Weekend warriors getting their groove on to international dance anthem Jerusalema may be busting more than a move. An Irish study found that, based on three case studies, the sudden push-off move during the dance sequence caused the Achilles tendon to snap, requiring surgery. The study published in the Internation REVIEW | New Golf 8 GTI less appealing than the older model, but it’s got fans

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Get ready to bust a move because she’s dancing her way to the top while showcasing the Hawaiian culture to a national audience. Madison Kailey Garcia was featured on the “Live with Kelly and Ryan” show in May after winning their virtual weekly trivia dancer competition. Read more and watch her interview @ https://www.khon2.com/local-news/local-hula-dancer-up-for-grand-prize/

With four outdoor stages showcasing everything from ballet and folk to African, Indian, and Irish dance, the Dance for World Community Festival September 25 in Harvard Square serves as an unofficial kick-off celebrating — fingers crossed— the return to a full season of live dance. “We’re kind of ushering in the fall as a new beginning,” says José Mateo, whose José Mateo Ballet Theatre presents the festival, celebrating its 12th iteration, after being suspended last year because of COVID. “The title of the festival this year is ‘Re-Emergence,’ [reflecting] the

To witness a performance of Kathak, the ancient classical dance native to North India, is to enter a realm not only of movement, music, rhythm and grace, but also of worshipful storytelling, where dance becomes a device for recounting epic tales from Hindu scripture. And so it is when entering the mesmerizingly poetic world Shruti Swamy creates in her new novel, The Archer, which follows a young girl as she discovers the enchantment of Kathak dance and her own capacity for love and creative resilience. Read more @ https://www.bpr.org/post/poetic-new-novel-ancient-form-dance-frees-modern-storyteller#stream/0

Members of DanzTrad, including Yuriza Leonperalta, at right, perform traditional Mexican dance. Isthmus Dance Collective, the nonprofit that organized the festival, hopes to make Shifting Gears an annual tradition. Melanie Joyce, with Swing State Aerial, performs with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the background during the Shifting Gears Bike Path Dance Festival at Olin Park. See more pictures from this event @ https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/photos-shifting-gears-bike-path-dance-festival/collection_06405fa7-121c-5730-8f1a-598e1aa5eac9.html#2

In 1950, choreographer Katherine Dunham found herself, not for the first time, walking the line between artist and entrepreneur. The debut of her ballet Southland in Santiago, Chile, commissioned by the country’s national symphony, had infuriated U.S. State Department officials. Amid the height of the Cold War, a dance depicting a brutal lynching in the antebellum South was not the kind of image-boosting arts experience that the U.S. was seeking to promote. Dunham had a stark choice: stop performing Southland on her South American tour or risk losing her business. For the

In an industry with strict physique expectations, Colleen Werner is forging an alternate path—an adult dance experience that celebrates body diversity. While studying to become a clinical mental health counselor in Nashville, she’s simultaneously dancing with Black Sheep Ballet, a virtual company that aims to bring ballet to more diverse audiences. Meanwhile on Instagram, she’s amassed more than 65K followers through her body-positive posts, and become an ambassador for Gaynor Minden and Discount Dance Supply. Read more @ https://www.dancemagazine.com/plus-size-ballet-dancer/ Lear more about Colleen @ https://www.colleenmwerner.com/

Joan Myers Brown at a class at Philadanco, the company she founded, in late July. “I chose to teach because I didn’t get the opportunities I wanted,” she said.Credit