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Musing: Helping Best Practices Viralize in the Movement Arts
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Tamara Rojo likes lilies and Darcey Bussell likes whatever her mum sends. But why don't male dancers get flowers? And what happens if no one sends any? Judith Mackrell enters the world of petal protocol. Delete the scoop?
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Performing on pointed toe, scores of 6-year-olds auditioned Friday for coveted slots at the city's School of American Ballet. Delete the scoop?
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"Compared to other small businesses surveyed by Vertical Response, nonprofits were even more likely to be present on social media channels, and had greater frequency of posting." Via Debra Askanase 
Debra Askanase's curator insight,
February 20, 3:28 PM
96% of nonprofits said they were on Facebook vs. 90% of businesses. 86% of nonprofits on Facebook reported posting on the site multiple times per week, vs. 66% of small businesses. 
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February 25, 8:07 AM
Nonprofits are more likely to be present on social media channels than other businesses. They report that finding relevant content is the most time consuming.
Now the question is how many nonprofits have a social media strategy? Delete the scoop?
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If designers understood more about the mathematics of attraction, the mechanics of affection, all design could both look good and be good for you.
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Big data can feel impersonal, overwhelming and cold. But stark statistics are now being used to make intimate statements through art and public advocacy. The past few years have seen the widespread availability of a large amount of data, thanks largely to the internet. Census reports are easily searchable, campaign polling is expertly parsed and analysed, and online dating behaviour provides a glimpse into human sexuality. Now more artists are using these impersonal details to make an impassioned statement; visit the article link for examples. Via Lauren Moss Delete the scoop?
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by Kathleen Massara "Last night, I had the opportunity to see the world premiere of "Mechanics of the Dance Machine," the latest production from Armitage Gone! Dance. In my humble opinion, Armitage remains one of the unsung heroines of the performing arts world, despite her many years at the forefront of the world dance scene. No longer "the punk ballerina," Armitage continues to push boundaries and explore cloud formations, fractal geometry, and sound in her boundary-breaking works. Her pieces are by no means perfect, but the fact that she allows herself to take risks and fail means that her work will always be thought-provoking." "I'm so proud of dance. We really do offer an alternative: it's another way of thinking, and something you don't often see on TV," Armitage said in a previous interview with HuffPost Arts&Culture. (more) Delete the scoop?
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My excuse is that I’m not ‘arty’. I studied the history of art at university, I like to look at art but the creative side I like to leave to those who have the talent. As an audience member, I am firmly placed in my role as spectator. And this is why the In-Finite project appealed to me so much. There are people who are being creative with social media (that don’t feature on the first page of search results) and in doing so, are bringing the audience into their projects. Ijad Dance Company have been interpreting technology since the 90s and now it’s the turn of social media. And by using these opportunities of communication – instant, one-off exchanges that take less than 140 characters (or 6 seconds with my new love – Vine) – offer an alternative to staring, faceless audiences. The In-Finite project asks people to donate secrets (how anathemic to social media!) in order that a dancer might interpret it, all amounting to a performance, streamed all over the world. Audience participation which isn’t threatening, a marriage of new technology and creative, responsive, accessible art. Via Susan Daniels 
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January 29, 3:50 AM
This is an incredibly interesting article about how this dance company uses social media to create dance. Amazing concept! Delete the scoop?
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Vivienne Westwood teams up with the English National Ballet on a new fashion campaign (RT @GlamourMagUK: Vivienne Westwood is designing costumes for .... Delete the scoop?
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Diablo Ballet's 19th season continues with its March 1 and 2 March program, featuring a West Coast premiere from acclaimed choreographer Trey McIntyre and the premiere of the first ballet work created via the internet. Delete the scoop?
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Take away The Nutcracker, and what you end up with is profuse sweating, retching, agitation and massive irritability. Guess what? That time for rehabilitation is coming. Why?
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Marc Kirschner doesn't mince words. This is an important read (yearly) from one of the top thinkers in dance. Long story short? Adapt or die. Delete the scoop?
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Music by Jealous Angel Itunes- http://tinyurl.com/c7ljzxg Directed/Choreographed by Josie Walsh- http://myodance.com/ http://www.facebook.com/officialjealous... (@official_tWitch Hi Twitch, when in doubt GET UR BALLET ON!
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The value of learning how to fantasize when looking for ideas and solutions to problems. Via stan stewart, Monica S Mcfeeters 
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December 27, 2012 12:00 PM
Not everything that inspires creating technology is technical. The most basic drivers in creating anything are curiosity, imagination, need and vision. Delete the scoop?
