Tonya Plank's Blog, page 48

DANCING WITH THE STARS MOVIE NIGHT

Here are my thoughts on this week's Dancing with the Stars.

I was going to post a video of Tiler Peck for all the Huffington Post readers who've never heard of her, since she was seen so little on last week's results show, but sadly — shamefully really — except for a couple of rehearsal videos from last year's Vail Dance Festival, there are virtually no videos of her on YouTube other than last week's DWTS.

DREW JACOBY'S DANCE PULP LAUNCHES ON HULU VIA TENDUTV

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Since following her on Twitter, I've been waiting for magnificent ballerina Drew Jacoby's DancePulp to launch. (photo of her above taken from here) And I just received a press release that it has — on Hulu, via TenduTv. DancePulp is a series of interviews with movers and shakers in the world of dance — don't know when it'll air but remember her tweeting that she was interviewing David Hallberg — conducted with Jacoby herself. Click on the "continue" link below to read the full press release.

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FOREWORD, SMASHWORDS, AND SHE-WRITES

Swallow received a positive review in ForeWord Reviews this week, which made me very very happy. ForeWord is an industry magazine, specializing in independently-published books and is read by librarians and booksellers and the like. The reviewer called me an "exuberant writer" — both in the book and here on my blog! Hehehe, no, really?!?! [image error] I so love the last sentence.

Also, I've made the book available on Smashwords, which is an e-book seller and distributor. I know lots of people don't have ...

MISNOMER'S "MISNOMER"

As usual, I am very behind on blogging. My friends Chris Atamian, Mika and I all went to see Misnomer Dance Theater last weekend at Symphony Space uptown and I haven't had time to review. So instead I'm going to link to their live-streaming of the show, which I was told is available on video from their website (and which should be much more interesting to you than my review anyway!) I didn't have time to post about their live-streaming beforehand but I think this is an EXCELLENT idea for...

CASTING FOR OPENING NIGHT NEW YORK CITY BALLET

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Ballet season is almost here in NYC! New York City Ballet opens April 29th with a program that includes two premieres — one by Benjamin Millepied and one by Alexei Ratmansky (now ABT's resident choreographer). The Millepied ballet, set to music by Thierry Escaich, will star several SLSG favorites: Janie Taylor, Sara Mearns, Sean Suozzi and Amar Ramasar.

The Ratmansky, set to a score by Eduoard Lalo, will be danced by Wendy Whelan, Jenifer Ringer, Sara Mearns, Robert Fairchild, Megan...

BETTER THAN BEING GUILLOTINED: LAURA PAWEL DANCE COMPANY

Reviewed by Christopher Atamian, SLSG Experimental Dance Critic

Watching the delightfully down-to-earth Laura Pawel Dance Company is an intensely comforting experience, like sitting down to a meal with an old friend, or in this case, seven old friends as it were.  Better than being guillotined?  Most definitely!

A graduate of Sarah Lawrence at a time when the school produced a cadre of dance pioneers including Lucinda Childs and Meredith Monk, Pawel has been on the New York City dance scene...

SWALLOW IS A FINALIST IN THE LIVING NOW BOOK AWARDS

My novel has just been named a finalist in the Living Now Book Awards, in the category of Women's Fiction. This is a new contest (last year was its first year; this is the first year they've accepted fiction) run by Independent Publisher, a literary review devoted to indie publishers. These awards recognize "lifestyle" books intended for the North American market that "enhance the quality of our lives" and help us to live better. (Click on the above link to see other finalists in other...

WHO'S ZOOMING WHOM?: ZVIDANCE AT DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP

Reviewed by Christopher Atamian, SLSG Experimental Dance Critic

I recently caught ZviDance's charming if somewhat superficial "Zoom" at DTW.  I was particularly interested in seeing this performance as I had written a very positive preview of the company and its DTW run in the Jewish Daily Forward (www.forward.com/authors/christopher-atamian/). Israeli choreographer Zvi Gotheiner has been a presence on the New York scene for over twenty years now and he continues to develop interesting...

TILER PECK ON DANCING WITH THE STARS NEXT WEEK IN TRAVIS WALL ROUTINE

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According to the New York Times, Tiler Peck will appear in next Tuesday's Dancing With the Stars elimination show in a dance choreographed by Travis Wall. The performance is part of the show's Macy's Stars of Dance series; she'll appear along with 12 others.

I didn't write about this week's show. Just couldn't get into it. Did love how Ochocinco shows us how he talks to himself though [image error] Just overall, the show is getting boring to me again… Hopefully it'll spice up soon. I think part of my...

SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE DANCE WRITING

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I am going to be part of a panel discussion (my first time being on a panel) next Monday evening, April 12th, at 6 p.m. at the Joyce SoHo. The event will be in a town hall format (so discussion, rather than lecture-oriented) and is organized by Marc Kirshner of TenduTV. We're going to discuss how to brand yourself as a dance writer, how to make money writing about dance, how bloggers can attract and retain the largest audience possible, how new media writers can maintain journalistic...