Benefit Show and Class Updates
Kat's regular teaching schedule is here. Bookmark it so you don't forget. Check out this page to download a printable Ailey Extension Schedule!
October 24 Wednesday Eve, 8:00 pm
Big benefit for our favorite Policeman Joey and the Tyler Dunne foundation. Performance at John Jay College of Criminal Justice 899 10th ave (four blocks from Ailey School). Several of your classmates including Royce, Kat and Ginger & company will be performing along with some of New York's Finest from our local Precinct 54th Street. All tickets $20 at www.Ticketcentral.com, phone 212 279-4200, or in person Playwright's Horizon 416 west 42nd street.
CLASS UPDATES
1. October 24: No evening classes. That means no 6pm or 7:30 classes, so come to the benefit instead!! Mark your calendar- more info next newsletter.
2. October 31: Halloween class is coming up.... are you ready??? GIT ready Now!! Wednesday evening 7:30 October 31 is Costume Ballet Class. Prizes, Judges...woooohoo loads of fun! Yes of course more pictures!! Work on your costumes now!!!Class Gossip: TMI and Honorable Mentions
Vicky has birthed beautiful Veronica Jade September 18th wooo hoooo a new ballerina 6lbs/6ozs 6 days early, on her first wedding anniversary!!! Way tutu go!!!...And congrats to Katy A. on your new arrival Amitai, 8 lbs/8ozs...Janet H. is off to Italy for two weeks woooo hooo enjoy!...Lynzy S. headed out to Deleware for a brief visit and now has returned....check out Ashley C.'s Web site of photos. Do you wanna share your Weg site with us? Please just send it tutu Kat kat_wildish@yahoo.com...Sophia R. glad shooting your short film called " Alphabet City" is going well, we miss you!!...Katherine W. is in Venice my favorite city 'till December- wow!...Jane is back on the ballet scene taking her privates again next week, welcome back Jane....also welcome back Stephanie C.--its been two years welcome back to NYC. Classmates pole dancin, yeppers I heard all about it. LOL!!! Katy now a regular in the private pointe torture lessons, and surviving gracefully. Dancers Responding to AIDS see the Fire Island slide show with Whoopie...Sean VDW. Why?; Don't Do It...Gael is appearing in EMMA, a new musical based on the Jane Austen novel, as part of the NY Musical Theatre Festival, opening Oct. 2...Big fat rockin thank you tutu Alaricfor arranging rehearsal time for our benifit participants!...Wow!!! check out DRA's myspace WOW!!!...Rupa woohoo gym time, you go gurl!!...Finally heard from Michael/Sean he threatens to attend classes soon!! Miss you!...Yes Sylvia is the director of the Ailey II company since 1974 and regular in your morning class...Todd great tutu hear from you, nice Pas de deux, and thanks for sharing your alien with us...Woo Hoo Joe Cross is back in town spotted playing for Phyllip Gardners class at Ballet Arts-- Who Lubz ya Joe?!...Oh yes that time of the year our Rockettes go into rehearsal, alright Karilyn and all of you Rockettes guys (James/Blue team) & dolls....check in to class or barre as often as you can, don't wanna hear you got injured- have a great run!!...Traveling?? Book with Adesina here...Dr. David Lemberg is back in town--welcome home David...Roy is taking violin lessons? what do ya know!!...Goy Vey!!! Richard Chang whatta an awesome review, congrats on your most seccessful run at the Leeds jewish performing arts festival, they say its the greatest show in the festivals 5yr history--wooo hoo congrats!...We have a couple of new ballet kids taking morn class, lil Ruby braved the Grand allegro last week, and Sonya is rockin out! Thanks to all of you that celebrated my birthday this year--was that a great Carrot cake?? Got it from the Bread Factory...yummy!!! Thanks for all your most thoughtful gifts and greetings from all over this world, this was the best birthday yet...Thanks so much!! Chrisi C. in Texas and Natasha K. West Coast thanks for checkin in!!...Alex F. speaking of birthdays have no fear I've arranged your 'Red Velvet Cake" with David Hart woooo hooo can hardly wait, haven't tasted this southern treat for years!!!...Hey do you have a birthday? Let Kat know so she can send you a special email and we can all take a moment from class tutu share a song (with Vlad playing) and you git a birthday hug...well most of you..not Deb L. though. of course. (wink).LOL!!!
New York City Ballet invites you to join and join the Fourth Ring Society and enjoy all the beauty and excitement of live ballet performances as often as you want for the incredibly low price of just $15 a ticket! Memberships go on sale October 1, 2007!!
Tony at Circular Power: Gyrotonics Master Teacher/Trainer.
*Note all private lessons are currently being scheduled for Sundays all day and Thursdays after 4pm, at the Circular Power Studios conveniently located at 850 7th ave Suite 305.
