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W&M Theatre season is heading virtual. Here’s the plan

By Dancing Trousers 15 hours ago
William & Mary’s Section of Theatre, Speech and Dance introduced their 2021 spring time virtual performances. (WYDaily/ Courtesy Colonial Williamsburg Basis)

The William & Mary Theatre, Speech and Dance Office announced its spring overall performance agenda for the 2021 time on Jan. 8.

Theatre supporters can count on performances from current college students, alumni and partnerships with other artwork corporations — together with Christopher Newport College — showcasing range in the arts, in accordance to the department’s announcement.

Some performances are authentic operates like “MOSAIC” and “the Untethered: Homecoming” — equally dance productions.

“‘The Untethered: Homecoming’ will with any luck

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Here are all 37 Michigan businesses that have had liquor licenses suspended for alleged COVID violations

By Dancing Trousers 2 days ago

DETROIT – The state of Michigan has suspended the liquor licenses of 37 businesses for violating various COVID-19 safety rules. Here’s a list of all the businesses, along with suspension details.

Location: 700 East Broadway Avenue in Muskegon Heights

Date of suspension: Aug. 26, 2020

The Commission ordered an emergency suspension of the Class C License. Before a Sept. 4 hearing, the licensee entered into a negotiated settlement, which resulted in $750 in fines and an additional 14-day suspension, which ended Sept. 17, 2020.

Location: 18800 8th Avenue in Conklin, Wright Township

Date of suspension: Sept.

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SL vs ENG 2nd Take a look at Working day 2

By Dancing Trousers 3 days ago
Match Assessment

His 92 on Saturday was in sync with this personality: all thrusters firing all the time, no time for specifics, vibes only

Below are two Niroshan Dickwella truths and 1 Niroshan Dickwella lie.

  • One particular time, in the middle of a match, Dickwella created the staff manager Google Translate an insult into Urdu, so he could sledge Pakistan’s players in their own language. (#Thoughtful)
  • An additional time, batting to draw a Test, Dickwella initiated an extended verbal tussle with an opposition participant. When his senior companion explained to him to amazing it, our male responded: “Take it easy,
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Tannery World Dance and Cultural Center Celebrates 10 Years

By Dancing Trousers 6 days ago

It didn’t take long for Santa Cruz, and everyone else, to fall in love with the Tannery World Dance and Cultural Center (TWDCC)—and its founder and executive director Cat Willis—when it opened its doors in 2011.

First conceived by Willis in the ’90s, TWDCC was born out of both her childhood and extensive dance experience. Growing up in a Black church in Rochester, New York, singing, dancing, and community were a part of every weekend, she says. Willis also studied for many years with Garth Fagan Dance, the Edna Manley School of Visual and Performing

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Misty Copeland’s ‘Bunheads’ is an ode to friendship in the dance studio

By Dancing Trousers 1 week ago

In “Bunheads,” a younger woman named Misty attends her very first ballet class, in which she is launched to the basic ballet “Coppélia” and learns footwork like pas de bourrées. She’s also motivated by her friends to retain trying — on the evening of the massive performance, a close friend checks in on an psyched but significantly anxious Misty appropriate right before the curtain lifts.

The new children’s ebook by ballet star Misty Copeland is filled with immediate nods to true individuals in her existence who have encouraged her expertise over the years, but also the far more common strategies

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Jacob’s Pillow is alive and dancing this wintertime/spring, onsite and nearly | Arts And Culture

By Dancing Trousers 2 weeks ago

BECKET — Jacob’s Pillow is bringing dance artists to its campus for a entire January through June routine of residencies, new commissions and digital premieres.

“Thanks to a major grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Basis, we will be capable to continue “bubble” residencies in the Pillow Lab, offering immediate guidance to artists who are able to resume dancing with each other safely,” Jacob’s Pillow government and artistic director Pamela Tatge mentioned.

In the wake of the destruction of the Doris Duke Theatre in a fireplace in November, the COVID-19-compliant residencies will be held in the winterized Perles Relatives Studio.