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All these tools are basically free and can be used to broadcast your art out into the world. The actual globe. Everywhere. Via Susan Daniels 
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March 28, 1:26 PM
create your social media art here, UNN students, it is open to all. for more detais, visit http://unn.edu.ng
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May 9, 3:54 PM
Thanks! I really enjoy this scoop. If you haven't visited this lady's web site, I encourage you to - it's wonderful.
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United they dance: 4 companies join forces for FlySpace series Chicago Sun-Times Margi Cole (from left) from The Dance COLEctive, Michelle Kranicke from Zephyr Dance, Jan Bartoszek from Hedwig Dances, and Joanna Rosenthal from Same Planet Different... Delete the scoop?
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Founded in 2007, Tumblr is a quickly growing blogging service that attracts over 72 million visitors a month.
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Tumblr is great for inspiration, notoriously poor for sources and credits. Pinterest also is a great place inspiring folks These sites are among the best. You might want to check to be sure you're following them all :) Delete the scoop?
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Nonprofits with small budgets must show returns on each promotional investment. Content marketing remains the most cost-effective option. Via The Fish Firm 
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March 22, 3:10 PM
Because nonprofits have the ability to tell such moving and compelling stories and share insightful data into the problems their organizations are trying to solve, I think these organizations should be at the forefront of embracing content marketing, providing their constituents blogs, video and infographics. Delete the scoop?
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After its offices were damaged by Hurricane Sandy, the Martha Graham Dance Company had to clean up the mess—but it also took the opportunity to invest in new ideas for the stage.
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In case you missed this piece by Pia Catton in the Wall St. Journal on the Graham Company's pathway back ttrough the hurricane.... Delete the scoop?
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Berlin's Bohemian quarter is changing but Leisa Tyler finds that creativity and culture continue to thrive there. Ai Weiwei's Tree crowds a concrete cubical, its sturdy blackened limbs collected from dead camphor trees bolted together using ancient Chinese joinery techniques. A statement against the breakneck speed of development in China - and how the environment pays the highest price - the gangly piece of art appears even more ominous claustrophobically squeezed between three concrete walls at the Boros Collection, an art gallery located inside a former war bunker in central Berlin.
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FEB 8 2013, 2:41 PM ET 1 "Jookin', to me, deserves to be in the same category as ballet and jazz and modern," Lil Buck says. "I get motivation and inspiration from watching water, just looking at how fluid it is." Lil Buck, aka Charles Riley, popularized the Memphis street dance style, adding a hint of classical ballet, through a collaboration with Yo-Yo Ma in 2011. When Spike Jonze captured their performance on video, it promptly went viral on YouTube. Later that year, he traveled to Beijing to share a stage with Meryl Streep and Yo-Yo Ma for the U.S.-China Forum on the Arts and Culture. This documentary film by Ole Schell follows the dancer on this journey to the Great Wall, Tiananmen Square, and beyond. The director describes the making of the film in an interview below and ChinaFile has a video interview with Schell that you can watch here. Delete the scoop?
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"BalletBoyz: The Talent started out as a project to offer new professional experiences to young male dancers. Over the last two years it has been a pleasure to watch the company mature and expand. But in their latest programme it's not so much the dancers who are being pushed into new terrain, as the two choreographers creating works for them." Delete the scoop?
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Discovering the Higgs through Physics, Dance and Photography National Geographic The Arts Council of Greater New Haven has chosen our project ¨Discovering the Higgs through Physics, Dance and Photography¨, as one of the seven chosen to receive... Delete the scoop?
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I said I wouldn't do an end-of-year list this year. Apparently, I lied. Here are five fave stories that I wrote in 2012, the aftermath and well, a few angry e-mails. by Nancy Wozny Delete the scoop?
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Roslyn Sulcas writes: The photographerHenry Leutwyler was building a career in fashion and portrait work in Paris in the late 1980s when he was sent on assignment to photograph Jorge Donn, the charismatic principal dancer who had risen to fame with Maurice Béjart’s Ballet of the 20th Century. The job proved to be a turning point for the Swiss-born Mr. Leutwyler, now 51, who subsequently spent time photographing Mr. Donn and his fellow dancers in Béjart’s company, which was based in Lausanne, Switzerland. After moving to New York in 1996 Mr. Leutwyler continued to take celebrity portraits but found a way back to dance when New York City Ballet hired him to document repertory pieces. One assignment turned into several more, and eventually he won permission to take pictures backstage, in class and rehearsal. The result is “Ballet: Photographs of the New York City Ballet,” (Steidl, $88), a weighty tome that offers a subtle, revealing view of the life of one of the world’s most prominent ballet companies. (more) Delete the scoop?
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For Bostonians, “The Nutcracker” is a time-honored holiday tradition. For Boston Ballet’s leaders, the annual production has always been something else: A show capable of making or breaking the budget.
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