ANDROS on Ballet: "Ballet and the Evil Empire"
Book Excerpts
Book Excerpts Every Dancer Should Know
No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Story, by Carlos Acosta. As a boy in Havana, he would skip school to hang out in gangs - breakdancing and dreaming of being a footballer. So his father forced him into ballet school. And now he's one of the best dancers in the world. Carlos Acosta tells his story !! DUE OUT OCTOBER 1ST 2007. Weekly Tips: Pointe, Health and Shopping
FITNESS:
Common Dance Injuries - Knee and Thigh...Footnotes: The Shoes Make the Dance Eight Ways to Improve Your Makeup...Interesting Body Facts: It takes twice as long to lose new muscle if you stop working out than it did to gain it. - Human thighbones are stronger than concrete...Stretching excersises.
Foot Questions: visit Dr T.Novella www.thomasnovelladpm.com
Thomas M. Novella, D.P.M ~ Podiatric, Sports, and Dance Medicine ~
FOOT exercises Theraband: The theraband creates added resistance to simple exercises, making them more challenging and more efficient. Why
Should I Use a Theraband?
-It can be used to strengthen those places that otherwise are hard to strengthen.
-It is a good tool for injury recovery and building back strength.
-The extra resistance gives you a greater ability to improve strength!
-It's an inexpensive way to strengthen your body! Therabands generally run for about $4-6 a piece.
-It's easy to use! And easy to take anywhere you go!
The greater resistance helps you build strength quicker.
ANATOMY:
*Of the 206 bones in the human body, One-quarter of the bones are in the feet, 26 bones, & CoCo #2 says 20 muscles ...when in fact there are more than 100 muscles, tendons (fibrous tissues that connect muscles to bones), and ligaments (fibrous tissues that connect bones to other bones); and a network of blood vessels, nerves, skin, and soft tissue Half of all your bones: Are in your hands and feet The foot is an incredibly complex mechanism. The two largest bones in your feet carry most of your weight. Heel bone, and the talus, which lies between your heel bone and the bottom of your shinbone. Nineteen of the 26 bones in the foot are toe bones.
Foot Hygiene:
The foot has more than 250,000 sweat glands. It's the mixture of sweat and bacteria in our shoes and socks that makes feet smelly. "Clean, dry feet can lower the risk of both foot odor and fungus infections. To keep your feet healthy:
- Examine your feet regularly ,Wear comfortable shoes that fit ,Wash your feet daily with soap and lukewarm water -especially between the toes
- Trim your toenails straight across and not too short.
- Applying moisturizing lotion on the feet after bathing can alleviate dry skin.
- Foot pain is not normal at any age.
- Hey Marianne look here your foot mittens!!!
STRETCH O' THE MONTH
Fire log pose: Anatomical focus: Hips/Buttocks. Stretches the groin and outer hips intensely, particularly the piriformis, releases stress.
NUTRITION
Fruit of the Month: Grapes: Most of the vitamin C in fruits is in the skin. Keep easy natural vitamin boosters like grapes on hand for a snack between class or rehearsal. Eat real food- your body is designed to get the maximum benefit from digesting!
SHOPPING:
$10 Dance bag...Try one or more of Mirenesse make-up Products FREE Mini-sized flash card flashlight acts as a key chain, too! $1.00. Have you seen this cosmetic bag?? | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Casting Call: Hot Auditions and Gigs Here
Playbill On-Line's Casting and Job Listings here.World News: Dance Across the Globe
Marcel Marceau and his art here and here...Bebe Neuwirth's dancing up a storm: 'Chicago' star breaks theater's code of silence...Dance Dilemma: Schlock Triumphs Over Ballet...The ballet that left children cowering in terror...One of ballet's greatest stories...Broadway climbs back up: Sales pick up a bit after Labor Day slump...Joffrey Ballet names alum Ashley Wheater as new artistic director...'Ballet de Shred' an uncommon melding...Emma just finished filming 'Ballet Shoes'...Ballet festival brings modern, classical dance: West Palm Beach...Blurring the Ballet Boundaries...World Clock....Where's all the ballet banter? Dance deserves in-depth debate, but many blogs are too technical and serious for non-specialists....National Ballet rolls on details For Men Only: Kevin McKenzie, Danny Tidwell & The Rock
Kevin McKenzie, the dancer-turned-artistic director, leading the American Ballet Theatre into the future. Romeo & Juliet with Makarova...about Raymonda and Act 2. Does The Rock have a future as ballet dancer?...Danny Tidwell's Web site. Of Denise Wall's Dance Energy, Top 14 Solo. SYTYCD3 FINALE - Danny's Solo....Tissue weight tee...Nureyev Quiz, take it here! Ballerina of the Month: Svetlana Lunkina
Svetlana Lunkina is the Leading soloist of the Bolshoi Ballet. Born in Moscow in 1979, Svetlana Lunkina was once described by former Bolshoi Ballet director Alexei Fadeyechev as "the hope of the company". Physically gifted, beautifully proportioned, and moreover of an exquisite delicacy and femininity; with her fragile, ethereal appearance Svetlana Lunkina seems destined to dance the romantic repertoire. A softly radiant personality with a physique that displays easy grace and fragility providing dancing that is notably unforced and gentle, Svetlana Lunkina impresses above all by her fine dramatic abilities. Her characters, established with winning tenderness, are already remarkably worked out. With proper care and time Lunkina may develop into one of the Bolshoi Ballet's great ballerinas of the next century.--Marc Haegeman. Performance Corner: Catch Your Fellow Students
- Irene and Yuka are showcasing pieces of choreography for New Dance Group on Oct 5th,@ 8pm. Dancers are: Khiara, Laura, Anna, Bea, Eriko, Taylor, Abril and Rebecca.
