Category: dancing

Written by on August 25, 2012

Sleep No More…It’s No Jersey Boys

dancing . entertainment

PHOTO: New York Times  “I heard it’s better on shrooms” So said our waiter Nestor at Son Cubano, a Nuevo Latino supper club that featured both intoxicating coconut mojitos and delicious Serrano ham croquettes (dubbed “ham balls” by our party). And Nestor, like his character in The Odyssey, was wise in pointing out that Sleep Read More

Written by on August 16, 2008

Good Night, California

dancing . friends . santa monica

I went to my last dance class here on Thursday. Jill Strauss put together a great combination to Heather Headley’s “Your Love is Like Rain.” I enjoyed dancing it. There were lots of moments were you had to fill up the counts because of the reggae beat behind the song. Afterwards, some of the ladies Read More

Written by on August 15, 2008

So You Think You Can Dance (season four)

dancing . entertainment . TV Squad

I’m so excited for Joshua, the winner of So You Think You Can Dance this summer. He was a brilliant dancer. Here’s his first routine to “No Air” choreographed by Tabitha and Napoleon. He’s dancing with one of the final four dancers, Katee. This was the last routine of the night when the Top 20 Read More

Written by on August 9, 2008

The Wiz soundtrack

dancing . work

I just bought The Wiz soundtrack today. I found out this week that one of my new jobs at Preston will be to direct the musical. I’m so excited about this — I can’t even begin to explain it. Previously, I only had “Ease on Down the Road” in my iTunes library. But today, I Read More

Written by on May 8, 2008

I *heart* my dance teacher

dancing

I have the greatest jazz teacher. Her name is Jill Strauss (click on her name in my Blogroll and it will take you to her site). She does Luigi style jazz–it’s pure, it’s body-conscious, it’s extremely rhythmic, and above all, it’s fun. If any of you are in the Santa Monica area and looking for Read More