From Paris, and almost as good as being there!

A Letter From Paris
by Camilla Fallon on WPB/NYC and Anything Else, June 30, 2009

30 Seconds of Rhodes and Stanek

Kris Rhodes and Nikki Stanek, Part 2 @ 30 Seconds of Dance

I think I must have missed Part 1. My loss!

I'll Take Mannahatta

'Mannahatta/Manhattan - A Natural History of New York City'
by Edward Rothstein, The New York Times, July 4, 2009

The Mannahatta Project

Museum of the City of New York

Got that swing!

Brenda Bufalino
(photo by Lois Greenfield)

In a recent rehearsal at Stepping Out Studios, big swinging tap master Brenda Bufalino and her dancers were looking good as they worked through reconstructions of her works, supported by NEA's "American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius" grant.

Bufalino will be one of several awardees honored at the 2009 Tap City Awards Ceremony, July 8 (8pm), at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Bruno Walter Auditorium, 111 Amsterdam Avenue (65th Street).

Tap City 2009 opens this coming Monday, July 6 (9:30pm) with Jam@Joe's, a tap jam at Joe's Pub at the Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street. 212-967-7555

For the complete schedule of all Tap City festival classes, events and ticketing, visit the American Tap Dance Foundation site, call 646-230-9564 or email registrar@atdf.org.

The way to do it: Marvin Gaye

Marvin Gaye sings American National Anthem

Have a wonderful weekend!

Environment as healer

The Puzzle of Spaces That Soothe by Esther Sternberg, M.D.
reviewed by Abigail Zuger, M.D., The New York Times, June 30, 2009

Pina Bausch obituary, New York Times

Pina Bausch, German Choreographer, Dies at 68
by Daniel J. Wakin, The New York Times, June 30, 2009