"I thought resettlement would sound like we were going to take dancers out of New York and, you know, put them in Cleveland somewhere".
Breakdance is divided into "floor work", which develops muscle strength in the arms, upper body and central core, and "uprock" (routine-based moves that take dancers to the floor), which involve the whole body and give an all-over work-out.
In works like this, Ms. Tharp takes dancers seriously while challenging them to the utmost; you see how happily they rise to the occasion.
(Anderson 20100218 MOVING THEATER (Saturday and Sunday) "Armory Show," conceived and choreographed by Brennan Gerard and Ryan Kelly, takes dancers and audiences through the spectacular period rooms of the historic Park Avenue Armory, commenting all the while on the building's complex military and social history.
It is believed King Jayavarman II took dancers and musicians from Java when he left there in 802 to establish the Khmer dynasty in Cambodia, and shadow puppeteers may have accompanied him as well.
(Roslyn Sulcas) Pat Cannon's Foot & Fiddle Dance Company (Friday) "American Footsteps" takes dancers down traditional and new choreographic pathways, with clogging, tap, Irish step dance, lindy hop, square dance and rock.
"It takes dancers of incredible intelligence and ability to sustain really long careers," she says, pointing out that many older dancers would only consider staying in ballet if choreographers started to create roles appropriate for them.
And though he takes dancers from all around the world, he has given them a shared understanding of style fully as subtle as that of some European companies that employ only dancers from their own nations.
The company also created a wide assortment of programs to nurture new audiences with an Alvin Ailey summer day camp and an Ailey Dance Kids program that takes dancers into New York City's public schools.
So, on behalf of all native Hawaiian hula dancers, Tahitian dancers, Indian Bhangra dancers, belly dancers, samba dancers, Zulu dancers, "Take that twerking!
As a dance professional, Mason was acutely aware of the physical and mental toll that injuries typically take on dancers.
