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July 2009
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Click here to read our January 2009 cover story "The Pioneers: Inside ABT's New Training Program"
Online-only features
- Ballet Class at Juilliard with Lawrence Rhodes
- Tech Rehearsal with Tap City Youth Ensemble
- Inside the NYU/ABT MA program with guest blogger Hannah G.
- Healthy Feet Exercises for Tappers
- Thinking on Their Feet preview
- View youngARTS slideshow
- Behind the Scenes with Urban Bush Women
- On Set with Tyce Diorio
- Behind the Scenes with ABT's Raymond Lukens, Rachel Moore and Franco De Vita
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Have you ever had to fire a teacher at your studio before?
When staying at a hotel, have all of your students decorate their door with a poster, so you know at a glance which rooms are with your group.
Winners of the Month!
Dmitri Roudnev trained for eight years at the renowned Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow, Russia, and later danced as soloist with the Bolshoi Ballet under the direction of the great U.N. Grigorovich.
Dmitri Roudnev offers private ballet lessons in Memphis TN during the entire year. His special training program is unique and promises accelerated progress.
Dmitri Roudnev has years of experience in helping injured dancers return back to their dance careers. The joy these dancers feel to no longer have hip injuries, back pain, sciatica, or shin splints are Roudnev’s greatest accomplishments.
EDITOR'S BLOG
Jazz at JUMP
Jenny Dalzell / Jul 1, 2009
JUMP Nationals were in town last week (NYC) and I attended jazz, lyrical contemporary, ballet and hip hop classes. On Saturday I was able to talk to some students. Here’s what they had to say about evolving jazz and contemporary dance styles: “Everyone’s trying to copy that quirky and weird technique,” said recent high school grad Natalie Iscovich, referring to the overwhelming trend of fluid movement accented by sharp, broken movements and torso undulations. Other students agreed that now everything looks the same. Iscovich continued, “jazz used to be lines, legs, technique; now it’s about choreography.”…
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JUMP Nationals were in town last week (NYC) and I attended jazz, lyrical contemporary, ballet and hip hop classes. On Saturday I was able to talk to some students. Here’s what they had to say about evolving jazz and contemporary dance styles: “Everyone’s trying to copy that quirky and weird technique,” said recent high school grad Natalie Iscovich, referring to the overwhelming trend of fluid movement accented by sharp, broken movements and torso undulations. Other students agreed that now everything looks the same. Iscovich continued, “jazz used to be lines, legs, technique; now it’s about choreography.”…
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