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BareFootNotes - Notes, Observations, and Things I Learned from The Dance Enthusiast's Founding Editor - Christine Jowers (and guests)

The Dance Enthusiast Barefootnotes- more on Ana Maria Alavarez and a DISCOUNT TO PARSON'S

Featured Enthusiast Member, Ana Maria Alvarez, Parsons Discount Ends Sunday ,and Make A Date with New York Live Arts!!!!

When the snow is out in abundance and I feel like I live in a refrigerator, I love to play Latin music on my ipod to warm things up a bit. In the spirit of keeping warm or, staying hot , The Dance Enthusiast has chosen to feature member Ana Maria Alvarez, Artistic Director of CONTRA-TIEMPO in Los Angeles. ... read more


 

I I WISH I COULD CLONE MYSELF, MEMORIES, and LIVING ROOMS IN MODERN DANCE

I need a clone! If I wasn't already planning to attend  The  Dance On Camera Festival  at the Walter Reade Theater to see Ina Hahn's documentary about the oft unsung modern dance pioneer, Doris Humphrey (click here for our article about the film), well, then I would attend DANCE THEATRE WORKSHOP: BACK TO THE REVOLUTION  to be reminded of the roots of that wonderful important place of experimentation( whose name is soon going to change to that of a TV channel... ... read more


 

Christine Jowers-Behind The Scenes with Parsons Dance , Preparing for The Joyce Season

Here is the video of  The Dance Enthusiast-Barefootnotes- with Parsons Dance. It was wonderful that  Abby Silva Gavezzoli could share some of her time after rehearsal to chat. Thank you Abby. DONT FORGET, THAT READERS OF THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST CAN GET 50 PERCENT OFF TICKETS FOR ALL SHOWS EXCEPT FRIDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS BY MENTIONING THE CODE WORD . BLOG... THAT'S RIGHT BLOG at the Joyce Theater Box Office.. ... read more


 

A New Website, "Why Enthusiasm"

Notes on Dancerly Goings On-by Christine Jowers

The Dance Enthusiast was born out of a desire to help fellow artists.  I want to be an energy source  for the people I so admire.  While the energy and physicality that make dance vibrant  cannot be fully felt on the web, certainly the words of artists and the stories of the incredible people  who dance or love dance can.  I want to share THAT with audiences. ... read more


 

My Favorite Nut* by Christine Jowers, Editor

It's that time of year again...

Alastair Macualay, the Senior Dance Critic for New York Times who is journeying lands of sweets chronicling Nutcrackers around the US, (I guess someone has to do it) proclaims, Jennifer Ringer, Principal Dancer with the New York City Ballet, looks “ as if she’d eaten one sugar plum too many” to the furor of many dancers and blogging writers calling for his resignation. For my tastes, many of the City Ballet ballerinas are so thin it is scary.
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