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TELEVISION STAGE VS. STREET – IT’S ON! TRAVIS WALL LEADS “TEAM STAGE” AND TWITCH LEADS “TEAM STREET” IN THIS ALL NEW FORMAT FOR THE 12TH SEASON OF THE HIT SHOW ON FOX. BURIM B-1 JUSUFI, WHO WILL BE APPEARING IN THE UPCOMING WEB SERIES, WELCOME TO MY WORLD, FROM INSIDE DANCE, AND BROTHER, ILLJAZ, (PICTURED) WON OVER VIEWERS AT THE LA AUDITIONS WITH AN ACROBATIC PERFORMANCE THAT HAD THEIR HEADS – AND OURS – SPINNING! STAY TUNED! MONDAYS ON FOX.
Burim B-1 Jusufi appeared on the cover of the May/ June 2015 issue of Inside Dance !
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WHY WOULD YOU RECOMMEND OTHER DANCERS TO COMPETE IN THE WORLD DANCE “WORLD DANCE PAGEANT IS SUCH A PAGEANT? REWARDING COMPETITION IN
“THE WORLD DANCE PAGEANT IS UNLIKE ANYTHING I’VE EVER DONE. IT WAS JUST A WHOLE NEW AND EXCITING ATMOSPHERE. IT PROVIDES TONS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR DANCERS, AND I AM SO THANKFUL. ALSO, YOU SPEND SO MUCH TIME WITH THE OTHER DANCERS COMPETING!”
THAT ALL OF THE CONTESTANTS GROW TOGETHER AND ARE FULLY ENCOURAGED TO BE SUPPORTIVE, MATURE DANCERS. IT’S THE WARMEST OF ENVIRONMENTS AND IT REINVIGORATES ONE’S EXCITEMENT FOR DANCE.”
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Pre-Competition Rituals I DRINK A GIANT XXX FLAVOR VITAMIN WATER AND FALL ASLEEP IN A STRADDLE WITH MY HEADPHONES IN. PATRICK
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I REALLY HAVE TO FOCUS ON ANYTHING BUT PERFORMING BEFORE I GO ONSTAGE. I ALWAYS PSYCH MYSELF OUT BY WATCHING OTHER DANCERS OR THINKING TOO HARD.
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Something Tori Always Has By Her Side MY PLANNER! I COULD NEVER LIVE WITHOUT IT.
Patrick’s Pets I HAVE TWO DOGS, CHUY AND CHELSEA. THEY WERE NAMED AFTER CHELSEA HANDLER’S SHOW.
Tori’s Favorite Way To Keep In Condition Other Than Dance RUNNING THE TRACK AT MY SCHOOL’S GYM. IT’S A GOOD WAY TO BLAST MY MUSIC AND CLEAR MY HEAD.
Patrick’s Favorite Way To Unwind After A Long Day Of Dancing BINGE WATCHING NETFLIX. I’M A MAN OF SIMPLE PLEASURES.
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Cheers to the 2015 Tony Award winners!
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MARK BALLAS POSTED THIS PHOTO WITH DEREK HOUGH ON HOUGH’S 30TH BIRTHDAY. THE TWO DANCERS HAVE BEEN GREAT FRIENDS FOR 20 YEARS NOW AND ARE SO CLOSE THEY CONSIDER THEMSELVES AS BROTHERS. WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SHOUT OUT FROM BALLAS! IT IS WONDERFUL TO SEE SUCCESSFUL DANCERS LIKE THESE TWO WHO SHARE SUCH AN INCREDIBLE BOND.
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AMERICA’S BEST DANCE CREW ALL STARS: ROAD TO THE VMAS PREMIERES ON MTV WEDNESDAY, JULY 29! THE JUDGING PANEL WILL INCLUDE G.O.O.D, T-PAIN, RECORDING ARTIST, TEYANA TAYLOR AND FRANKIE GRANDE. THIS ALL-STAR SEASON IS SURE TO BRING SOME EXCITEMENT TO THE SHOW. WE CAN’T WAIT TO WATCH THE NEW JUDGES IN ACTION AND, OF COURSE, SEE SOME SPECTACULAR DANCING!
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Coming Soon: Ellie Korotky’s Feature On The JUMP Dance Convention
JUNIOR CORRESPONDENT, ELLIE KOROTKY, HAD THE TIME OF HER LIFE AT THE JUMP DANCE CONVENTION IN ATLANTA. SHE TOOK CLASSES WITH TEDDY FORANCE AND NICK LAZZARINI OF SHAPING SOUND (PICTURED), MIA MICHAELS, ANDREW WINGHART AND MANY MORE OF HER INSPIRATIONS! LOOK FOR HER FEATURE ON THE EVENT IN THE NEXT ISSUE OF INSIDE DANCE!
