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Perhaps the best thing about last weekend's joint Mainly Jazz, and Harvard-Radcliffe Bullet Company performance was that it consisted of neither mainly jazz nor mainly ballet. Both companies--along with the guest appearance of the athletic Crimson Dance Team--challenged the traditional genres of dance. Aptly titled "Footnotes," (each number yielded a genninely new inter-pretation) the show offered some of the most energetic dance and choreography in recent Harvard memory...
...band of shirtless male ballet dancers interrupted the second largest class at Harvard yesterday by performing an excerpt from Igor Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring in what was most likely a final club initiation prank...
...years, dancers have benefited from the Pilates program, toning their muscles and building strength while at the same time increasing flexibility. After seven decades, it emerged from the ballet studio and has been hailed as the exercise of the light-and-lean '90s. Younger people kicked off the trend, but middle-aged and older men and women are discovering its distinct advantages. Connecting breathing to movement, stretching the spine and lengthening ligaments and muscles improve balance and correct posture, giving a better sense of well-being and reducing the risk of falls and future injury. "You feel more energized...
...kids ages 3 to 12 spent 29 hours a week in school, eight hours more than they did in 1981, when a similar study was conducted. They also did more household chores, accompanied their parents on more errands and participated in more of such organized activities as soccer and ballet. Involvement in sports, in particular, rose almost 50% from 1981 to 1997: boys now spend an average of four hours a week playing sports; girls log half that time. All in all, however, children's leisure time--defined as time left over after sleeping, eating, personal hygiene and attending school...
...Fancy Free, the dancers fell into the period piece perfectly and the scenery and sets were stunning. The backdrop of never-ending buildings in dark purples and blues and the bright colors of the diner were the perfect setting for the ballet. The three sailors, performed by Joaquin de Luz, Ethan Steifel and John Selya, and the three women, performed by Christine Dunham, Amanda McKerrow and Jennifer Alexander, acted the piece as if they had fallen through time to the 1940s. Their acting was witty, and funny and their dancing was lively, stylistic and included bouncy jumps, the rhumba...