The News Review:
- Dancers break cover with an open battle
- Lap dancers could be stripped of tax break
- See You at the Barre
- The Miami Herald Pop Culture column: Ultra Music – ‘No other show…
- Figure skaters Shen and Zhao hint at retirement
- … empty dance floors: Local audiences are slow to pick up on…
Dancers break cover with an open battle
Sydney Morning Herald – Mar 23, 2007
Photo: Lisa Wiltse Emily DunnMarch 24 2007 WHEN it comes to the street art of breakdancing the competitioncircuit is an insiders-only affair held at nightclubs dancestudios and basketball courts. But one group of dancers from Bankstown plans to change thatwith an open-door policy for a national breakdancing “battle” atBankstown Town Hall today. It is not the first national contest for the newly revived dancestyle that had its beginnings in the ghettos of New York in theearly 1970s but the project co-ordinator Van Khai Ngo 18 saidhis event was one of the first to invite the local community. “Usually you need to know someone already in the culture andbreaking events are usually pretty small” Khai said. The group of 15 Bankstown dancers ranging in age from 16 to 24are recognised within the sport winning titles at competitions inMelbourne Adelaide and Canberra. At Super Round Box II dance groups from across the country willcompete via head hand and back spins flips and fancy footwork. The event will also showcase beat boxing hip-hop and “popping andlocking” robot-style dancing… “Usually you need to know someone already in the culture andbreaking events are usually pretty small” Khai said. The group of 15 Bankstown dancers ranging in age from 16 to 24are recognised within the sport winning titles at competitions inMelbourne Adelaide and Canberra. At Super Round Box II dance groups from across the country willcompete via head hand and back spins flips and fancy footwork. The event will also showcase beat boxing hip-hop and “popping andlocking” robot-style dancing. Ngo a student of leisure management at the University ofTechnology’s Ku-ring-gai campus hopes the competition organisedwith the help of the local PCYC will attract local teenagers tothe sport. “I got into breaking through my brother and my cousin threeyears ago” he said. “At that stage going through those teenageyears it taught me about respect.
Lap dancers could be stripped of tax break
Metro – Mar 23, 2007
Punters pay £250 for an hour of one-to-one chat with the girls and nude table dances cost about £20 for three minutes. Mr Milne said: ‘In the appellant’s clubs the entertainment provided by the self-employed dancers is arranged with the performer herself to whom payment is then made. ‘Each dancer is bound by a Dance Performance Licence which describes the clubs as operating a ‘business establishment at the premises where live nude semi-nude and or bikini dance entertainment is presented to adult members of the general public’. The dancer can book booths at the club to perform but must pay damages if she misses a session. Share this article.
See You at the Barre
New York Times – Mar 23, 2007
Just for starters the New York Baroque Dance Company provides classes in the bour? gigue sarabande gavotte and other such steps. Modern break-dancing and hip-hop classes are available at the PMT Dance Studio. Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet is offering public classes through next month in a “movement language” called Gaga created by the Israeli choreographer had Naharin. But ballet is in some ways the most challenging for the newcomer. It is physically demanding deeply grounded in tradition artistically rich and seemingly ill-suited to amateur involvement. For the nonprofessional musician it’s not hard to sing in a choir perform in a community orchestra or play string quartets in a living room.
The Miami Herald Pop Culture column: Ultra Music – ‘No other show…
Free with registration – Miami Herald – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 23, 2007
DJ fees have taken a hit and even TV commercials are over electronic music. Yet Ultra keeps going strong. The festival adds a day this year — it kicks off today and continues Saturday — and its promoters expect it once again to break its box-office record by drawing 50000 to Bicentennial Park. That’s bigger than any other South Florida music event as big as the Art Basel Miami Beach art fair. f course Ultra attracts not.
Figure skaters Shen and Zhao hint at retirement
Taipei Times – Taipei Times – Mar 23, 2007
PHT: AFP While not directly indicating that Wednesday’s world pairs figure skating title would be their third and last competition Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo said it might be a long time before they compete again. The ice dance continued yesterday with the original dance event narrowing down the top field after the skaters did variations of the tango. Bulgarians Albena Denkova and Maxim Staviski the current world champions edged ahead of Canadians Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon who led after the compulsory dance 99. 50 with the free dance today to decide things. Lurking in third place with 99… Zhao left the door open a slight bit with a hesitant “maybe” in English when asked directly if it was their last competition. Then the normally shy Shen took the microphone and quickly shut the door. “Right now I’m very tired and what we need is a long break. This break might take maybe one year” she said. “We are not sure whether we will come back again. After winning bronze medals at the last two lympics there is a possibility of an elusive gold at the 2010 Games in Vancouver. “We will try to remain in condition.
… empty dance floors: Local audiences are slow to pick up on…
Free with registration – The Record – AccessMyLibrary.com – Mar 23, 2007
He’s less than a half-hour into his weekly DJ gig at Fat’s Grill and Bar and already he’s received three requests to change the music. Caccam however stays with house a subgenre of electronic dance music that has uptempo repetitive beats and occasional R&B or soul vocals. The dance floor remains empty and few patrons in the half-full sports bar. CPYRIGHT 2007 The Record.