Tag Archive: dance history

Photograph of a male and female danging tango in close embrace. They are on a large bridge or portway with building in the background, the light is golden suggesting it is night time and while the two are dancing close together (the man is dragging the woman) they somehow don't look close.

German Kral on ‘Our Last Tango’

Interview with German Kral on ‘Our Last Tango’ (Un Tango Mas)

You are walking, you are an expert

Image of Yorke Dance Company and quote from Twyla Tharp.

Dancers of Cathy Marsden's Witch-hunt and quote by Martha Graham, (c) Carole Edrich 2011-5

Great Dancers..

“Great dancers are great because ….” A beautiful Berne Ballet dance image accompanied by a quote by Martha Graham<a href="”> Read More…

The dance is a poem..

‘The dance is a poem of which each movement is a word’ is attributed to Mata Hari (1876-1917). Margaretha Geertruida “Margreet” MacLeod was a Dutch Frisian exotic dancer who was convicted of being… Continue reading →

Dance should always be delivered back to the people..

A quote and little about Alvin Ailey and a dance image of ZooNation.

Dancers are instruments..

This week’s inspirational dance quote, from George Balanchine, is; ‘Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays’.   After watching Balanchine stage a new version of Ballets Russes Le Chant de Rossingol,… Continue reading →

Why are you holding back?

Image from Yorke Dance Theatre’s Wordsworth and quote from George Balanchine with a little about the man.