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Popular Dance Still Kicking

by Michele Cheplic

04 Mar 2007 08:50 PM

Michael Flatley and his Riverdance phenomenon catapulted traditional Irish step dancing into the annals of pop culture. But, Flatley's got nothing on my 2-year-old. My daughter loves to dance.

Oops He Did It Again!

by Michele Cheplic

25 Jan 2007 08:40 AM

The Super Bowl is still a couple of weeks away, but controversy is already brewing regarding an upcoming ad slated to air during the big game, and guess who it features? Mr. Britney Spears himself. Yes, Kevin "I got Fed-Exed" Federline is smack in the middle of it all.

Stomp the Yard Tops Out at the Box Office

by Libby Pelham

15 Jan 2007 02:28 PM

Step : to move by raising the foot and bringing it down elsewhere or by moving each foot in succession b : DANCE How many of you went to see the new film Stomp the Yard this weekend?

Paula Abdul: An American Idol Herself

by Marjorie Dorfman

01 May 2006 03:11 AM

Paula Julie Abdul was born on June 9, 1962, in San Fernando, California. Her mother, Lorraine Rykiss, is a Jewish Canadian concert pianist and her father, Harry Abdul, is a Syrian-Brazilian orphan who was born to parents of Sephardic Jewish descent.

Josephine Baker: Black Venus Shining

by Marjorie Dorfman

17 Feb 2006 04:35 AM

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 3, 1906, Freda Josephine McDonald was the daughter of Eddie Carson and Carrie McDonald. She left school early to pursue a career on the stage.

The Brothers Nicholas: Dancing Dynamos

by Marjorie Dorfman

08 Feb 2006 04:59 AM

Fayard (1914-2006) and Harold Nicholas (1920-2000) were famous tap dancing brothers. The children of traveling vaudeville musicians, they performed regularly at the Cotton Club in Harlem, dancing their hearts out for many years.

Gene Kelly: Dancer Everyman

by Marjorie Dorfman

26 Jan 2006 10:15 AM

Gene Kelly himself once said of his dancing, "if Fred Astaire is the aristocracy, then I am the proletariat." Born Eugene Curran Kelly on August 23, 1910, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, his father was Al Jolson's road manager in the 1920s.

Gregory Hines: A Man of Many Talents

by Marjorie Dorfman

26 Jan 2006 10:13 AM

Gregory Oliver Hines entered the world on February 14, 1946. Unfortunately, he left it too soon, dying of liver cancer at the age of 58 on August 9, 2003. In between was a life of accolades, artistic expression and rewards for his outstanding talent.



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