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30 Essential Dance Movies

By Dancing Trousers 2 weeks ago

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As seminal dance film Save the Last Dance turns 20, we look at the best dance films ever made… and why the Julia Stiles favorite is just a bit too off-beat to make the cut.

Save the Last Dance, which turns 20 this year, has some things you probably want in a movie. A soundtrack that includes Jill Scott and Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes? Yes. References to James Baldwin in the first twelve minutes? You got it. A 23-year-old Kerry Washington in one of her first adult roles, radiating the kind of charisma and

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‘Simply walking’ into 2021 | The River Reporter

By Dancing Trousers 2 weeks ago

By SANDY Extensive

“I have invested a lot of my time just strolling,” wrote Barry Lopez in “River Notes: The Dance of Herons,” a pocket-sized but strong delve into Oregon’s McKenzie River and a dreamlike exploration of self in partnership with location. Lopez’s deeply entwined journey, as professional on Earth, came to an conclusion on December 25 subsequent a long struggle with prostate cancer.

The award-winning author, who was born on the epiphany in 1945, remaining a legacy that is testimony to a lifetime well-lived and richly skilled. As nicely, it lights the way for we who cross the boundary

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Fight over Santee Cooper starts before 2021 session begins

By Dancing Trousers 2 weeks ago

COLUMBIA (AP) — Any questions on whether South Carolina senators and House members will have long and likely bitter fights over whether to sell state-owned utility Santee Cooper have been answered before the 2021 session even begins.

House Speaker Jay Lucas made a rare appearance before a subcommittee Wednesday to defend his work on shaping the future of Santee Cooper, whether it is sold or not.

The Hartsville Republican reminded everyone he wants the board that runs the utility kicked out after he said they misled lawmakers and regulators about a plan to borrow more than $600 million, mostly to

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Boston Dynamics robots pull stunning dance moves in new online video to desire you Delighted New 12 months

By Dancing Trousers 2 weeks ago
Boston Dynamics has posted a video featuring its stunning robotic line-up.

Boston Dynamics: Robotics large Boston Dynamics has time and again posted films of its good robots carrying out several duties, be it accomplishing gymnastics or opening doorways, or carrying out parkour, backflips and whatnot. The excellent robots have showcased what pet dog-like and human-like robots can do with multi-aspect agility and appropriate guidance (program, of study course). And now, Boston Dynamics has posted a online video that includes its amazing robotic line-up to would like the entire world a Happy New Yr. The online video attributes its human-like robot

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You have to see these robots dance to a typical strike

By Dancing Trousers 2 weeks ago

Boston Dynamics experienced the public in awe a few several years back with the generation of various robots — specially its robotic canine Location.

Lacking a discernible head or tail and painted vivid yellow, it didn’t exactly glance like a puppy. But Spot’s motion and reactions were being unnervingly exact to a stay animal. Tap or click on in this article to see the lovely creature in action.

Given that then, the Hyundai Motor Group-owned corporation has been really hard at get the job done, producing a number of other robots. The primary function is not to build up an

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Gene Kelly’s Spouse Reported He ‘Never Needed To Be a Dancer’

By Dancing Trousers 3 weeks ago

Gene Kelly was famous for his dancing. The late actor was just one of the wonderful stars of Golden Age movie musicals, owning choreographed, directed, and starred in classics like An American in Paris and Singin’ in the Rain. But according to his wife, he didn’t want to be well-known for currently being a dancer.

Gene Kelly in ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ (1952) | FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives via Getty Images

Gene Kelly choreographed and co-directed ‘Singin’ in the Rain’

An American in Paris (1951) and Singin’ in the Rain (1952) are two of Kelly’s best works. Singin’ in the Rain

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Choreographer Mandy Moore: ‘Zoey’s Remarkable Playlist’ is the ‘Pro Bowl of my career’

By Dancing Trousers 3 weeks ago

What do you imagine individuals are likely to misunderstand about musicals and dance?

