36 years ago, in the wake of divorce, debt and dismal record sales, Turner came up with a sensational comeback. At 45 years old, an age when most pop singer's careers are fading, Turner's album Private Dancer, delivered her from commercial purgatory to become the singer's … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Dancer, Eleanor Powell
Via YouTube November 21, 1912– Eleanor Powell: "I'd rather dance than eat." Eleanor Powell was a magnificently talented movie-musical performer who proved to be too good for Hollywood. I don't mean too virtuous; I mean too virtuosic. Too masterful at her specialty, … [Read more...]
Uplifting Documentary on Debbie Allen’s Famed ‘Hot Chocolate Nutcracker’
Dance Dreams: Hot Chocolate Nutcracker looks at the life and legacy of legendary dancer and choreographer Debbie Allen through Hot Chocolate Nutcracker, … [Read more...]
“Voguing with Beethoven” Profiles Norway’s Ballroom Culture. Watch
The Norwegian Chamber Orchestra wanted to introduce Beethoven’s music to a new generation of listeners, so they asked Oslo's ballroom families to help with this uplifting film about identity and expression starring Karim … [Read more...]
#ArtDept: So, You Want To Be a Werewolf?
In Werewolves, Elliot O'Donnell (1872-1965) describes the process necessary to become a lycanthrope. It's a recipe that requires herbs, spices, and a dead cat. ''In some people lycanthropy is hereditary; and when it is not hereditary it may be acquired through the performance … [Read more...]
Voguing Legends Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Donald Trump, and Mitch McConnell Slay the Ballroom Runway in Hysterical Viral Video
I saw this video on Marc Jacob's Instagram last night and FELL OUT OF BED laughing. In it, your favorite (and LEAST favorite) politicians take part in the “2020 Congressional Ball” – with the “legendary House of … [Read more...]
#ArtDept: Remembering Robert Rauschenberg
Photograph from Robert Rauschenberg, OddBall Films, via YouTube Robert Rauschenberg: "Screwing things up is a virtue. Being correct is never the point." Rauschenberg was an irrepressibly prolific American gay artist who reshaped Art in the 20th century, yet still … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Latin Music’s Black Queen, Celia Cruz
Via Wikimedia Commons October 21, 1925 – Celia Cruz: "I love living on that stage. Without that, I'd die." I feel as if I was always in love with Latin music. In the 1960s, I was big on Bossa Nova and Herb Alpert's Mexican-influenced sound. I especially loved Antônio … [Read more...]
Casting News: Dev Patel to Star in Chippendales Movie
But before you get all hot and bothered at the idea of darling Dev doffing his man-panties for the camera, be forewarned that he's NOT going to be playing a dancer. He'll play Indian-American entrepreneur Steve Banerjee who co-founded the erotic dance troupe. As Variety … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay – Rita Hayworth
Photo from Biography via YouTube October 17, 1918 - Rita Hayworth was born in Brooklyn 101 years ago today as Margarita Carmen Cansino. The press used the term "The Love Goddess" to describe Hayworth when she had become the most glamorous star of the 1940s. She was the … [Read more...]
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