If you like Julie Andrews and a little Do Re Me as much as I do then you’ll love this video.

So I know it’s a T-mobile commercial but this is one commercial I wish I was in.

I felt that I didn’t want to be in show business anymore. I felt that I wanted to be a farmer. I was milking cows and shoveling terrible stuff and working all day. By the end of the day, all I wanted was my tap shoes – I thought, ‘What am I doing? I better get back where I belong on the stage where we work at night and can sleep late!
Gregory Hines

Scott Wells, Laura Elaine Ellis and Ramon Moreno Acanda were among those honored Tuesday night at the 24th Isadora Duncan Dance Awards (the Izzies) at the San Francisco Public Library’s Koret Auditorium. Wells was honored for his choreography of “What Men Want.”

Ellis received her award for her role in Dimensions Dance Theater’s “Grace – 35th Anniversary Celebration,” and Acanda was recognized for his entire season at Ballet San Jose.

This year the 22nd conference of the International Association of Blacks in Dance is being held in Philly and it will be celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Philandanco. Read about what the conference has to offer, performances, masterclasses and talks about dance, in the article below.

STEPPING UP
22nd Annual Conference of the International Association of Blacks in Dance returns to Philly
By SHAUN BRADY

Philadelphia Daily News
For the Daily News

‘WHENEVER I have an anniversary it seems like I get crazy,” laughed Joan Myers Brown over the phone last week from her studio in West Philadelphia. She expected to be working into the wee hours of the morning – and not for the only time that week – to prepare for the horde of dancers, teachers and students expected to stream into town for this week’s International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference. Read More

Performances for 5 female and male dancers created by Ohad Naharin premiers this week at Suzanne Dellal in Tel Aviv Israel. The piece was originally created for 5 women in 2008 and has been set on 5 men in 2010. You might have to go twice to see both the women and the men perform but if you don’t live in Israel and can’t go at all like most of us check out this preview video.

I just want to say Happy New Year and that Greendancers Blog is going to be back this year but we are working on restructuring our blog site. Please be patient because there will be a lot of great posts to come. In the mean time check out some of our old posts and comment on things that you would like to see changed or things that aren’t talked about that you would like us to talk about. Thanks and have a great 2010.

Alvin Ailey

1. Pictures at an Exhibition Set Off an Energetic Display of Private Dramas
(New York Times)

2. Ballet artistic director: 5 Reasons Dancers are Better Than Ever
(Atlanta Journal Constitution)

3. China’s first contemporary ballet troupe to stage anniversary shows
(Xinhuanet)

4. Review of the Decade: Judith Mackrell on Dance
(Guardian.UK)

5. Can Modern Dance Be Preserved?
(New York Times)

“The Collaborative Habit, Life Lessons for Working Together” is Tywla Tharp’s new book about the collabrative process of dance.
Check out this interview about her new book and the collaborative work she has undertaken over her lifetime.
View Full Audio on WNYC

Review of Paris Opera Ballet’s performance of three contemporary ballets.

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