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Tag Archives: Sonya Tayeh
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE WEEK 6 – THE SEASON OF INJURIES CONTINUES
Ok, where is Billy? Cat announces that this is the 150th episode, so they have a giant birthday cake. Wow has the show really been on for five years? Kenny Ortega is joining as a judge tonight. Argh! So, Billy … Continue reading
Posted in Dance on Television
Tagged Adechicke Torbert, Allison Holker, Billy Bell, Chuck Maldonado, Jose Ruiz, Kenny Ortega, Kent Boyd, Lauren Froderman, Mia Michaels, Nigel Lythgoe, Robert Roldan, So You Think You Can Dance, Sonya Tayeh, SYTYCD, Tabitha and Napoleon, Twitch, Tyce DiOrio
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ALEX WONG WOWS JUDGES & AUD IN FIRST COMP ON SYTYCD
With this. Wow. He’s not just an excellent dancer with superb technique – which you’d expect of a Miami City Ballet principal of course! He just danced that with so much meaning. So much more than the rest of them. … Continue reading
Posted in Dance on Television
Tagged Adam Shankman, Alex Wong, Anya Garnis, Billy Bell, Mandy Moore, Mark Kanemura, Melanie LaPatin, Miami City Ballet, Pasha Kovalev & Anya Garnis, Sean Cheeseman, So You Think You Can Dance, Sonya Tayeh, SYTYCD, Tony Meredith, Travis Wall, Twitch, Tyce DiOrio
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MORPHOSES REHEARSAL – JESSICA LANG MAKES ME WANT TO DANCE AGAIN…
Tonight I was invited by the Guggenheim Works & Process peeps to a Morphoses rehearsal. Funny, I kept expecting Christopher Wheeldon to be there… but of course he wasn’t. This was really special because it was a first rehearsal; the … Continue reading
PHOTOS OF DEMA DANCE COMPANY'S FIRST SEASON
Here are some photos, all by Kim Max, of DeMa Dance Company‘s recent debut season, at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater. There were six dances — three choreographed by the company’s founding sisters — Despina and Matina Simegiatos, and three … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Performance Reviews
Tagged Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater, Billy Bell, Bjork, Craig Armstrong, DeMa Dance Company, Despina Simegiatos, Jaqlin Medlock, Kim Max, Laser, Matina Simegiatos, Matthew Bourne, Methods, Philip Glass, So You Think You Can Dance, Sonya Tayeh, Swan Lake, SYTYCD, The Feminine, the Light Sines, TOKYO + TOKYO the company, When the Love Enters, Yes I Do, Yesid Lopez, Zaloggos
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DEMA DANCE COMPANY TONIGHT AND TOMORROW NIGHT AT ALVIN AILEY THEATER
Tonight, DeMa Dance Company performs at the Alvin Ailey theater. This is the company I’d blogged about earlier, when I attended their rehearsals and interviewed Sonya Tayeh and Billy Bell. They’ll be performing Tayeh’s piece, When the Love Enters, the … Continue reading
Posted in Dance Previews / Upcoming Dance Events
Tagged Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater, Billy Bell, DeMa Dance Company, So You Think You Can Dance, Sonya Tayeh, SYTYCD
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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE SEASON SIX FINALE: WHY NOT HAVE ALL DANCERS DOING SAME ROUTINES?
So, my favorite dance of the night, not surprisingly, was the Dwight Rhoden / Desmond Richardson-choreographed contemporary routine for Jakob and Kathryn. It was very Dwight Rhoden — with the passionate intensity, the movements that are so real-life: her jumping … Continue reading
Posted in Dance on Television
Tagged Adam Shankman, Ashleigh De Lillo, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Desmond Richardson, Dwight Rhoden, Jakob Karr, Jason Gilkison, Kathryn McCormick, Nigel Lythgoe, Russell Ferguson, Ryan De Lillo, So You Think You Can Dance, So You Think You Can Dance Season six finale, Sonya Tayeh, SYTYCD, Tabatha and Napoleon, Travis Wall
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INTERVIEWS WITH SONYA TAYEH AND BILLY BELL
Okay, here are the interviews I did with Sonya Tayeh and Billy Bell last week at the DeMa Dance Company rehearsal. (Bell and Tayeh are most known for their work on So You Think You Can Dance, if you don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Interviews
Tagged Andrea Miller, Ballet Florida, Batsheva, Billy Bell, Dance Spirit magazine, DeMa Dance Company, Dreyfoos, Gaga, Gallim Dance, Jerome Robbins, Juilliard, Merce Cunningham, mononucleosis, Ohad Naharin, Paul Taylor, So You Think You Can Dance, Sonya Tayeh, SYTYCD, William Forsythe
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SONYA TAYEH REHEARSAL WITH BILLY BELL, ET AL, AT DEMA DANCE
Today I was invited to attend a rehearsal for a new company, DeMa Dance Company, at their studio in Brooklyn. For their first set of performances, which will be in May at the Alvin Ailey Theater, Sonya Tayeh, from So … Continue reading
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, SEASON FIVE SEMI-FINAL
Is it really the semis already?! At the top of the program Mary Murphy expresses shock about Janette getting kicked off last week since she “didn’t miss a single step throughout the show,” then urges the audience to vote based … Continue reading
PROKOFIEV AND CLASSICAL BALLET ON SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE!
Photo of Pina Bausch’s Orfeo ed Euridice by Ursula Kaufman from NYTimes. Well, I am sad and surprised that Nigel Lythgoe did not give any kind of tribute to Pina Bausch last night, the way he did Michael Jackson, Farrah … Continue reading
Posted in Dance on Television
Tagged AAADT, Ade, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Brandon, Brian Friedman, Caitlin, Dizzy Feet Foundation, Ed McMahon, Evan, Farrah Fawcett, France Genereux, Janette, Jason, Jean Marc Genereux, Jeanine, Joey Dowling, Judith Jamison, Karla, Katie Holmes, Kayla, Kenneth MacMillan, Kupono, Mary Murphy, Max Kozhevnikov, Melissa, Mia Michaels, Michael Jackson, New York City Ballet, Nigel Lythgoe, Peter Martins, Phillip, Pina Bausch, Randi, Rich Man's Frug, Robert Fairchild, Romeo and Juliet, Sergei Prokofiev, So You Think You Can Dance, Sonya Tayeh, Sterling Hyltin, Sweet Charity, Tabitha and Napoleon, Thordal Christensen, Vitolio, Yulia Zagoruychenko
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