Rachel Redux
She studied ballet in Paris until her Jewish family fled the Nazis, first to Portugal then to...
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Author: Ann Haskins
Moves No One Wanted to Learn
A week ago the world was already struggling to find equilibrium as folk emerged from the Covid-19 shutdown facing the new choreography of social distancing and facemasks. Then things took another dark pivot with the videotaped death of George Floyd. What has followed presented protesters raising their arms, chanting “I can’t breathe”, and even some police taking a knee. Then there are the looters and the bully …
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Starting to Start?
SoCal doesn’t experience a crocus flower as the first sign that winter is ending and spring is stirring the world back to life. Perhaps that makes it harder to know whether announced steps to gradually reopen from the pandemic lockdown are market-driven or a true sign that someone has a real handle on the pandemic that as of this writing has infected 1.6 million and killed 100,000 souls just in the U.S.
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Still Kicking
Like an earthquake, the initial impact of the coronavirus shutdown was a seismic shock. Necessary to stem the virus’ spread, but coming at the peak of the spring dance season. Scheduled performances, and then entire spring and summer seasons were cancelled. Dance studios, dance schools, Pilates, yoga and other studios shuttered. Then …
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Ready for a Dance-Through?
Live performance before an audience is way off in the very last stage of pandemic reopening plans. Each week more dance troupes explore new internet possibilities and now, innovative ways to coattail live dance on endeavors included in the early reopening stages. One company borrows a page from drive-in movie theaters as others announce their own YouTube channels and apps to download.
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