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WHO WERE YOU 20 YEARS AGO?
A couple photos of Najma, taken in the apartment we were living in on 9/11/2001, in Hoboken, New Jersey. The bottom shows the phone (a landline, remember those!) on which I tried in vain all throughout that day to call relatives and coworkers letting them know I was okay. Both landlines and cell towers were…
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Happy Belated Thanksgiving from North Carolina
So I went to North Carolina to visit my mom and cousin for Thanksgiving. I really needed to get out of New York for a while, as I’ve been developing a real love / hate relationship with the city for the past few years now. My second novel, which I’m trying desperately to finish right…
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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 馃檪 ) getting plastered at a certain Lincoln Center-area bar during the World Series. Seriously, I am so upset… Photo of Derek Jeter…
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NY, NY
I know, I post this link every time this year. I can’t help it — it’s my favorite essay about New York ever.
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IS MAINSTREAM AMERICA STILL HOMOPHOBIC?
So, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamantion called Nigel Lythgoe on his anti-gay comments on SYTYCD last week and Lythgoe apologized. I missed last week’s show, but according to the Times he told a male ballroom duo that he didn’t think the show’s audiences would be receptive to them and that, though they’d had…
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Recession Diversifies "The Ghetto"
Not to sound melodramatic, but it just seems like the recession is really changing the way some people live. My apartment building seems like party central during weekday days now. Halls are filled with the cacophany of TV cartoons, soap operas, talk shows, and blaring stereos, all of which easily penetrate walls, floors, and ceilings.…
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Mercedes Ellington, Broadway, Dance Times Square Student Comp
So, on Saturday, because Tony Meredith and Melanie LaPatin are in Canada choreographing for Canadian So You Think You Can Dance, Mercedes Ellington took over emceeing responsibilities at the Dance Times Square student / teacher in-house competition. It was interesting seeing her emcee since she talked a lot about the various musical pieces played…
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At columbia
At columbia Originally uploaded by swan lake samba girl via mobile. T-Mobile There’s a Sikh guy warming for tonight’s after-show comp. Never seen that before. College ballroom’s so different, so open. Wish it existed when I was in school.
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Empire State en Gold
If you see the Empire State Building lit in gold tonight and wonder why, it’s in celebration of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater‘s opening night gala this evening at City Center. It’s the company’s 50th anniversary. Also, video clips will be shown at Times Square. Wish I could be there. Instead I’ll be at…
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National Book Award Podcasts, W/ Update
For anyone who may be interested, the National Book Awards are happening right now, I think somewhere around Wall Street. Anyway, Ed Champion’s podcasts are quite entertaining — particularly this one with Candace Bushnell (#5). Hmmm, I wonder if Mr. Bushnell is there… Update: Had a little too much fun reading all the tweets last…
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Scales of Memory at BAM
If you’re in NY, this looks fascinating. Recommended by Lauren Cerand. I’ve never seen Compagnie Jant B, but do so love Urban Bush Women. Unfortunately I have a crazy full week ahead (three short stories, four dance reviews and a restaurant write-up, all before I leave for Thanksgiving next Wednesday) and don’t know if…
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Reminder: Slavik & Hanna at Columbia
Just a reminder that Slavik Kryklyvyy and Hanna Karttunen will be performing at Columbia University’s Big Apple Dancesport Challenge on December 6th! Arunas Bizokas and Katusha Demidova will dance as well. Tickets range from $30 to $85 (for front row seating), but it looks like tkts on the cheaper end are selling out.…