Ballet is…

By Emmaly Wiederholt Let’s point our toes and get to the pointe: the topic on the table is good ol’ ballet – yes, that couple-hundred-year-old dance form we can thank Louis the XIV for inventing and the Nutcracker for perpetuating. Is ballet still relevant? Is it important to practice? Is […]

January 9, 2014  |  Read Article

January’s Dance-Flask Listing

By Ryan Kelley and Emmaly Wiederholt There once was a dance enthusiast Of all the arts he loved dance best Each month he planned his calendar To catch dance shows both near and far   But nary a show could he sit through Without libation, cocktail or brew No dance […]

December 30, 2013  |  Read Article

Measure the Music: Third Eyed Blind’s “Semi-Charmed Life”

By Jake Padilla Let’s ring in Boxing Day with Measure 116 – THE TRIPLET PART!! In music, triplets are three beats compacted into two! Imagine two car lanes with three cars riding abreast down those lanes. Dangerous in driving. Dangerous in MUSIC. Dangerously AWESOME!!! I have always held an affinity […]

December 26, 2013  |  Read Article

The Dance Falls of December – The Trust Fall

By Emmaly Wiederholt If you haven’t gotten on this choo-choo train yet it’s time to get on board. It’s the post-post-post-post-post modern dance world and we’re falling all over ourselves. Falling is back in vogue. Fall in love. Fall into bliss. Fall head first. Fall down a deep dark shaft. […]

December 23, 2013  |  Read Article

The Dance Falls of December – The Hitting of the Wall

By Emmaly Wiederholt Ever feel like you’ve metaphorically hit a wall? Why not literally hit a wall!? Famed dance-fall expert Liz Brent explains the basics of The Hitting of the Wall, demonstrated by the ever brave and bold Maggie Stack. This holiday season, don’t just make your audience gasp, make […]

December 19, 2013  |  Read Article