TravisTALK Viewpoint: The Growing Appeal of Dance Across the Country
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In each issue of Inside Dance, renowned dancer and choreographer, Travis Wall, shares from his life experiences, recounting some of his best memories, and also sharing insight into his processes and mindset. In this issue, Travis talks about the explosion of dance in the media and the impact that has had…
Dance is addictive. It’s something that everybody wants to be a part of, even if they can’t do it, they are obsessed with it. It’s something that people love to watch. You know, back in the day with all the Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly movies, it was everywhere. There were so many dance movies and so many musicals, but that disappeared for a bit. For a while, dancing only appeared in music videos. Now, there’s a lot of dancing on television, which I love, love, love. Listen, if we can put it anywhere else – let’s keep doing it. That’s why every day I try to put dance somewhere else. Let’s do something that hasn’t been done before, and let’s do movement that hasn’t been done. Let’s actually put some art on television. It’s exciting to be part of it, to have a hand in it and to also be inspired by it. There are so many great people around me in the industry, and we’re all pushing for the same thing. Dance is definitely on its way up, it’s not going anywhere!
Look for Travis Wall on this current season of So You Think You Can Dance as well as on tour with Shaping Sound! Plus, do you have a question for Travis or a topic you’d like to see him cover in Travis Talk? Tweet it to us @InsideDanceMag. JUL/AUG 2015
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mary ann lamb The Unexpected Song BY CHRISTY SANDMAIER
Forward SHOWSTOPPER By Debbie Roberts,
The famous quote from Ayn Rand says, “The question isn’t who is going to let me, it’s who is going to stop me.” Mary Ann Lamb has never let anyone stop her. She has sought out and surrounded herself with names like Bob Fosse, Rob Marshal and Susan Stroman. She is immersed in her work, and her spirit sets her apart. Mary Ann is the gentlest person I know, but also the most powerful. Refusing to recognize limits, she reinvents herself to stay in the world she loves the most, THE DANCE WORLD.
Mary Ann Lamb, quintessential Broadway dancer for decades, makes it difficult to come across a Broadway show that hasn’t had Lamb grace its stage. In this feature she shares her influences and her story with us.
Second Letter Home Together with Lisa Gajda, whom Lamb met in 1997 while doing the Broadway musical Fosse, “Lisa Lamb Choreography” debuted in 2015. With 28 Broadway shows between them, Gajda and Lamb collaborated, choreographing for the laboratory company Lab 405, a gathering of professional directors, choreographers, actors and writers. However, before “Lisa Lamb,” entered Chita Rivera, Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwerth, Bernadette Peters, Gwen Verden and Debbie Roberts. An inner circle of influence anyone would kill for. The woman who started it all is the woman Mary Ann calls her second mother, her first teacher, Camille Chrysler. “My family moved a lot in the same area, so when I discovered I could make friends being at a dance studio, it became home to me. I realized later, that you can rediscover yourself with each new dance, each time you walk into a studio.”
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“There were much better dancers than I was in school,” Lamb notes. “I remember one of the amazing ballet dancers in a learning moment with Camille asking why I was dancing and her response was, “Mary Ann is an artist.” Lamb goes on to say, “Camille really pushed art in dance. Today, it’s more like a sport. She pushed us to choreograph young. The first time I actually won an award, was for choreography, which is such an amazing gift I got from her. My entire life was based in the dance studio.” Chrysler knew Lamb was made for Broadway and pushed her there. “She opened dreams I could never imagine.”
From Las Vegas, to Morocco to New York City and everywhere in between, Lamb’s résumé is super-stacked and her passport full. With recent roles including young Claire in John Kander and Fred Ebb’s, The Visit, starring Chita Rivera and George Hearn, and Mona Page in Curtains starring David Hyde Pierce, she has danced in a variety of television roles, commercials and films, including Oscar Award-winning feature, Chicago. Her stellar Broadway credits include: Contact, Seussical, Fosse, Chicago, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, Song and Dance, Goodbye Girl, Starlight Express and Carrie. However, you’d never know that this Broadway gypsy who has worked with the best, learned from the best and tells stories like the best was a self-described painfully shy, even nerdy child. She’s a passionate story-teller and so quick to tell hers, you want to grab a studio and dance, just to pay homage to her energy, and then go grab a coffee together after. With an extra shot, please. Lamb exercises her passion daily, passing along her stories to students, never forgetting her roots and never stopping or considering to slow down.
