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...What Leni does not fully reckon with, perhaps because she's inured to their weirdness, is that her relatives are all freaking nuts. Her sister works part time as a belly dancer, but spends most of her life cheerfully picking up inappropriate men. Her young daughter wears a pillow under her skirt pretending to be pregnant. The teen-aged brother has embraced strict religious orthodoxy and keeps interrupting the smooth flow of social events on this Sabbath evening by taping over the light switches and hiding everyone's cell phones; there is to be no electronic interference with true belief...
...interested in "how one adds to a picture," pushes traditional imagery into new realms. In a Samoan siva dance, she spotlights the hands so they appear out of the darkness like swimming squid. Later, she dramatizes the arrival of missionaries with a ship's sail, which passes before a dancer, revealing three church ladies in its wake...
...American dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker (1906-1975) spent most of her career in France, captivating audiences with her performances and her extroverted personality. Her centenary falls next month, and a special tour (details at blackparisdivas.com) has been devised in celebration of a remarkable life...
...American dancer, singer and actress Josephine Baker (1906-1975) spent most of her career in France, captivating audiences with her performances and her extroverted personality. Her centenary falls next month, [an error occurred while processing this directive] and a special tour (details at blackparisdivas.com) has been devised in celebration of a remarkable life. Baker, later nicknamed "the Black Venus," left the U.S. for France while still a teen, seeking the relative racial freedom of the Parisian stage. Her sensual style of dance quickly won over the city and made her a star. During the late 1920s, she was said...
...Footloose” in particular, and here, the choreography is brilliant. Jennings deserves high praise for her work—dance numbers that easily fit both Broadway and an ’80s night club. Her greatest achievement is to provide a general, synchronized choreography while allowing each dancer to maintain their individual character. In turn, the group of enthusiastic and skilled dancers do justice to Jenning’s lively, flamboyant, and overall excellent choreography.Appropriately the other driving force behind “Footloose,” the small but mighty orchestra under the direction of Howard created...