This week was the highly anticipated, yet also highly dreaded Top 10 elimination on SYTYCD. Everyone was charged and ready to prove that they were worthy of being part of the finalists. Melissa and Ade were up first with yet another exciting Doriana Sanchez Disco routine that Tyce nicely summed up as “Freakin’ great!” Kayla…
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SYTYCD Week of 7/1 Recap
This week started off with a bang as Janette and Brandon took the stage with an electrifying Jean Marc and France Genereux Cha-Cha. Filled with a fun mix of fast and slow steps, along with some dangerous tricks, the two pulled it off flawlessly, and caused Nigel to scream (as much as Nigel screams), “That…
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SYTYCD Week of 6/24 Recap
After an emotional week in Hollywood, the dancers had to take the stage and continue to battle it out for the top 10. After reporting on what they would be doing if they weren’t dancing, the dancers proved they were just as good as usual. But once the feathers settled, two dancers still had to…
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Remembering Michael Jackson
It seems that across the generations, everyone has at least one of those, "where were you when..." kind of days. It may have been, "Where were you when Pearl Harbor happened?", "Where were you [caption id="attachment_125" align="alignright" width="250"] Michael Jackson was always right at home onstage. Photo courtesy of Fanpix.com[/caption] when JFK was shot?", "Where…
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Studio Spotlight: The Saratoga Savoy Center of Dance
[caption id="attachment_103" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Photo Courtesy of the Saratoga Savoy Center of Dance"][/caption] There are many great dance studios throughout this country. If you are in the upstate NY area, keep checking back here for periodic local studio spotlights. This week's spotlight: The Saratoga Savoy Center of Dance. Located in the heart of historic Saratoga…
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Deep Breath
In light of my recent return to the stage, I thought this excerpt from an old essay I wrote would be an interesting addition to the collection. It was written quite a few years ago, but the basic idea behind it most certainly still rings true today. I think any actor with a love for…
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Comedy Showing This Weekend
There is a fun comedy theater production opening this weekend - Taming the Wild, Wild West in a Dress by Billy St. John. Set in 1895 Lucky Lady, Nevada, a young actor and his troupe travel to Lucky Lady to collect an inheritance bequeathed to him by a great, great aunt he never met. But…
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Calling All Freelancers!
I have been following a very interesting discussion on LinkedIn this past week. It started off as a question about an average going rate for web content work, and it evolved into a whole discussion about the issues and roadblocks that freelance writers have been dealing with lately. Economy aside, how many times have you…
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A Day with Maks & Karina
Sometimes people can surprise you. [caption id="attachment_65" align="alignright" width="194"] Jenna Caputo & Maksim Chmerkovskiy[/caption] I think we all have felt at one time or another that we're just rolling through life, doing our own thing, and no one else really notices. And sometimes that is the case. We are so caught up in our own…
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Advice for Entering the Arts
I recently was interviewed for a student's senior project. She had some really great questions which I thought I would periodically share here, because I feel that sometimes the Performing Arts get lost in the shuffle these days, and there are a lot of important things to consider. 1. Any advice for someone entering the…
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