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tips on tips on Sleep No More

2012-01-25T11:08:00.000-05:00

Last night I saw the theater performance dance piece Sleep No More, which was fantastic. In brief, the audience is masked and wanders around 4 floors of an old hotel while actors act out Macbeth in dance and pantomime. It's really cool. Because it's so unusual, people who have seen it like to give advice to those who haven't. My friends did, and you can find tons of SNM tips online. Many

My Ever-Shifting Concepts of Proper Lindy Dance Form

2011-08-27T19:26:00.006-04:00

So, you start taking swing dance lessons, and the teachers tell you to do things a certain way. Then you take more lessons, and a teacher tells you something that conflicts with what you thought you were supposed to do, and you realize you either misunderstood your first teacher or have encountered two teachers with different dance philosophies. You correct, change, reverse and revise,

Google+ = Facebook-

2011-07-08T15:11:00.004-04:00

Everyone's beginning to join Google+ this week. Why? Well The brilliant xkcd summed it up well:So I've been wandering over to G+ now and again to see who's showed up, and so far I am really, really underwhelmed.The one notable thing about Google+ that I've seen is circles. Circles is a way of organizing your friends according to categories. You can categorize friends in FB, but it's a bit of

An Open Letter to a Number of Dancers I Know

2011-07-06T01:13:00.003-04:00

Dear Dancer,Something has been bothering me for a while, and I just feel I have to say something about it. I know this will be a tough thing to hear, but I feel that it's something that needs saying, and I hope you'll take it in the helpful spirit in which it is intended.You are not as good a dancer as you think you are.Look, I didn't want to say anything, but the way you keep criticizing

Midseason 2011 New TV Series Capsule Reviews

2011-03-25T00:53:00.002-04:00

Once again, I am posting little reviews of TV shows, because why have opinions if you aren't going to blog them? I’ve seen all the new shows since January except Harry’s Law, which for some reason I have not seen but which my mom claims is pretty good, for whatever that’s worth. Here's what I think of the one's I have seen: Fairly Legal

left or right, there's no need to be an asshole

2011-01-12T23:09:00.000-05:00

Someone who was clearly batshit insane shot a bunch of people in Arizona at a political event. Not the first time, not the last time. Some on the left are trying to blame Sarah Palin graphics and partisan bickering, but as David Brooks points out in the Times, that's nonsense. As my girlfriend and Jon Stewart have both said, it's just like people who blamed heavy metal music for violence and

Musings on Good Dancers, Bad Dancers, and the Surprisingly Subjective Nature of Deciding Which is Which (A Very Long Essay)

2010-12-31T01:09:00.002-05:00