Category Archives: Sports

Don Mattingly’s Lovely Mother Ginger

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Tonya

Ha – another instance of the intersection of my two favorite pastimes… Have you guys seen this yet? I just saw it on the news. It’s Don Mattingly (former Yankee, current Dodgers manager), “dancing” the role of Mother Ginger in … Continue reading →

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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Tonya

Not to be melodramatic but waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa. Worst thing about last night’s Yankees / Rangers game: not going to be able to watch certain New York City Ballet dancers (no names mentioned ) getting plastered at a certain Lincoln Center-area bar … Continue reading →

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Now I Want to Root for Kurt Warner

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Tonya

Last night my neighbors were really noisy so I recorded Dancing With the Stars and went out to a bar to watch the Yankees. While watching the game (which we won!), I chatted a bit with a guy I met, … Continue reading →

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Dancing With the Stars, Season 11 Week 2

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Tonya

Yankees had better be doing better when I turn back to YES Network after the show is over. I mean, they’re losing 6-0 to Toronto after three innings! Rick and Cheryl, Jive: Okay, well this is a dance that definitely … Continue reading →

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First Gatorade Dancer Athlete is a Woman!

Posted on August 13, 2010 by Tonya

I’m really glad Lauren Froderman won So You Think You Can Dance last night. I didn’t think I had a clear favorite until it came down to the time when Cat Deeley was getting ready the winner’s name and I … Continue reading →

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HAPPY WORLD CUP EVERYONE!

Posted on June 11, 2010 by Tonya

Holy crap, I cannot believe these photos were taken four years ago, right after I’d just started this blog, actually. Like a proper newly obsessed samba fanatic, I’d dragged my friends to a Sushi Samba restaurant in the Flatiron District … Continue reading →

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CASTING FOR OPENING NIGHT NEW YORK CITY BALLET

Posted on April 15, 2010 by Tonya

Ballet season is almost here in NYC! New York City Ballet opens April 29th with a program that includes two premieres — one by Benjamin Millepied and one by Alexei Ratmansky (now ABT’s resident choreographer). The Millepied ballet, set to … Continue reading →

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BEST SUPERBOWL COMMERCIAL BY FAR, EVER, NO COMPETITION – DUH

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Tonya

Okay, I can’t really say “ever” since I’ve never watched the Superbowl before. But seriously, who is Mark Sanchez!

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NATALIE PORTMAN AND BENJAMIN MILLEPIED ARE ALLEGEDLY DATING

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Tonya

I’ve been hearing rumors about this for a while now, but now that the celeb gossip mags are starting to pick it up, I feel authorized to post about it. Millepied is doing the choreography for the upcoming film Black … Continue reading →

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DEREK JETER IS CALLED BALLETIC AND BARYSHNIKOV SIGNS A BASEBALL

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Tonya

I love it — crossover between my passion and favorite pastime! Derek Jeter was just named New Yorker of the year by the New York Daily News, who said: “Throughout Jeter has conducted himself with grace, balletic grace in movement, … Continue reading →

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A-ROD & DJ: THE MUSICAL

Posted on December 27, 2009 by Tonya

Okay I know this has nothing overtly to do with dance but I love these two and couldn’t help posting it anyway. So cute in their youthful innocence And those voices! Seriously, don’t they sound like characters out of West … Continue reading →

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WAS THAT THE MOST BORING DANCING WITH THE STARS QUARTERFINAL OR WHAT?

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Tonya

Sorry I’ve been so out of it again with blogging, you guys — I can’t believe how many little errors there are in my book to correct… So stressful! Anyway, I managed to watch DWTS last night. Thing is, I’m … Continue reading →

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