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Tag Archives: Arunas Bizokas
BLACKPOOL 2010 OVER ALREADY
Wow, this year’s Blackpool Dance Festival has already come and gone. Funny how priorities change; I used to look so forward to this every year. But this year I was so caught up in book stuff, and BookExpo America, that … Continue reading
ARUNAS BIZOKAS & KATUSHA DEMIDOVA MAKE HISTORY
By bringing home the World Standard trophy from Tokyo this weekend. First time a U.S. couple has ever won the World Standard championship. Now if we could only return to the MGM era, we would have a new Fred and … Continue reading
MANHATTAN DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS: A COUPLE OF WINNER PHOTOS, IN SEPIA
I’ve gotten no sleep for about the past 72 hours and have a big day ahead, so I’ll definitely write more about this weekend’s ballroom competition soon. But for now, here are a couple of photos I took and tried … Continue reading
BLACKPOOL FINALE
So, predictably, last night Mirko Gozzoli and Alessia Betti from Italy took the final Blackpool championship, the Standard (above photo from BlackpoolDanceFestival.net). Our Arunas Bizokas and Katusha Demidova came in second, Britain’s Jonathan Wilkins and Hazel Newberry took third, the … Continue reading
Posted in Ballroom / Latin, Dance Event Reviews
Tagged Alessia Betti, Anna Mikhed, Arunas Bizokas, Blackpool Dance Festival, Chrisanne, Domenico Soale, Gioia Cerasole, Hazel Newberry, Jonathan Wilkins, Katusha Demidova, Kristi Boyce, Mirko Gozzoli, Morena Colagreco, Paolo Bosco, Roberto Villa, Silvia Pitton, Victor Fung, Warren Boyce
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BLACKPOOL DISPATCH #1: Congress Lectures Day 1
Eleanor writes: “Just a little something about today for you. Best lectures [see post below for definition] were given by Max [Kozhevnikov] and Beata, and Sergey and Melia. Max spoke about how he gets his ideas for showdances and they … Continue reading
Posted in Ballroom / Latin, Dance Event Reviews
Tagged Arunas Bizokas, Beata, Blackpool Dance Festival, Chrisanne ballgown designer, Congress Lectures, Katusha Demidova, Max and Beata's Charlie Chaplin routine, Max Kozhevnikov, Melia, Riccardo Cocchi, rumba, Sergey Surkov, Yulia Zagoruychenko
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AND CONGRATS TO ANNA DEMIDOVA!!!
(Above, a couple of pics of her and her partner, Igor Mikushov, I took at, it looks like, the Manhattan Dancesport Championships) I’d gone to ABT last night and got home right before the DWTS winner was announced and so … Continue reading
Posted in Ballroom / Latin, Dance on Television
Tagged American Ballet Theater, Anna Demidova, Arunas Bizokas, Blackpool Dance Festival, Dancing With the Stars, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Igor Mikushov, Katusha Demidova, Sergey Surkov, Slavik Kryklyvyy, Standard Ballroom dancing, United States National Dancesport Championships
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WHO WOULD MAKE A BETTER MODEL THAN A DANCER?
I was in the bookstore the other day looking for literary magazines and somehow got caught up in the latest issue of Vogue Hommes International. I’ve been a fan of Keanu Reeves all the way back since River’s Edge (honestly) … Continue reading
Posted in New York, photography, Silly Samba Girl
Tagged American Ballet Theater, American Psycho, Arunas Bizokas, ballerinas, Bret Easton Ellis, Bruce Weber, Bryant Park, Dancers, David Hallberg, Fabrizio Ferri, Fashion Week, Gene Schiavone, Glamorama, Herman Cornejo, Irina Dvorovenko, Janie Taylor, Jose Carreno, Keanu Reeves, Kristin Sloan, Less Than Zero, Lincoln Center, Linus Koreiva, Louis Garrel, models, Nancy Ellison, New York City Ballet, Paul Kolnik, River's Edge, Robert Fairchild, Roberto Bolle, Sebastien Marcovici, Sergey Surkov, Slavik Kryklyvyy, Stefan Merrill Block, Stella Abrera, the Winger, Tommy Ng, Twitter, Valentino, Valentino: the Last Emperor, Vogue Hommes International
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U.K. Championship Results are In!
Results from the UK National Championships, held this week in Bournemouth (and one of the most prestigious in the world) are now up. Sergey and Melia take third in Latin!!! Woo hoo! They must have been so happy! And I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Ballroom / Latin
Tagged Alessia Betti, Arunas Bizokas, Champions of the Dance, Hanna Karttunen, Hazel Newberry, Joanna Leunis, Jonathan Wilkins, Katusha Demidova, Melia, Michael Malitowski, Mirko Gozzoli, Riccardo Cocchi, Sergey Surkov, Slavik Kryklyvyy, UK Championships, Yulia Zagoruychenko
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