That it is just a bunch of people dancing all around, you know, kicking and turning: Oh, that seems to be like enjoyment. Which is cute. And I believe, “Oh my God! That took me, like, 30 several hours just to make it easy on the eye.” So some thing that is perceived as straightforward has taken a lot of care in producing it not awkward to look at. [Laughs.] Or if it is uncomfortable, I required it to be uncomfortable. There is a storytelling component

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Kansas City Ballet could see significantly-essential resources from pending stimulus deal

By Dancing Trousers 3 weeks ago

The pending stimulus offer earmarks $15 billion for battling performing arts venues. Those resources could assistance the Kansas Metropolis ballet. With out ticket revenue for are living performances, Executive Director Jeffrey Bentley says the business is dependent on contributions from donors.”Over-all, we’ve dropped at minimum, in just ticket profits by itself, three and a 50 % million pounds,” said Bentley. “It is been it really is been complicated. Our staff is beneath diminished compensation. We have had to allow some folks go, our dancers have gotten less months of work this yr than we like so there is certainly a … Read more

Ryan Shepherd Says “Hello Sunday” with New Mix

By Dancing Trousers 3 weeks ago


After the release of his upbeat single “Hello Sunday” and consistent fundraising this year, Ryan Shepherd is guiding everyone into 2021 with a fresh mix!

Canadian DJ and producer Ryan Shepherd has been gaining popularity over the past few years with his high energy performances and house music beats that make feet move with ease. Gaining early support from the likes of Loud Luxury, he kicked off 2020 in style with tunes that included “Don’t Hold Me Down,” “What The Hell Am I (Drinking In LA),” and a remix of ALAMPA’s “Lush Dance” on Armada Music. But then, the

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Trump has uncovered nothing

By Dancing Trousers 4 weeks ago

Even when Donald Trump does the appropriate issue, he does it in the worst way probable.

So it goes with COVID-19 economic relief. Trump on Sunday night time signed a $900 billion regulation that will increase unemployment benefits, help battling smaller companies, and send out $600 checks to most Americans to help them get by means of the tough fiscal periods brought on by the pandemic. Which is the superior information.

But the signing came only just after a prolonged holiday break weekend in which Trump permit COVID-era unemployment benefits expire and pushed the government to the edge of

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Our 1999 Limp Bizkit Cover Story

By Dancing Trousers 4 weeks ago

Click here to read the full article on SPIN.

This article originally appeared in the August 1999 issue of SPIN.

Fred Durst likes it to the right, with a swivel and bounce. “Yeah, like that, with the knee out. And do that thing with your hips,” he says, then pauses a moment, narrows his gaze, and rubs the furry soul patch on his chin. Five lithe female dancers in clingy black synthetic fibers stare back at him, hanging on his every word.

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“Like this?” one asks, doing that thing with her hips.

“Nah, to the right,”

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Disco Ball Had 1 Purpose for ‘The Masked Dancer’: ‘Stay Upright, Motherf–er’

By Dancing Trousers 4 weeks ago

(Warning: This put up includes spoilers for the collection premiere of Fox’s “The Masked Dancer.”)

Grammy-winning rapper and “Law & Buy: Exclusive Victims Unit” star Ice-T was the first celeb contestant unmasked on Fox’s “Masked Singer” spinoff series, “The Masked Dancer.” And nevertheless the star has a breakdancing history and busted far more than just one transfer back in the working day, Ice-T tells TheWrap he was not geared up for how tough it would be to conduct as anthropomorphic disco ball.

“This is not ‘Dancing With the Stars.’ This is far more like, get up there and shift with

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Deepfake Queen Elizabeth II Will Supply Choice Speech and Dance on Channel 4

By Dancing Trousers 4 weeks ago

Queen Elizabeth II of Britain will comply with her annual Christmas Day Message with an substitute on the publicly owned Channel 4, or at the very least that’s what it will seem like at initially glance. The Queen providing Channel 4’s speech is actually a refined deepfake, relying on synthetic intelligence and a gifted actress to mimic the monarch and supply a decidedly out-of-character speech and dance regime.

