JUMP DANCE CONVENTION: Can't attend the Dance Teacher Summit, but want the info anyway!??

JUMP Dance Convention (on Facebook, July 27,2010)



Can't attend the Dance Teacher Summit, but want the info anyway?!?!NOW YOU CAN! The 2009 Summit DVD Box Set is available for immediate shipment & you can pre-order the 2010 DVD Box Set which will ship Oct. 1!! There are 32 DVD's with each box set! It includes all the Classes, Business seminars and MORE!! Use promo code...
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AUGUST 3,2010~DANCERS BROKE THE RECORD BALLERINAS ON POINT AT ONE TIME!

  August 2nd 2010, on a perfect summer afternoon at the Naumburg Bandshell in New York City's Central Park, 241 people put on pointe shoes in an attempt to break the previous Guinness record of 226 ballerinas on pointe at the same time. That record was set last year at City Center in NYC after the Youth America Grand Prix. We were determined to best it. Under the watchful eye of a representative from Guinness sporting a logo blazer, we assembled in ten reasonably straight lines. She was stern and businesslike with her pen poised over her clipboard while we waited for the command to releve. Oddly however, nothing in the numerous e-mails sent over the past few weeks by event organizer and uber ballet photographer Gene Schiavone had mentioned a key requirement of the challenge. We were all supposed to stay on pointe, ensemble, for a solid minute. Quick, what would you suggest as a way to achieve that end? How about just sous sous and bourree in place for sixty seconds? Good answer! Instead, though, American Ballet Theatre soloist Craig Salstein gave us a peculiar combination involving bourrees to the left with the left foot behind (!) and a back soutenu without a plie for preparation. I don't have to tell you that many participants, some of whom looked to be as young as 10 or 11, wobbled on the bumpy cement surface and came off pointe. And those straight lines? Not so much any more. But wait! There's a happy ending to this only-in-New-York idyll.





Blog post copied from Dance.com's Blog

OMG! YOU HAVE GOT 2 C VACA!!!

  Te Vaka is a Polynesian performing group of musicians and dancers from New Zealand, with ancestry from several Pacific Islands including Samoa and two very small islands called Tuvalu and Tokelau. They are lead by singer-songwriter Opetaia Foa’i, who writes songs in his indigenous language, Tokelauan. He writes upbeat songs about important things: home, family, the islands and the oceans. And while the style is contemporary rock, its heart comes from the rhythms of islands life.



  Their pure, open-throated vocals made me wish I could sing—it must feel divine to sing like that. In addition to full-band (guitars, drums, singing) they performed a number of percussion-only compositions that were as complex and exciting as any I have heard (right up there with taiko—indeed, I am certain one of them practiced taiko). The sound/spirit of those drums reached out and grabbed me by the solar plexus. And through it all, they danced. Three dancers, two women and one man. This style of Polynesian dance is irresistible. The women’s dances are very feminine, the men’s dances very masculine. Both are infused with power, grace, and shear, unadulterated joy. The women were gorgeous, with hand and finger movements as supple as sea grass and hips that circle at breakneck speeds. And they perform these charming little gestures, like a small flick of the head that seems to say “ain’t I cute and I’m so glad you are here watching.” The primary male dancer danced with a wide stance, big leg kicks, powerful arm and hand gestures, like that flicking, twisting fist that I can’t get enough of. (Yes, I’m in love again, this time with Pacific Island dance!) In addition, local Polynesian dance troupe Te Hau Nui (lead by my hula teacher Lorraine Kinnemon) performed two choreographies with the band including Pate Pate (pate is a log drum), Te Vaka’s signature piece.


  Despite the driving spirit of Te Vaka’s music, they had a hard time convincing anyone to get up and dance. “Its been a long time since I played for a sitting audience,” Opetaia said hoping to embarrass us out of our seats. After the intermission, people did loosen up and dance. That’s when the native islanders came out to play. I was passed by three men who emerged from behind a bar, each of them the size of a Volkswagon, Samoan style. They danced a modest men’s dance, but it was the sharp, whooping vocalizations that sent a thrill through me.


  Oh well, no words are ever going to express what I experienced. No CD or DVD is ever going to capture what Te Vaka has to offer. They play again tonight in San Francisco and then a half a dozen other west coast spots. I may become a groupie. Or move to New Zealand. I wonder if there are any jobs there…?

This Blog Post is copied from  Renee Rothman's blog post.

SYTYCD SEASON FINALLE~SHORT RECAP

Third placed (second runner up) is none other than...ROBERT!!! "Thank you everyone who picked up the phone for me and every contestant that I've shared this with," Robert, said. And accourding to the official SYTYCD page, Robert walked off with a giant bouquet of flowers and a big smile!



After a few of the judges' (and Cat's) favorites, after a HUGE AND AWESOME tribute to Alex, it was time to announce the winners!!! Which 18-year-old would win? Kent, the die-hard cotemperary jazz, or Lauren, the last girl on the season, and the jazz diva? Finally, They announce the winner. *drumroll, please!*......LAUREN FRODERMAN!



Lauren, still in her cowgirl costume, is filled with joy as confetti flies around her and people carry her as she celebrates her victory!



Lauren, 18, and season 7 winner of SYTYCD posts on facebook, "I cannot even believe how amazing this journey has been. I am so blessed and grateful to all my family, friends, and fans. Thank you for believing in me and naming me America's best dancer!!! So surrel and a dream come true Woot Woot! Thank you America, it was an honor dancing for you :) p.s. loved dancing with robert and kent in the top three it was the time of my life!"



We are all rooting for Lauren as she became season 7, winner of SYTYCD, and as she takes home the $250,000 prize!

-Katie Krist