"First lady Michelle Obama has announced that several of the world's best-known dance companies will perform in the White House East Room next week for the Obama administration's first event celebrating dance."
"On Oct. 4, Mikhail Baryshnikov will perform as part of a special benefit program to introduce a new collaboration between the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and Baryshnikov Arts Center."
After the summer lull, the Bay Area dance scene shifts rapidly into fourth gear with a globe-spanning array of choreographers and companies who have transformed the way we think about movement.
“"Many Parkinson's patients will freeze. But if there's music playing with a constant steady beat, it's almost like a reminder to keep stepping," said Leilani Pearl, director of communications with the National Parkinson Foundation.”
“While the judges heaped praise and predicted that Lauren and Kent would make up the top two, I’m now a Billy believer: I hope he makes it to the finale.”
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