-with-dance-notables crowd, though one of the evening's most intriguing moments came during a question-and-answer session.
The dance floor draws a rave-like crowd, including hyperkinetic youths who keep their sunglasses on all night.
