Epiphanies and ice packs: Life inside a dance bubble
Celia Wren, The Washington Post
Feb. 5, 2021
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2of8Archie Burnett and Michele Saunders in a dance choreographed by Ephrat Asherie.Dancing CameraShow MoreShow Less
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The word bubble may have lost some of its champagne-fizz exuberance, given its covid-19-era sense: a group of people who interact closely while minimizing contact with others to reduce exposure. But pandemic-variety bubbles have offered hope for many, including dancers who have used the sheltered environments to train and generate new work.
Streaming series Isolation to Creation documents work created by dancers in bubbles
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Hubbard Street Dance has new artistic director
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An accomplished dancer and educator who got her start with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago will return to the company next month as its new artistic director.
Linda-Denise Fisher-Harrell will assume the role on March 1, succeeding Glenn Edgerton, who stepped down in 2020 after 11 years with the company.
“Ms. Fisher-Harrell has the vision, experience and relationships to rebuild excitement for dance as a vital and dynamic contemporary art form as we gradually return to the stage in the next year,” Steven Collens, chairman of the troupe’s board of directors said in a statement. “Her extraordinary career to date as an artist and educator make her the ideal individual to advance Hubbard Street’s rich culture of learning, growth, and the creative process.”
Harlem in the 1920s.
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Harlem, New York, experienced a renaissance of culture during the 1920s, introducing some of the most famous Black writers and performers. But history often forgets about Gladys Bentley, a woman who performed as a man in a popular Harlem Prohibition bar. Slowly, Bentley became so popular that she was the best known Black performer in the country and considered Harlem s most famous lesbian figure, according to The New York Times.
Bentley would sing, dance, and play the piano during her performances while wearing a tuxedo and a hat. Although her music never made it to the radio, celebrities from all over the world would come to watch her performance in Harlem.