Although it’s a little random, this is a fun post, and it does have something to do with dance!

An article from the German “Spiegel Online” recently featured an invention that cuts energy costs and reduces consumption through the power of dance. And on September 2, dancers in Holland will begin powering the world’s first Sustainable Dance Club.

Click the title of this post to read more…

We’ve talked about nutrition for dancers before, but there is a lot to say. Today, we’re going to look at the basics on an important topic: carbohydrates.

Many people, including dancers, fear carbohydrates. Depending on where you get your nutritional advice, you might have learned that carbohydrates are the enemy of fitness. But this isn’t true, especially for dancers.

If you’re always avoiding carbohydrates, getting the right facts could improve your performance.
Read this post to figure out how many carbs you really need.

Remember: we’re giving away tickets to the premiere of youth dance company Music & Motion’s new work “CONTINENTS: A Global Voyage” in the 2008 Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe on Saturday, September 6.

To win, you have to enter by September 3!

Click on the title of this post for entry info!

“Becoming Through Dance” is sociologist Helene Lawson’s study that asks, “why do adults begin taking dance?” Lawson herself began dance as an adult beginner, and she wanted to know why. Through this study, she tries to answer that question.

Click on the title of this post to read an interesting look at the benefits of dance for adult beginners.

Filmmaker David Kinsella’s “A Beautiful Tragedy,” a documentary that opens the doors of the Perm State Ballet School, is now available in all DVD formats.

On Kinsella’s YouTube Channel, you’ll find clips of the film. There, you’ll also find plenty of comments on each clip. It’s these comments that interest me today.

To read more about why I think the comments on “A Beautiful Tragedy” could be important, click on the title of this post.

“Dancing With the Stars” will soon return to ABC for its 7th season. The show kicks off on Monday, September 22 with a three-night premiere event.

ABC has released the names of this season’s “stars,” which include Olympic medalists, a celebrity chef, and a retired defensive tackle.

This post comes to us from guest blogger Nichelle Strzepek. Nichelle’s home is at DanceAdvantage, a blog with great material for dancers, covering topics on everything from technique to nutrition.

Today, Nichelle brings us her look at Creative Dance and its use in teaching.

Win tickets to the premiere of Music & Motion’s new work “CONTINENTS: A Global Voyage” at Philly Fringe on September 6.
This is your chance to see this fresh youth dance company perform, for free!

Click on the title of this post and enter to win your tickets.

Today, we’re putting a spotlight on Music & Motion Dance Productions for our feature series “This Season.”

Music & Motion Dance Productions is a a fresh, innovative, performance-oriented, youth dance company out of Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.

You’ll want to learn more about Music & Motion and this dynamic young company’s approachable and inventive dance performances. Click on the title of this post to read more.

This is the final post in our series on career advice for dancers. If you’re trying to decide if the life of a professional dancer is right for you, then check out this entire series. Click on the title of this post to read on.

AND, check out the link to DanceAdvantage’s Teach-a-Thon at the end of this post. The Teach-a-Thon is a week-long blogging event that offers great advice for dance students who are heading back to school soon! We are happy to participate in the Teach-a-Thon all week long.

This is the fourth post in our series on career advice for dancers. If you’re trying to decide if you want the life of a professional dancer, then this series is for you. Click on the title of this post to read more.

AND, check out the link to DanceAdvantage’s Teach-a-Thon at the end of this post. The Teach-a-Thon is a week-long blogging event that offers great advice for dance students who are heading back to school soon! We are happy to participate in the Teach-a-Thon all week long.

This is the third post in our series on career advice for dancers. If you’re trying to decide if you want the life of a professional dancer, then this series is for you. Click on the title of this post to read more.

AND, check out the link to DanceAdvantage’s Teach-a-Thon at the end of this post. The Teach-a-Thon is a week-long blogging event that offers great advice for dance students who are heading back to school soon! We are happy to participate in the Teach-a-Thon all week long.

This is the second post in our series on career advice for dancers. If you’re trying to decide if you want the life of a professional dancer, then this series is for you. Click on the title of this post to read more.

AND, check out the link to DanceAdvantage’s Teach-a-Thon at the end of this post. The Teach-a-Thon is a week-long blogging event that offers great advice for dance students who are heading back to school soon! We are happy to participate in the Teach-a-Thon all week long.

You’ve been dancing since age three. Your classmates have never seen you without your dance bag.

Now, you’re ready to graduate from high school and decide on a future. Until now, dance has been your life, but will it be your career?

Many dancers reach this point and wonder if the life of a professional dancer is right for them. If you want to know the pros and cons of a career in dance, then this post is for you. This is the first in our series of posts with career advice for dancers.
Click on the title of this post to read on.

