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Pulling for Gyro
Tribune reporterMove over, Pilates. Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis classes are expanding in health clubs and studios across the country. Tiger Woods and Shaquille O'Neal have done it. So has Madonna. Both Gyrotonic and Gyrokinesis, which is a sibling of Gyrotonic that uses a...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Hospitals and Clinics, Dancing, Tiger Woods, Bars and Clubs
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Patrick Swayze, a movie star with a dancer's body
Culture MonsterPatrick Swayze -- the actor who helped make dirty dancing a worldwide phenomenon -- died today in Los Angeles after a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 57. With his lithe body and athletic virility, Swayze brought a dancer's sensibility...... -
Tonight: 'An Evening with Twyla Tharp' at the Broad Stage
Brand XSome facts about Twyla Tharp: At 68, she is a renowned dancer and choreographer who studied with Martha Graham and pioneered what's known as "cross-over ballet," fusing classical and modern techniques. She's worked with the Joffrey Ballet and the Paris... -
L.A. Ballet rides a 'Next Wave' in reality-TV dance
Culture MonsterThe hip factor is amped up at Los Angeles Ballet's spacious Westside studios. In the throes of rehearsing a new program that premieres next Saturday at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center, dancers are adapting to new movement vocabularies that...... -
Donald McKayle has retired, but his work dances on at UC Irvine
Culture MonsterWednesday night's repertory performance by the UCI Etude Ensemble was both a showcase for the 17-member troupe and something of a love letter to choreographer and group founder Donald McKayle. He recently retired from UC Irvine, where has been professor..... -
Stretch your inner dancer
!["Usually when people are stretching, something is bent; the leg is bent, the back is rounded," said Donna Flagg, a dancer and instructor with the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. "But bent is not stretched."](http://www.chicagotribune.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-04/53541067-29121313-187105.jpg ""Usually when people are stretching, something is bent; the leg is bent, the back is rounded,\" said Donna Flagg, a dancer and instructor with the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. \"But bent is not stretched.\"")
"Usually when people are stretching, something is bent; the leg is bent, the back is rounded," said Donna Flagg, a dancer and instructor with the Joffrey Ballet School in New York. "But bent is not stretched."
In ballet, everything is about opposition &#...Tags: Dancing, Sports, Dance, Entertainment
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Dance review: ABT's 'The Sleeping Beauty' at the Music Center
Culture MonsterThe “Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at the Music Center” season that delivered artistic epiphanies with two important historic reconstructions – the Joffrey Ballet’s marvelous staging of Frederick Ashton’s “Cinderella” (1948) and Merce... -
How to stretch your inner dancer
Chicago TribuneFor a former dancer, nothing is as humbling as bending over and discovering you can't touch your toes. Not even close. The days of side-splits, deep plies and grands battements are long gone. Merely pointing your toes brings on foot cramps. Blame the day...Tags: Chiropractors, Health and Medical Professionals, Chicago Tribune, Dancing, Sports
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Patrick Swayze dies at 57; star of the blockbuster films 'Dirty Dancing' and 'Ghost'
![Patrick Swayze, the actor and classically trained dancer whose role in the enduringly popular "Dirty Dancing" made him a movie star, one who struggled with the alienation of fame and against being typecast as a leading man, died Monday. He was 57.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2009-09/49262866-15001005.jpg "Patrick Swayze, the actor and classically trained dancer whose role in the enduringly popular "Dirty Dancing\" made him a movie star, one who struggled with the alienation of fame and against being typecast as a leading man, died Monday. He was 57.")
Patrick Swayze, the actor and classically trained dancer whose role in the enduringly popular "Dirty Dancing" made him a movie star, one who struggled with the alienation of fame and against being typecast as a leading man, died Monday. He was 57....Tags: Suicide, Festive Events, The New York Times, Whoopi Goldberg, Pancreatic Cancer
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Insurance notes
WGN NewsIt's hard to find an American who doesn't have a strong opinion about health care reform. And many of those opinions are fueled by a medical scare or insurance experience. Whether you're insured, un-insured, or under-insured, your story is likely unique....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, WGN, Lotteries, High Blood Pressure, Howlin' Wolf
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The Joffrey's new maestro, Ashley Wheater
Culture MonsterThe handsome, long-legged Ashley Wheater seemed typecast for leading male roles in 19th century romantic story-ballets when he danced with the Royal Ballet, London Festival Ballet, Joffrey Ballet and Australian Ballet. “I grew up in a company [the... -
Dance review: Joffrey's 'Cinderella' at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion
Culture MonsterBack in 1948, before he was acknowledged as one of the century's greatest dance-makers, Frederick Ashton left nothing to chance when choreographing “Cinderella,” his first full-length work for the British company now known as the Royal Ballet. He...
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