The News Review:
- So You Think You Can Dance: New York Auditions (season premiere)
- Reality TV: America Jordin’s your Idol — and the youngest yet
- Last Chance To Attend Late Nite Catechism Classes Before Summer Break
- DIVA TALK: Chatting with Tony Nominees d’Amboise Luker rfeh…
- Pop and Rock Listings
- ‘WARRIR’S DAUGHTER’
So You Think You Can Dance: New York Auditions (season premiere)
TV Squad – May 25, 2007
And Dan Karaty is along as the third judge in the opening round. They had quite a turnout with performers from a variety of disciplines with a wide array of abilities. Let’s break the episode down in three parts The Good The Bad and The Ugly. The GoodWith 59 people getting tickets to the next round in Las Vegas there were certainly some good performances to be had. There were also some good personal stories to go along with it. I think my favorite of those was Heather Zampier. Coming back from two hip surgeries to fix a bone spur the tattooed Heather is easy to root for… She didn’t get a ticket to the next round right away but was invited back for the choreography segment of the audition. There she passed and will be moving on. It was a close call trying to decide what was my favorite dance performance of the night. In the end I’m giving the nod to Faina Savich. Her brother Stanislav from season two was on hand to dance with her and they put on quite a show. Faina has the total package and could be an early contender. Also in the running for best of the night were Pasha Kovalev and Anya Farnis.
Reality TV: America Jordin’s your Idol — and the youngest yet
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – Pittsburgh Post Gazette – May 25, 2007
Loyal “Dancing” fans know the finale is won or lost during the final freestyle round and all three dancers earn perfect scores but some are better than others. Laila’s Fly Girl-inspired routine is lacking — the judges are right when they tell her she should stick to showing off her elegance and sensuality. Joey’s lively dance is full of flips and tricks — a real winner. But Apolo’s breakdance skills are awesome and his routine is the true crowd-pleaser. Apolo deserves the disco ball trophy especially since Tuesday he also celebrated his 25th birthday. Julianne is equally impressive — at 19 she’s the youngest professional dancer to win the ABC show.
Last Chance To Attend Late Nite Catechism Classes Before Summer Break
EVLiving – May 25, 2007
STUDENT DISCUNTSStudents with valid student identification may purchase half-price tickets (subject to availability; limit one per student) 72 hours before any performance at the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts box office. Tickets must be purchased in-person; phone orders are not accepted. SCTTSDALE CENTER FR THE PERFRMING ARTSpened in 1975 Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts is one of the leading arts presenters in the Southwest offering exceptional and culturally diverse performances of classical and world music contemporary dance jazz comedy and theater. More than 1000 performances educational programs festivals and other events are showcased annually serving more than 300000 people. Performances take place in the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ 838-seat Virginia G. Piper Theater and 136-seat Stage 2 the 2200-seat amphitheater on the grounds of the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall and the 326-seat Theater 4301 @ Galleria Corporate Centre. Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts’ educational programs reach more than 43000 school children each year and its free programs are available to the entire public.
DIVA TALK: Chatting with Tony Nominees d’Amboise Luker rfeh…
playbill.com – May 25, 2007
I feel honored and happy. The triple-threat whose Broadway work includes several turns as merry murderess Roxie Hart in the long-running revival of Chicago said that her current job is especially enjoyable because “it’s about dance and that’s what I love and [have] been doing my whole life. Being able to sing and dance and act in a great show in a great role is the most rewarding. I feel very proud of the show and what it says about dancers. ” That said d’Amboise admits that Cassie the role created in the original Broadway staging by Donna McKechnie is the most demanding part she’s ever played: “It’s the hardest show I’ve ever done in my life… Mary Poppins is a change for the actress in several ways: Unlike the revivals of The Sound of Music and The Music Man Luker is a featured player rather than the one who has to carry the show and Poppins also allows the gifted singer to move out of her soprano tones and display her rich alto. Both changes are fine by Luker: “I like being the featured person that comes on every now and then and hopefully makes a bit of an impact and then goes back to my room to needlepoint. That for me is a change and sort of a nice break. [and] I’m actually belting a little in the show which is very very different for me.
Pop and Rock Listings
New York Times – May 25, 2007
‘Connor’s portraits of the lovelorn and depressed sung with the guileless vulnerability of a 2 a. phone confession are dry but not unsympathetic: “Maybe she’s on her lunch break thinking of you. ” She has a Wednesday residency this month at the Living Room. 154 Ludlow Street near Stanton Street Lower East Side (212) 533-7235… (Sisario) !!! (Wednesday) Punk-funk usually leans on the punk side with short blasts of indignation or defiance filtered through dance beats. This local eight-piece (whose name is pronounced “chik-chik-chik” or they say however you want) goes for immersion transcendence and kicks through long and steady workouts of aggressive disco-rock making each groove last until it burns up or falls apart. With Maserati and Telepathe.
‘WARRIR’S DAUGHTER’
CRegister – May 25, 2007
Q: Have some of your students recognized themselves in your book?A: The characters are definitely composites products of my imagination. Incidents in the book are based on true events. Kids and teachers will recognize scenes: the break-in at school (We found out who did it; it was over the holidays and kids were most likely bored. ) the Anne Frank connection Code Delta disaster drills the trip to the Holocaust Museum in L. the poetry and the dance. Q: Why did you dedicate the book to the Espinosa and Mella families?A: I had all three girls in first grade at San nofre School and got to know both families… Q: Why did you dedicate the book to the Espinosa and Mella families?A: I had all three girls in first grade at San nofre School and got to know both families. Then I had them again in seventh and eighth grade. I went to their graduation and eighth grade dance. They are truly special young women and will make a difference in this world. Q: How long did it take you to write Warrior's Daughter?A: Three years. It was three times longer than it is now packed with too many details too many characters too many events. I cut a lot out of the story.