1. todaysdocument: Tap, Ball Tap, Hop, Shuffle, Tap! National Tap Dance Day is celebrated every year on May 25th, which is the birthday of American Tap Dancer and actor, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. Poston, Arizona. A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry entertains her fellow evacuees with a demonstration of her tap dancing ability. This was one number in an outdoor musical show. Francis Stewart, photographer.  From the Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority

    todaysdocument:

    Tap, Ball Tap, Hop, Shuffle, Tap!

    National Tap Dance Day is celebrated every year on May 25th, which is the birthday of American Tap Dancer and actor, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson.

    Poston, Arizona. A young evacuee of Japanese ancestry entertains her fellow evacuees with a demonstration of her tap dancing ability. This was one number in an outdoor musical show.

    Francis Stewart, photographer.  From the Central Photographic File of the War Relocation Authority

  2. »   Nora Younkin: What the Heck Is Modern Dance?

    Modern Dance:
    Dancers train like athletes
    Dancers create like artists.
    Dance teachers are also educators.
    Dancers learn to write and think like scholars.

  3. In honor of the final in Movement Analysis I have at 2:45 today:
    LABAN Course - Icosahedron, A-scale (by ALIBITEAM)

    Very cool video.

  4. thedailyfeed: Dancers atop the Sydney Opera House celebrate the Australian Ballet company’s 50th anniversary. For more remarkable photos from today’s Daily Planet, just click. Photo: Getty Images

    thedailyfeed:

    Dancers atop the Sydney Opera House celebrate the Australian Ballet company’s 50th anniversary. For more remarkable photos from today’s Daily Planet, just click.

    Photo: Getty Images

  5. Lost in Motion (by bravofact)

  6. Seven Solos trailer

    This documentary, directed by Douglas Rosenberg follows the process of dancer Li Chiao-Ping as she prepares to perform the work of seven internationally renowned postmodern choreographers including Elizabeth Streb, Heidi Latsky, June Watanabe, Victoria Marks, Cynthia Adams, Molissa Fenley and Bebe Miller. Li immerses herself in the choreographic language of each choreographer as she learns seven highly nuanced solos created specifically for her. 60 minutes running time, c. 2012.

  7. Darcey Bussell’s Retirement (by TCBGROUP)

  8. »   Movie Interview - Wim Wenders on 'Pina' : NPR

    They have clips from the film. So good. I want to see this so badly!

  9. fromme-toyou: The Ballerinas & their jewels 

    fromme-toyou:

    The Ballerinas & their jewels 

  10. fuckyeahmoderndance:

    For all those who have been to a modern dance concert, and have left feeling you don’t understand what you just saw. Dancing by Gesel Mason and narration by Cheles Rhynes.

    This is pretty on spot and also really funny.

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