Tag: contemporary dance

Shaping Sound + Carrie Underwood = Magic

Ever since Carrie Underwood played Maria Von Trapp in NBC’s “The Sound of Music Live!,” the country singer has had a special place in our hearts. But last night, when she revealed her new video for “Something in the Water” on Twitter, we fell even deeper in love. Why? Because it features none other than […]

How Do You Make Online Shopping Even More Tempting? Add Dance.

Shopaholics, consider yourselves warned. What we’re about to show you may be too much for you to handle. Just last week, NOWNESS (an online platform that posts daily content about some aspect of luxury lifestyle—art, fashion, travel, food, design, etc.) posted a video short entitled Mine All Mine, with choreography by Italian Paolo Mangiola. The video […]

Get Serious

Josie Moseley’s “When I Close My Eyes” (by Blaine Covert) As the curtain rises on Josie Moseley’s “When I Close My Eyes,” a dancer in black moves with desperation, her gestures and face conveying that she has just experienced horrible loss. Choreographed on students at The Portland Ballet, the contemporary piece depicts the stories of […]

The Contemporary Conundrum

On “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 7, Ashley Galvan and All-Star Mark Kanemura navigated the sensuous choreography of Travis Wall’s so-called jazz number with convincing abandon. Set to Annie Lennox’s soaring anthem “Wonderful,” the dance’s risky lifts, natural gestures and emotional honesty made the performance come alive. Nigel Lythgoe liked Wall’s routine, but […]

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