Tag Archives: dance

Thursday Open Thread | Doesn’t Take A Lot of Money to Become an Inspiration

Posted on January 18, 2018 by rikyrah

Why Aesha Ash is Wandering Around Inner City Rochester In A Tutu Growing up in inner city Rochester, NY, Aesha Ash was just one of the neighborhood kids. She’d imagine people driving by, judging her by her black skin. “They’d … Continue reading →

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Saturday Open Thread | A Catering Company’s Added Dance Entertainment

Posted on November 5, 2016 by SouthernGirl2

Killing it!!!!!!!!!!

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Tuesday Open Thread

Posted on August 2, 2016 by rikyrah

TIME TO BRING THE HAPPY. I love (SYTYCD) So You Think You Can Dance. This season the dancers are from the younger generation, and they’re paired with SYTYCD All-stars.

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Our FLOTUS Celebrates Dance at the White House During Black History Month

Posted on February 9, 2016 by rikyrah

  “Looking out at these beautiful, talented young women, I know that we have the power to keep reaching higher and defying the odds, and achieving those firsts, and seconds, and thirds, and hundreds, and thousands until a black principal … Continue reading →

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Saturday Open Thread | Janet Jackson Week

Posted on January 2, 2016 by rikyrah

I hope you’ve enjoyed this week with Ms. Jackson. I hope that 2016 finds Ms. Jackson in full health. I also hope she knows that she is in the prayers of her many fans that span the globe.    

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Thursday Open Thread | Janet Jackson Week

Posted on December 31, 2015 by rikyrah

Hope you are enjoying this week with Janet.  

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Saturday Open Thread | Black Dancers Week : Misty Copeland

Posted on October 24, 2015 by rikyrah

We cannot end Black Dancers Week without Misty Copeland – the first Black Lead Female Dancer of the American Ballet Theater. ………………………… Misty Copeland Is Promoted to Principal Dancer at American Ballet Theater By MICHAEL COOPER JUNE 30, 2015 Misty … Continue reading →

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Friday Open Thread | Black Dancers Week: Judith Jamison

Posted on October 23, 2015 by rikyrah

Judith Jamison Biography Ballet Dancer, Choreographer (1943–) Judith Jamison, choreographer and dancer, has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts. Synopsis Born on May 10, 1943, in Philadelphia, Judith Jamison … Continue reading →

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Thursday Open Thread | Black Dancers Week: Alvin Ailey

Posted on October 22, 2015 by rikyrah

Alvin Ailey Biography Choreographer (1931–1989) Alvin Ailey was an American choreographer and activist who founded the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in New York in 1958. Synopsis Born in Texas in 1931, Alvin Ailey was a choreographer who founded the … Continue reading →

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Wednesday Open Thread | Black Dancers Week : Arthur Mitchell

Posted on October 21, 2015 by rikyrah

Talking with Dance Theatre of Harlem’s co-founder Arthur Mitchell JULY 6, 2010 | 4:25 PM Mitchell “I didn’t want to be a ballet dancer. My motivation was the musicals,” says Arthur Mitchell, one of the 20th-century’s noblest classical dancers, who … Continue reading →

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