The event and our dancing received complimentary reviews in French and English!
Music: Copenhagen by Sidney Bechet
Dancers: Maggie Moon, Eden Atencio, Akemi Kinukawa, Paolo Lanna, Dave Graybill, Patrick Germaine
Choreographer: Maggie Moon
Event: 85th Bastille Day Ball in NYC
Location: Crest/ China Club, West 47th & Broadway, NYC
Dancing on the Hudson River, pier 54, in New York on a balmy Sunday at sunset, July 12th, 2009.
Music: Copenhagen by Sidney Bechet
Dancers: Maggie Moon, Eden Atencio, Akemi Kinukawa, Paolo Lanna, Dave Graybill, Patrick Germaine
Choreographer: Maggie Moon
Event: “Moondance” with George Gee & the Make-Believe Ballroom Orchestra
Location: Pier 54 NYC Hudson River @ West 13th Street
nervous and excited about tonight! .. it’s one small way I can help with this.
My life used to be about waffles. I was compartmentalizing parts of my life into their own individual waffle boxes, each realm with it’s own walls, it’s own triumphs and disasters. (What does that have to do with ‘this week’s education’? — stay with me). Not only did I feel like a handful of different people, it was hard to find social support across waffle-boxes when I had personal difficulties in just one box. So I got to wondering...
A long-time living legend has left us. I don’t have the words to express how much he meant to me, but I am deeply saddened and wanted to share at least this eloquent obituary from the NY Times website: Frankie Manning, the Ambassador and Master of Lindy Hop, Dies at 94
And, perhaps, very little soul, creativity, or any other interesting personal character trait. They are, however, useful for robotic sweat junkies, for whom repetitive uninspired motion for a sustained duration of 45-60 minutes means mission accomplished. Let me clarify for a moment. I am not talking about the pure athletic form used to run or swim for example, during which the athletic and graceful heights of human movement can sometimes be approached. I am instead referring to any of...
you can’t imagine how excited I was to learn that our whole class would be required to purchase character shoes for our recital. nevermind that today I’d rather dance in flats than anything else — back then I was thrilled to approximate anything I’d seen in the golden era musical movies. only adding to my excitement was that we were wearing tastefully sparkling black costumes with swishing fringe – a far cry from the previous year’s sequins-cuffed capris and...
Dance and Nutrition Writing stuff coming up… Lindy hop/Swing dance workshop: Saturday, February 7th @ Swing ReMix Live music by the Boilermakers, featuring singer Dawn Lambeth from California, playing authentic hot jazz, ragtime and swing. Read all about them here. Dance Workshops Swing Remix is featuring one fabulous workshop for Saturday February 7th with two fabulous instructors! Please note that we have a huge floor for these classes providing plenty of space for all attendees! Our special reduced price foronline advanced sales is available now!...
I spent the weekend in Minneapolis, Minnesota at a Lindy Hop dance event. Just as I was settling into the constant crisis of graduate school (year 3), I put off reality for a long weekend with some old friends, dipping a toe into a past life. I stayed with my friend Nick, who was also hosting Josh, Davina, Nina, Luke, Todd, Lily, and Andy. Nine people and one bathroom worked out somehow. We spent the weekend playing Guitar Hero,...
