We believe that dance is the most effective form of communicating with society, and as a result it has grown tremendously as an art form over the years, and is used today to create positive change or create awareness. A dance’s impact is largely influenced by the context in which it is used. The fact […]
From a story by the 16th century poet Thomas Wyatt, the most well-known example is the song “The Dancing of the Fishes,” a 17th-century collection of fairy tale lines that is said to refer to a person’s dance with another person. In the popular imagination, dancers and social dances seem to have been closely related, […]
Are there specific rules that you follow? Are there specific ways to go about doing things in a certain way? That last question is particularly hard to answer, since there are so many people out there who have the ability to express themselves through dance, but I imagine that a lot of them just go […]
Why is it such a hot-button subject in American culture? It’s because of all the money being spent on the dance, but also because it’s a powerful language. In the 1980s, for example, when we watched a ballet in New York, we heard it in a language we knew in our bones. The French dancer […]
“It just means ‘don’t freak out’ in the sense of, ‘don’t really know what you’re talking about,’ or some kind of nonchalant attitude. It’s like in the old days, when people used to go to the theater with the intention of freaking out. It just meant, ‘Don’t be scared, just come sit with me and […]
This is what dancing with me is about.” “Dancing?” I mumbled back. “Yeah, I don’t really understand what dancing is like. It’s like, I get it, dancing with you is what dancing in front of you.” I gave up. I was probably only going to get the idea from this movie. “Dancing,” my husband said […]
You’re dancing in the moment. All I’m asking for is to be yourself in that moment and let go. There’s nothing more I can possibly ask. And that’s about all that I’ve asked. So when you say you’re dancing, what does that mean? You can say anything. But dancing is not what I do; that’s […]
Why do we sing about it? It’s about finding yourself in the moment—you know, “it is what it is.” I think that’s the main theme of this. There’s a huge, huge difference between when we walk on a stage, and when we’re talking to you. You can’t do both at the same time. [Laughs.] It’s […]
Well, first of all I would like to point out that there are many different types of waltz: Ce ci de vous: The famous French waltz in which the soloist stands while the other singer sits on a couch or other sofa. Often performed with a violin. Sainte vie est en vivre: A French waltz […]
We call dance etiquette in social dancing ‘the dance of two or more’ – when there are two or more dancers. When there are two or more dancers (a dance partner or a partner of the dance partner), the dance will have more energy than an ensemble performance where only a handful of dancers are […]