The News Review:
- Nolan’s Niners need rhythm before last dance
- Turning Dance on Its Head
- Une danceuse & La naissance d’El Qaïda
- Nawal El Moutawakel is still a running light
- Out & About
- Pianist jazz great Oscar Peterson dies at 82
Nolan’s Niners need rhythm before last dance
San Francisco Chronicle – Dec 25, 2007
After the win Sunday Nolan gave his players Monday off which made for a nice two-day break for Christmas since their regular day off during the season is Tuesday. E-mail John Crumpacker at.
Turning Dance on Its Head
Village Voice – Dec 25, 2007
what makes Tor Hamer fight? Eminem’s Tragedy is Our Comedy in The Way I Am Back in the closet with his new memoir Paul Rudd Going Nowhere—Except School—in Role Models Smarter and bawdier than your average boys-to-men movie Embarrassing Camp in Repo! The Genetic Opera A Saw director gets musical When the lights come up on Innaviews Rokafella and Kwikstep are curled up in a fanciful bed (designed by Garland Farwell). They’re wearing Santa caps in honor of the season but they haven’t been dreaming of sugar plums. Instead they’ve revisited a nightmare—a noxious old British TV show (projected on the back wall) in which ever-so-mod commentators marvel both naïvely and condescendingly about the break dancers performing behind them. Anita “Rokafella” Garcia and Gabriel “Kwikstep” Dionisio haven’t included the other members of their company Full Circle in this show which is directed by Gamal Chasten. It’s just the husband-and-wife hip-hop artists replaying scenes from their early days alone and together occasionally bursting into exuberant displays of breaking (perfectly in-sync multiple pirouettes on their heads—now that’s a marriage of equals!). They begin with a rhymed exchange (gentler than a rap) laying out what they want and don’t want. Both got their start dancing in the streets and they lament the fact that hip-hop’s current popularity has resulted in slick packaging… It’s just the husband-and-wife hip-hop artists replaying scenes from their early days alone and together occasionally bursting into exuberant displays of breaking (perfectly in-sync multiple pirouettes on their heads—now that’s a marriage of equals!). They begin with a rhymed exchange (gentler than a rap) laying out what they want and don’t want. Both got their start dancing in the streets and they lament the fact that hip-hop’s current popularity has resulted in slick packaging. Can they keep it real—an expression of individual freedom and creativity—and still achieve success? They wrote and deliver four satirical interviews in which the various questioners reveal their prejudices and their ignorance of the form. Rokafella’s a naïve graduate student quizzing Kwikstep the expert. Then he becomes a media manipulator bent on shaping her history (“What kind of drugs were you on?”); to this former soldier the hip-hop crews’ “battling” must be wars for turf. Rokafella is hilarious as a flirty voluble Spanish television hostess asking the bemused Kwikstep for instance if he can connect hip-hop to flamenco (“Uh no”).
Une danceuse & La naissance d’El Qaïda
Alg̩rie-dz РDec 25, 2007
com)The Lufkin Daily News Monday December 17 2007 About 25 years ago a divorced mother of two performed a dance that may have helped change the face of international politics. When former East Texas congressman Charlie Wilson approached Carol Shannon about performing a belly dance for Field Marshal Mohammed Abu Ghazala the defense minister of Egypt she had no idea of the magnitude of his mission to convince Egypt to provide arms to Afghanistan in their war against the Soviet Union… The girl who played me sat behind me. After the movie I turned around and told her ‘I’m sorry. I thought this would be your big break. It would’ve made me happy to know you made your big break because of me. " Despite the small part Shannon is happy with the casting of Tracy Phillips. "She is a beautiful girl" Shannon said. "I was very flattered that they picked her to play me.
Nawal El Moutawakel is still a running light
Telegraph.co.uk – Dec 25, 2007
Thompson the former double Olympic champion battled and grinned on the court. He said later: “Young children boys and girls should have equal opportunity in life. This is a perfect example of how sport can be used as the means to break down barriers and help give youngsters a real chance to improve their situation. This is a fantastic event which has played a significant part in changing perceptions in Morocco about the role of women in society. El Moutawakel our heroine looked on proudly. And well she might. She said: “The school has changed the kids have changed the community has changed… And well she might. She said: “The school has changed the kids have changed the community has changed. Sport has taught the girls what to eat how to stay clean how to be aware of their body how to dance – it is all part of their wider education. “If we can break the mould that inhibits so many young people we can make a profound change both in my country and around the world. It’s not a revolution it’s a celebration.
Out & About
St. Petersburg Times – Dec 25, 2007
The gardens are at 12520 Ulmerton Road Largo. For information call (727) 582-2100. Tuesdays Supporting veterans: Attend weekly dinner dancing and bingo events at American Legion Turner-Brandon Post 7 1760 Turner St. Memberships are available for all veterans and immediate family members. For event days and times call 727 447-9204. Wednesday Double-6 anyone? Experienced domino players and those wishing to learn the game are invited to play from 11 a… Call (727) 518-3016. Thursday Library fun: The Clearwater Public Library is offering a variety of programs for youth during winter break. Tricky Dogs a family-friendly circus-style dog act comes to the Countryside Library 2741 State Road 580 at 10:30 a. A High School Musical sing-along will invite the audience to sing to the movie at 2 p.
Pianist jazz great Oscar Peterson dies at 82
The Age – Dec 25, 2007
Born on August 15 1925 in a poor neighbourhood south-west ofMontreal Peterson obtained a passion for music from his fatherDaniel a railway porter and self-taught musician who bestowed hislove of music to his five children offering them a means to escapefrom poverty. Peterson learned to play trumpet and piano at a young age butafter a bout with tuberculosis had to concentrate on thelatter. He became a teen sensation in his native Canada playing indance bands and recording in the late 1930s and early 1940s. But hegot his real break as a surprise guest at Carnegie Hall in 1949after which he began touring the US and Europe. He quickly made a name for himself as a jazz virtuoso oftencompared to piano great Art Tatum his childhood idol for hisspeed and technical skill. He was also influenced by Nat King Cole whose Nat King ColeTrio album he considered “a complete musical thesaurus for anyaspiring jazz pianist”. Peterson never stopped calling Canada home despite his growinginternational reputation but at times felt slighted there where hewas occasionally mistaken for a football player standing at 1.