Ballet Dancing News

Friday Night..........A Nutcracker.

It's friday night and it's almost Thanksgiving so that can mean only one thing, it's time to see The Nutcracker Ballet. While I enjoy the fine arts I was wondering just how "fine" this one would be. The school my two older kids go to is a fine art magnet school and it's great.

Sir Ken Robinson: Do schools kill creativity? (video)

Sir Ken Robinson makes an entertaining (and profoundly moving) case for creating an education system that nurtures creativity, rather than undermining it.

Japanese robot learns a few folk dance steps

Scientists in Japan have taught a human-sized robot to imitate the steps of a dancer. They say the prancing "dancebot" could be used to record the movements of traditional dances that are being lost as their performers die off.

Women put on best moves for shot at Suns dance team

They're sassy, they're sexy and they're glistening in sweat. With big smiles, big hair, bare midriffs, flashing jazz hands and high energy poses, the women sporting tight tops and bare feet are selling what was given to them.

Leading Ladies of Tango

This is a cool idea. There are always more women dancers than male, and now this group decided that they didn't care! Very strong women, very clever dancers.