AND, check out the link to DanceAdvantage’s Teach-a-Thon at the end of this post. The Teach-a-Thon is a week-long blogging event that offers great advice for dance students who are heading back to school soon! We are happy to participate in the Teach-a-Thon all week long.

Even if ballet has little presence in your city, you can still find its influence everywhere.
More specifically, you can find it in the leggings, wraps, and flats worn by fashion-conscious women in cities around the world.

Is this love of ballet-inspired fashion rooted in something more lasting than fad and designer decree?

Click on the title of this post to read more about ballet dancewear’s lasting impact on mainstream fashion.

The Dance Films Association (DFA) asks, once again, that dance filmmakers from across the world submit their best work for the annual Dance On Camera Festival.

Submissions are due soon! Click on the title of this post for more about the Dance On Camera Festival and to learn how you can enter.

This week, DanceHere contributor Kristen had the chance to see “Fela!,” a new musical by Bill T. Jones and Jim Lewis. Here, in a special post, we are happy to bring you her review of the show.

Click on the title of this post to read Kristen’s review.

If you’ve memorized every move from the 1987 film “Dirty Dancing,” you now have more than 20 brand new scenes to enjoy in “Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story On Stage.”

The show is playing right now in Toronto, and it makes its US debut in September. Click on the title of this post to find out where, and when, you can catch the new “Dirty Dancing.”

Although the world is focused right now on the 2008 Olympic Games in China, the dancers of the National Ballet of China (NBC), although less known than some Olympic athletes, are also performing feats of physical and artistic strength.

On August 20, you won’t have to travel to see an amazing show. Cirque du Soleil will present “DELIRIUM”, the film, in select movie theaters across the United States and Canada for a special limited engagement, running August 20, 21, 23, and 24.

“DELIRIUM,” part of Cirque du Soleil’s repertoire since 2006, combines dance, music, and circus arts in a vibrant piece of imaginative visual art. Sony Pictures Releasing’s The Hot Ticket now brings “DELIRIUM,” the film, in High Definition, to theaters across North America.

The benefits of seeing “DELIRIUM” in theaters: you don’t have to travel, and you don’t have to pay the high ticket price of a live show.

Click on the title of this post to see “DELIRIUM.”

With the third anniversary of the hurricane Katrina disaster approaching on Aug. 25, Terpsicorps dancers’ recent presentation of “Hurricane & other forces of nature” at the Diana Wortham Theatre in Asheville, NC, was a timely performance of a powerful piece.

Dance lets us communicate across social, economic, and language barriers. And at the Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom, the dancers from Janis Claxton Dance are proving that movement communication can also connect humans with other species.

Click on the title of this post to read more about “Enclosure 44 - Humans.”

What is the greatest challenge facing you as a dancer?

“Gravity”, Jeanne Robinson might say. This former dancer and teacher—now a writer and choreographer—has explored the idea of weightless dance for decades. And she is one of the few people who have actually performed in the zero-gravity environment high above ordinary stages.

Click on the title of this post to read about Jeanne Robinson and “The Stardance Experience.”

Though ballet isn’t an Olympic sport, there are several Olympic events that ballet dancers can naturally appreciate for the skill, strength, and even artistry of the athletes.

One of these events is the sport that was originally known as “water ballet.”

One of the best parts about blogging is that it’s easy to meet and work with dancers and teachers.

To help you connect with some of the people we’ve met (and to just take part in a cool project) we will be participating in the Teach-a-Thon, created and organized by Nichelle at DanceAdvantage.

Click on the title of this link for more information on this blogging project–it starts soon!

So, do you know who won? Yes–we’re talking about the season finale of “So You Think You Can Dance.”

If you missed it, we can tell you how it ended.

But first, you should read to find out how it began.

Click on the title of this post for the FULL recap of the “So You Think You Can Dance” season four finale!

Last night, Courtney, Katee, Joshua, and Twitch performed their final competitive routines and solos, setting themselves up for one last round of judgment from American viewers.

The results from last night’s vote will be announced tonight during the “So You Think You Can Dance” two-hour season finale, beginning at 8/7c. on Fox.

If you missed a minute of last night’s final performances, you’ll want to catch up for tonight.

Click on the title of this post to read the “So You Think You Can Dance” recap!

With friends, classes, and the need for sleep, you might not have much extra time. But if your artistic side runs in overdrive, you can try some of these crafts for dancers.

If you’re in New York, you’ll want to make time this week for the free performances and classes from Ailey II.

This event celebrates Ailey’s 50th anniversary, and it works to fulfill Ailey’s desire to “bring dance back to the people.” Classes and performances begin on Tuesday, August 5.

Click on the title of this post for all of the information on this event.

Even if you aren’t into some of the more popular dance shows like “So You Think You Can Dance,” or “Dancing With the Stars,” or “Step It Up and Dance,” you may find something you like on the new broadband television channel TenduTV. And you will find it on-demand, fee-free, day or night.