http://www.momentinet.com/techshowpreviews Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 04 Mar 2009 15:32:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en When John and Jackie Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson were in the White House they had many ballet performances in the White House on a specially built temporary stage. Ronald Reagan was not what you would say interested in the Fine Arts. In fact, when Reagan presented the Kennedy Award to ... http://www.momentinet.com/techshowpreviews/?p=141 For over fifty years I have been a dancer, choreographer and teacher. I don't feel my age until I talk to many younger dancers. My dance career started after the Great Depression and World War II. Because of my late start as a dancer, I was taking as many dance ... http://www.momentinet.com/techshowpreviews/?p=137 I think dancing is every bit as addictive as crack, cocaine or heroin. Of course I never heard of a dancer mugging someone to get money for class -- but there are stories of dancers sabotaging other dancers to get their roles. Thank heavens this is not the norm. I ... http://www.momentinet.com/techshowpreviews/?p=133 To quote from Rodgers and Hamerstein's The King and I when Anna says, "It's a very ancient saying but true and honest thought, if you become a teacher by your pupils you'll be taught." What does that have to do with me, Very few remember that I taught pre-school children to ... http://www.momentinet.com/techshowpreviews/?p=130 Yesterday while I was teaching my ballet class at Ballet Academy East I heard myself shouting above the music: "Pull in your stomach, lift your chin, straighten your knees, get the correct arms; how many time do I have to tell you the difference between croise and efface?" Hearing myself ... http://www.momentinet.com/techshowpreviews/?p=127 Tradition has always been part of the theatre. The Gypsy Robe is just one more, for the singing and dancing chorus in a Broadway musical. First let me define what the word "Gypsy" has to do with Broadway. Members of the singing and dancing chorus, if they are lucky, go ... http://www.momentinet.com/techshowpreviews/?p=124 Every ballet goer has seen Coppélia or at least heard about it. It's a fun ballet that encompasses many forms of dance: character, and classical ballet. It is a clever comment on the evils of infatuation. What is not known about Coppélia is; it was one of the last attempts to ... http://www.momentinet.com/techshowpreviews/?p=121 Ballet in the USA started long before many of us would have thought. Companies of dancers visited the Colonies as early as 1735, when England's Henry Holt and his group performed three ballets in Charleston. Because of the Puritan influence, any possibility of starting a ballet company in this country ... http://www.momentinet.com/techshowpreviews/?p=96 JAS test POST for featured  JAS test POST for featured JAS test POST for featured JAS test POST for featured JAS test POST for featured JAS test POST for featured JAS test POST for featured JAS test POST for featured JAS test POST for featured JAS test POST for featured ... http://www.momentinet.com/techshowpreviews/?p=92 CAMARILLO, October 7, 2008 – Dr. Ross E. Dueber, president and CEO of ZPower, Inc., will discuss the industry’s first silver-zinc battery technology for consumer electronics at the Batteries 2008 conference in Nice, France, starting October 8th. His presentation will address the performance, environmental, and safety advantages ... http://www.momentinet.com/techshowpreviews/?p=52