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To know Lamb is to know she never wanted to be Judy Garland. She wanted to be Gene Kelly. She wanted to be a part of a rich culture defined by art and by competitive camaraderie. “Being from a big family, way out west with eight brothers and sisters, I knew the minute I wanted to dance.” When she was home from Catholic school one day, Lamb watched Summer Stock. “A group of people getting a barn together and putting a show out. I wanted to be like that. I wanted to dance on Broadway,” said Lamb as she reflected back to the moment that defined the start of her remarkable career. In a career that began in Seattle, Wash., and spanned the globe, Lamb exudes infectious energy and graciousness. There’s accent, grit and a radiating love for life in each word she speaks, each step she dances.
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By Jessica Walz, Point Park Alumna, 1996
Point Park University (PPU), located in Pittsburgh, Pa. is home to the dance program within the Conservatory of Performing Arts. As one of the top dance programs of its kind, the conservatory offers real experiences in performance, recognized faculty and state-of-the-art studios. What was once a college in the middle of a large city has now expanded into a university, overtaking much of the downtown scene with its urban campus. Alumna, Jessica Walz, takes Inside Dance back into the history of Point Park University.
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Another wonderful alumna, Whitney Moncrief, attended PPC from 1993-1997. Currently an Assistant Professor of Dance at Western Michigan University, she too enjoyed her experience at PPC. She said, “My experience at PPC was wonderful. I was able to focus on my performance ability with a significant amount of performance opportunities. After graduation, I felt completely prepared to move to Chicago to pursue a successful performance career with a very well-known dance company.” Moncrief said that Point Park has definitely grown over the past 18 years, with several additional dance studios that are much larger than most dance department dance studios.
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There are many wonderful alumni from Point Park that are leaders in the dance world. Kiki Lucas, graduate ‘99 and currently the Resident Choreographer for Mosaic Dance Project in Miami, has since given back to the university while working at their Point Park International Summer Dance Program since 2000. Kiki said that, “witnessing the change of Point Park from what was once known as PPC to now PPU was both shocking and overwhelming. During my time at the college, I grew so much as an artist, due to the small class sizes and the diverse faculty.” As a teacher in the new facility, Kiki says, “I have taught the Point Park International Summer Dance Program since 2000 and have witnessed first-hand the incredible transformation that the university has gone under over the years.
The faculty at Point Park are what sets the school apart from others. Cheryl Mann, graduate from ‘94 and Hubbard Street Principle Dancer for over 10 years discusses what the faculty meant to her, “In my college career, I was pretty set on three faculty members who shaped who I was as a person, and the dancer that I was to become: Doug Bentz, Roberto Munoz and the late Ron Tassone. Three completely different approaches to movement that all together made a perfect recipe for success. Doug instilled in us to use our instincts in following each other in perfect harmony. Roberto was an amazing force in the ballet program and never let us strive for anything less than perfect. Lastly, there was the style and confidence instilled in all of us by Ron Tassone. His class was always the last stop of the day in 708 and a perfect end to our daily classes. There was rarely a wrong way to move at 3 p.m.!
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I came home from school and my mom said, “There is a letter for you on the counter.” It was my acceptance letter to the former Point Park College (PPC). The feeling I had in that moment was unbelievable. With two suitcases and a bag of dance shoes, I was dropped off at the front doors of PPC in the fall of ‘93. I immediately fell in love with what was going to become my home for the next three and a half years. I knew the dance studios on the right and Point Café towards the left would all become a second home to me. It was like the movie Fame, and I was one of the leads! The energy there brought me into a world that would develop who I was to become as a dancer, and mold me into the adult I am today. PPC, as it was called when I was there, continues to be a prominent dance program, offering concentrations in modern, ballet and jazz. This amazing two-building college is yearly listed as one of the best performing arts schools in the country. I truly feel that I have gotten to where I am because of Point Park.
The faculty at Point Park, such as Jodi Welch, Ron Hutson, Mr J., Judith Leifer and the late Mrs. Petrov were also key for creating dancers who could and would accomplish anything. As students, we felt comfortable to walk into any of their offices to speak freely. Because of this the feeling of friendship, our bonds were strong. That closeness created lifelong bonds that could never be duplicated. The drastic facelift and construction additives that have happened have definitely presented the school as a “we mean business” dance facility with a “making room to expand” kind of atmosphere. Currently, PPU holds numerous auditions for incoming students. Their enrollment has grown tremendously; however, so has the size of the campus. The future is bright for Point Park University as they are constantly updating and changing their curriculum. With a caring and driven faculty and beautiful state-of-the-art studios, any student is lucky to spend their years growing there.
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