We’re still on a tango kick (so to speak) so for this week’s Watch, enjoy this 2015 backstage performance of “La Cumparsita” from Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone: I have a strong affection for performance executed outside of the official trappings — rehearsal footage and demos in practice wardrobe, away from the eyes of a…
Month: December 2016
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19. Tango, Pt. 2: Freestyle
For this second entry in our tango series, we’ll move away from the structure of the compulsory — Argentine and Romantica — tango and move ahead into its looser, choreographed free dance interpretations, along with a quick nod or two to the now-departed original dance. And as the dance proper goes, perhaps the most useful…
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Wednesday Watch: Strictly Seasonal
For this last Wednesday Watch before Christmas, why not pass the time with a few festive picks from Strictly Come Dancing‘s annual Christmas special? (And take a further moment to ask just why its American counterpart can’t mount a similar gala event?) Harry Judd and Joanne Clifton, “Baby It’s Cold Outside” (American Smooth, 2015) Great…
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Today in History: The Nutcracker Premieres
Ballet companies worldwide have already passed months in preparations and performances, but it was only on December 18 in 1892 that The Nutcracker, as choreographed, to some disputed degree, by Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa, made its stage debut at St. Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre. For as many choreographic interpretations seen in the century-plus since, from…
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Wednesday Watch: Tango Nuevo With a Twist
As a teaser for the next analysis on Step Sequences, today’s Watch features a special look at Tango Nuevo — or, rather, many looks in one, as Tango Krakow explores the subtle differences across couples in a single simultaneous dance:
