Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - The Royal Ballet

 

La teoria delle stringhe - La Badini (collettivo perforante)

Performance piece from La Badini entitled La teoria delle stringhe (String theory). Winner of the 2010/11 Arte Laguna Prize, Performing Art section.

 

Pre-Rat Pack Sammy Davis, Jr.

I had not seen Sammy Davis, Jr. before his Rat Pack days. He was a hell of a dancer.

 

And here’s one of him way pre-Rat Pack, at age 6:

 

Pina - Trailer

via www.youtube.com

A 3D dance movie featuring Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch? Count me in! I saw the company perform years ago in Ann Arbor, and they were amazing.

Michelle Dorrance with Michele Drees

Michelle Dorrance on taps, and Michele Drees on drums.

La confidence des oiseaux

via helka09

Lindy hip hop

The dancers are Tommy Blacharz and Max Pitruzella.

Merce Cunningham performs in Nam June Paik’s “Good Morning, Mr. Orwell”.

Savion Glover and Company

Rewind for Savion’s solo.

Jimmy Slyde dead at 80

Tap legend Jimmy Slyde has just passed away. I saw him when local dancers and musicians put on a tribute show for him a few months ago at his home church in the South End of Boston. He will be sorely missed.

The following is the shout out finale at the tribute show in January which I wrote about.

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