Royal Deepfake

The

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JuJu Smith-Schuster will halt dancing, all is appropriate with the globe!

By Dancing Trousers 4 weeks ago

Did you listen to the news? Steelers receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster declared on Wednesday that he will no for a longer time dance on the logos of opposing soccer teams!

Merry Xmas, Steeler Country!

Instantly, the Steelers three-match slide has been erased, they’re nonetheless undefeated and totally legit Tremendous Bowl contenders yet again!

Smith-Schuster’s fumble in opposition to the Bengals, a participate in that was a immediate consequence of him dancing on their symbol before the game, hardly ever essentially happened. Instead, Smith-Schuster absorbed the hit, stayed on his feet and raced 80 yards for a landing! The Steelers won

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Direct Listings And SPACs, Transform Facial area of IPOs

By Dancing Trousers 4 weeks ago

There is absolutely nothing new beneath the sunshine, goes the saying. There are just new approaches to take it community.

As 2020 sunsets, we have noticed all fashion of listings, including previously less-common ones that, in a calendar year like no other, outperformed conventional preliminary community offerings in terms of pounds lifted.

As for the general numbers:  Bloomberg documented that U.S. corporations by itself raised far more than $435 billion, far outpacing the $279 billion elevated in 2014, the former annual document. Only $100 billion of that tally arrived from standard listings (that would

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UNCSA releases all-new “Nutcracker” film on demand for absolutely free | News

By Dancing Trousers 1 month ago

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Dec. 17, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — The College of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) right now releases an all-new edition of “The Nutcracker” reimagined for movie, on demand for no cost at www.uncsa.edu/nutcracker as properly as on YouTube and Facebook. The 30-moment film features alumnus Anthony Santos (B.F.A. Dance ’17) of the Dance Theatre of Harlem in the expanded role of the magical Drosselmeyer, new choreography by school member Ilya Kozadayev and a  prologue read by distinguished actress Rosemary Harris. Conceived and designed securely for the COVID-19 era, the manufacturing is a collaboration amongst

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See Who Received the Millions in Hospitality, Arts & Tourism (HArT) Grant Awards

By Dancing Trousers 1 month ago

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Rhode Island Commerce announced the awarding of grants through the state’s hospitality, arts and tourism (HArT) relief program. The awards consisted of $4.7 million to 62 arts and tourism organizations for Engagement, Service, and Resiliency (“ESR”) activities.

In addition to ESR funds, the HArT program has also awarded 40 organizations direct support grants totaling $8 million. Combined with the first round of awards, the total amount granted by the HArT program totals $14.1 million to 95 organizations.     

The HArT grant program aims to prevent the long-term closure of

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Press and Communications

By Dancing Trousers 1 month ago

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Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs Awards $5M to the Creative Group

December 17, 2020 — Houston creative community has been strike difficult throughout the COVID-19 pandemic as tunes venues and artwork areas have closed. To help fight some of the monetary strain impacting regional artists and cultural organizations, the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs (MOCA) distributed $5 million to artists, cultural corporations, songs venues and musicians.

MOCA, in collaboration with Houston Arts Alliance (HAA) and Mid-The usa Arts Alliance (MAAA), productively distributed federal CARES resources to 691 recipients. A full of 226 artists,

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Lizzo dance at Boston Professional medical Centre goes viral right after vaccine comes

By Dancing Trousers 1 month ago

The coronavirus pandemic has not furnished a lot of alternatives for levity or celebration. It’s tiny speculate, then, that a movie of Boston wellbeing care workers dancing to Lizzo’s vivid “Good as Hell” in celebration of the COVID-19 vaccines went viral this 7 days.

Kate Walsh, president and CEO of the Boston Clinical Center, shared the video clip Monday featuring frontline workers grooving — socially distanced and with masks — outdoors of the clinic. Boston Health-related was one of the initial destinations in the condition to receive the vaccine. Per Boston.com, the hospital received virtually 2,000 doses Monday.

“Why

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