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• What Burlesque Can Teach Your Daughter

  Burlesque is not the first thing that comes to mind when I consider how to impart healthy self-esteem to girls. But Deirdre Timmons, the director of A Wink and a Smile—a new documentary about the resurgence of burlesque—thinks her 12-year-old’s exposure to burlesque has helped her have "no body image issues whatsoever." Read More... Posted May 01 2009, 05:00 PM by Hannah Tennant-Moore with | with 9 comment(s) Filed under: teenagers, daughters, body image, dance, burlesque, objectification, empower

• The Funkiest Dancing Kid Ever – Part 2

  So the funkiest kid ever has a name, or at least a nickname: Mad Skillz Henry, according to Buzzfeed. And he has a second video. Here you go: Read More... Posted Apr 17 2009, 01:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with no comments Filed under: youtube, video, girls, boys, dancing, dance, Brett Singer, buzzfeed, dancing kid, mad skillz henry, best dancing kid ever

• The Funkiest Dancing Kid Ever – Part 1

  They say little boys can't dance. Well, anyone who says that has never seen this kid. Read More... Posted Apr 11 2009, 02:00 PM by Brett Singer with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: youtube, video, girls, boys, dancing, dance, Brett Singer, buzzfeed, dancing kid, mad skillz henry, best dancing kid ever

• Wanted: Twelve Pregnant Women for Ballet

  The artistic director of a British ballet company is looking for a dozen knocked-up ladies for a new work called "MaEternal". The ballet will feature six pro dancers as well, but the pregnant women don't even need dance experience--the audition ads say this is "a chance to share with an audience the beauty of what it means to carry the life of another within you." All I can say is there better be at least two intermissions for offstage pee breaks.  Director Liv Lorent, who is pregnant herself, says...   Read More... Posted Mar 14 2008, 01:44 PM by Kelly Mills with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: pregnancy, mothers, diversity, body image, dance, performance, stage, expectant moms, arts, ballet

• Hold Me Closer, Tiny Dancer

  Like cockroaches and Cher, reality television will always survive. Writers' strike? Reality TV laughs at your writers' strike. Ready for the latest twist?   Read More... Posted Jan 30 2008, 10:00 AM by Adrienne Martini with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: reality t.v., dance, cockroaches, Cher, Lifetime