- Kevin A., Tuan, and Jimmy Bear-Bob/Christpher D. will be dancing with Alma Dance in their production of Frankenstein from the first of Oct--till 11 of Nov. they'll take lots of pics and will inform us on how the Chicago experience goes, enjoy Guyz!!!.
- Atsu is performing in "Thoroughly Modern Millie" in San Diego till Nov 4th and already booked for "Miss Saigon" in Japan 2008.congrats on getting your green card- we will see you in class very soon. Thanks for mentioning your teacher in the program.
- Ailey the Company is headed tutu town next month, take a look and git your tickets here.
- Save the date for the NEXT Rockers on Broadway. Monday October 22, 2007, here.
Fun Stuff: Take A Break and Enjoy
Videos: Dance Channel TV Videos. I'm a Kat video.
Vote for your favorite Met Opera performances! New YorkCity yellow cabs will get more colorful in the fall of 2007 as the city embarks on a project to decorate cabs with flower decals. The cabs will flower for 16 weeks, from September through December 2007.
Watch out, Baryshnikov. There's a new dancer in town, and its name is HRP-2. The creation of a team of researchers led by Japanese researcher Dr. Shin'ichiro Nakaoka, HRP-2 is a dancing robot capable of imitating a routine at a moment's notice. After overcoming the challenge of programming the robot to carry out complex leg movements without losing stability, the group used software to teach it to copy the moves of a human dance teacher via video motion capture technology. HRP-2 was able to copy a Japanese folk routine, "Aizu-Bandaisan," after watching dance instructor Hisako Yamada perform the dance. "The result that the robot stably imitated human dance motions, including dynamic-style steps, while keeping the original motion rhythm is a novel achievement for biped humanoid robots," says Dr. Nakaoka, who also had details of his work published in The International Journal of Robotics Research. The researchers have proposed that robots programmed with their software could be used to preserve knowledge of traditional Japanese folk dances. Human dancers need not worry, however: While HRP-2 does have some advantages--such as being incapable of soreness or exhaustion-it's still no substitute for the real thing. The Aizu-Bandaisan is primarily a dance involving upper body moves, and roboticists are still a long way from creating machines that are able to produce arabesques, pirouettes and other more intricate movements. --TK
Sony Robots Dance. Tyson teaches you the robot dance. Master chief dancing ballet.
QUOTE
Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us without words?
- Marcel Marceau
Practicing generosity not only makes you feel good but connects you with the essence of who you really are.
-Sally Kempton
Upcoming Days in History
10/07/1982 The musical Cats debuts. The show, which ran for 7,485 performances over nearly 18 years, broke the record for longest-running Broadway musical in 1997. The show closed on September 10, 2000.
10/12/1938 production starts on Wizard of Oz!
10/15/1917 Mata Hari shot at dawn
10/15/1924 Anna Pavlova begins her last tour
10/16/1926 Chuck Berry born wooo hoooo
10/20/1882 Bela Lugosi born. Lugosi died in 1956 and was buried with his Dracula cape.
10/21/1957 Jailhouse Rock, the movie, opens staring Elvis.
10/25/1993 Vincent Price dies....
10/30/1938 Orson Wells causes nationwide panic with his broadcast of "War of the Worlds". He died 10/10/1985 Kat's Weekly Mailbag
1. Dear Kat,Thanks for the note! It was great to hear from you. I love your newsletter, it is always filled with so much good information! My mom has been forwarding them to me for a while and I figured that it is about time that I just signed up. I always look forward to reading them! I hope that everything is going well with you and that you had a great summer as well!~R.**
2. Dear Kat, I will miss pointe this week Boo hoo....but I have to go to someone's birthday party. You are so fabulous and I hate missing your classes! T. P.S. That organic blueberry adagio this week was a killer. I told someone that we will have to break into your house and get those blueberries away from you :).
3. Dear Wubbin GF, I am going to roll up all of my new issues of AARP magazine into a great big log and beat the crap out of you! -- Sharon (OH HOW SCARED I AM!! k.) | | |
