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MyMutation online dance competition! We have our 12 finalists for Round 2.  Now it is up to you, the public, to vote for your favourite dancers who will move on to Round 3. Thanks to all those who entered, our MyMutation Judge, Kate Champion has commented that the entries were “fascinating…” and she was pleased with the various number of styles, from contemporary to tap and street dance. We received entries for MyMutation from Canada, China and all over Australia!

MyRound 2 requires the finalists to create a new mutation of Sarah McCreanor’s 40 second solo and add another 20 seconds in their own style. The finalists are also making video blogs so that we can all get to know the dancers.

Now we’d like you to watch the finalists as they create their new mutations, see who stands out and goes above and beyond. Visit the MyMutation YouTube webpage from Monday 23 August and click on VoteTab to vote for your favourite dancer. Voting closes on Sunday 29 August 2010 so make sure you visit the website and vote, you only have one week! The six finalists with the most votes will then move into Round 3.

It would be great if you could post this information on your website or blog to let your dance community know so that they can vote. Please direct them to the MyMutation YouTube webpage at http://www.youtube.com/sydneyoperahouse where they will be able to view the solos and vote for their favourite dancer. I have attached a picture for you to use if you wish.

Thanks for your support for MyMutation, we really do appreciate your effort here at the Sydney Opera House!

Kind regards,

Lisa

Choreography that slices open the melon, exposing the intricate life of a growing pod.  The juices rise to heal the incision willingly offering seeds and pulp for nourishment and pleasure.

Choreography that splashes the taste of chocolate in explosive man and woman, I not only savor their melding of darkness and sweetness, I bounce with them over and against and through the bitterness of cigar.

Choreography that stuns me with possibility for union, the sweet burst in my mouth, the sound of rich chocolate folding and gushing over my tongue and into every cell with a pleasure of longing for this moment to never end.

And in this moment of longing, choreography points the way inside man and woman where pain envelops exuberance and births new life.

Thank you to:  Voice Dance Company, Gina Patterson choreographer  Dance Institute Austin 051910 

from: Tim Hurst

Last day of Sale at Movin Easy, Sunday 081310 What’s the buzz on a Sale at Movin’ Easy in 2010?  Fabulous is all there is of course.  Fabulous dancers and moms and dads rubbing elbows in a space that should seem as huge as Macy’s.  Nooks and crannies of fabulous treasures capturing all eyes with colors and bodice shapes and stiletto-esk shapely shoes.

That’s not all of the fabulous of course.  Movin Easy has a new fabulous shape, blossoming with a fabulous new dancing floor and two new windows right in front bringing even more fabulousness of splashing light.

And not to forget even for a second the fabulous attention and celebration each dancer receives from the Dancewear Specialists at Movin Easy.  On a busy morning it is much like laughing fairies rushing through the woods guiding the princes and princesses and all their attendants and patrons and their admirers to find the perfect fitting slipper and the most flattering wardrobe.

Whether I join the flurry of the fairies or simply explore the woodland stories dancing through each person there, I am thoroughly in awe of so much flourishing fabulousness.

Heard at Movin Easy-”My husband and I have been ballroom dancing for 2 years now.  We absolutely love it.  I have done marathons and lots of other things, but dancing is totally different.  I can be stressed with lots of work stuff and at the end of dancing those thoughts are all gone.  It is a time that takes me completely away from any of that worry.  I love it.”

Russian Pointe photo contest see wow http://tinyurl.com/299yexh

Still the best selection of  Pointe Shoes and the best fit at Movin’ Easy Dancewear http://www.movineasy.com

One boy  got a family of 6 dancing.  http://www.balletaustin.org/newsletter/may10/rafferty.php “It all started when Ian, my middle son, asked a simple question when he was 8 years old. “Mommy, how do those kids get to be on stage with the dancers?” My family was attending Ballet Austin’s Nutcracker for the first time. I told him that that those kids studied ballet at Ballet Austin’s Academy. That was the last I heard about it…or so I thought. The following summer I became aware of the Academy’s Boys Scholarship Class taught by Ms. Bravo. I thought, why not? It couldn’t hurt, and the boys might really get something out of it. And so our journey began.”  Phyllis Rafferty, Ballet Austin

@Tapestry show Ears Wide Open.  Again Tapestry breaks open the true connection between performer and audience.  The bond is real, like a flamenco club where every person there seizes the moment as if it were a treasure waiting to be captured and opened in the next moment.  There is no waiting or wondering in this audience connection, no time to analyze what is liked and what is perfect.  Performers are real, in a real conversation with each other and they are talking with us the audience.  Emotions are real explorations of territory both understood and unknown.  We all agree to journey together, to feel the swell and the expanse of a mutual improvisation.

“It’s presence.  Everyone has the rhythm I have.  I have learned to be present to it.”  Acia Gray    What is that presence?

What is that presence?  Presence to the rhythm, way deep I would say, deeper that the feet learning to take a signal and create a shape where no shape was before.  Is it presence to the rhythm of the feet, or the personality?  Or is it presence to the sound of the steps I take and the sound of the tumble when I stumble?  Or is it presence to the bang and the burst and the whir that carries me through a day?  Or is it presence to the rhythm, the one I hear pounding on my door when I take a breath during the day or wake up wondering about in the middle of a dream?  Or is it presence to the mysterious interplay of my heart and my spleen and all the juices that run around in me making me laugh and cry day to day and night to night?  Or is it presence to the beat of the volley of me to me and me to you and us to us?  Or is it just presence to the soul who captains and crews, who croons and woos, who flays and wails and finally decides to walk on water like he was meant to in the first place.

The rhythm I need I find @Tapestry.  2010 show now.  With Tapestry, I eat rhythm.  Meat and potatos, sweet and sour, jelly roll and dilly bar, hum a little, slide a lot, takes away the casserole and brings on the whole enchilada.  My cells devour  Tapestry rhythm.  My rhythm dishes it out, slurps it in.    My brain catches and matches signal for signal every slap skat splat.  OK my body, well fed, well read, are you trained to take on the slopes when you go out that door?

Fusebox Festival kicks off tonight with T is for Two Hundred Two-Steppers on the steps of the Texas Capital.  Choreographer Allison Orr and composer Graham Reynolds team up to bring Austin a unique dance experience with local, seasoned two-steppers showing off their moves on the capital grounds.  Spectators are encouraged to join in at the end.  Also part of the first day’s festivities is a performance by Japanese choreographer Kaiji Moriyama at The Paramount Theater.  Tonight is the U.S. debut of his newest work The Velvet Suite.  It was created for the 2007 Dance Venice Biennale: “Body and Eros” and includes live violin played by Koichiro Muroya.   Don’t miss this opportunity to see unique performances by acclaimed international  and local artists.