VOICE AND MOVEMENT
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| New Dance Books and DVDs
December 02, 2008
In these difficult economic times, you are undoubtedly trying to limit your professional purchases. Yet there are four new dance-related books and DVDs you may want to consider.
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'Bedroom' Source
November 20, 2008
Here's a question worth considering: Do American actors donning British accents have more or less trouble than British actors donning American accents?
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Got Voice?
November 18, 2008
Just because people tell you that you have a great voice doesn't mean you can succeed as a voiceover artist. To be a successful voice actor, you need to be a good actor.
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Second-Cast Citizens
November 14, 2008
You got the part, but you're not performing the role opening night. You're in the second cast, cast B, the matinee cast. But if you're dancing with a big, world-class ballet company, it probably makes no difference.
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Ballet Hispanico's Tina Ramirez Steps Down
November 10, 2008
She doesn't like to use the word retire. Though at the end of this season Tina Ramirez will relinquish her role as artistic director of Ballet Hispanico, the company she founded in 1970.
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Studio Cues and Don'ts
November 07, 2008
No matter how much performing experience a singer may have, the recording studio can be a very different and often intimidating world.
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The Dancers' Resource
November 04, 2008
When Tony Award-winning dancer Bebe Neuwirth was forced to undergo hip replacement surgery, she realized most dancers don't have access to the kinds of resources she enjoyed.
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Transatlantic Talk
October 28, 2008
One of England's busiest practitioners, Penny Dyer has plenty to say about her work. "I always speak in the accent that I'm teaching," she says, as she teaches "a place for the voice."
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Doing the Two-Step
October 27, 2008
Is it possible for one artist to simultaneously advance two professional careers, as both a dancer and a choreographer? Meet Darrell Grand Moultrie.
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Brooklyn's Wave Rising Series
October 20, 2008
It used to be that you could keep up to date with the contemporary dance scene without ever leaving the island of Manhattan, save for an occasional trip to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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Voice Analysis Software
October 14, 2008
A common frustration for singers is sounding great at their voice lesson only to lose that "sweet spot" when they practice on their own. Why does it happen?
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Step Out With Step Afrika
October 03, 2008
Are you a dancer with a background in stepping? If so, you may want to check out Step Afrika, the world's first professional step dance company.
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A World Full of Yes
September 30, 2008
Ask hard-working voice teacher Patrick DeGennaro to sum up his technique in a sentence and he says, "I approach the work muscularly."
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In the Background
September 16, 2008
A singer doesn't have to be a superstar to be on hit records. Background singers are talented professionals who help make the stars sound their best.
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So You Wanna Dance in Broadway Musicals
September 10, 2008
What does it take for a talented terp to become a Broadway babe? What do dancers from other sectors of the profession need to know before charging into musical theatre auditions?
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NY Panel on How to Run a Theater Company
December 02, 2008
Theater Resources Unlimited (TRU) and Back Stage will host the networking panel, How to Run That Theater Company That¿s Been Running Your Life, a follow-up to September's panel, on Wednesday, December 17.
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