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June 1, 2008 at 10:54 pm · Filed under ballet, dance, new york city ballet, dancers, media, video, podcast, SUSAN, dance and technology, abt, youtube, myspace, companies, marketing, dance companies, dance online, american ballet theatre, so you think you can dance, internet
The Arts & Music section of today’s Los Angeles Times takes a look at the growing popularity of Internet publicity among dancers and dance companies.
The YouTube video that seems to have prompted the article:
The connection between the video above and the rest of the article is, to me, a little fuzzy. Overall, though, the article is pretty neat. Especially cool is that Looseleaf recognizes certain notables, including Daniil Simkin, Rolando Sarabia, Anaheim Ballet, Grover Dale’s Answers4Dancers and, of course, New York City Ballet’s website and YouTube channel. (Congrats, Kristin!)
The full text of the article follows below for anyone who might be interested. Take a read!
My favourite quote: Asked what company co-founder and choreographer George Balanchine would have thought about the Internet, [NYCB’s General Manager Ken] Tabachnick replies, “He was an innovator. Balanchine loved change and didn’t shy away from new things. I imagine he would have loved it.”
:-)
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October 17, 2007 at 8:59 pm · Filed under SLOAN, dance, community, myspace, THE ( INTER ) MISSION, kristin sloan, social network
Hello WIngers!
We’d like to invite you to join THE ( INTER ) MISSION - a Social Network for DANCE - brought to you by The WInger.
The intermission is a time when people in both the audience and backstage can decompress and discuss what’s happening with like-minded people. They share what they’ve seen, what they’ve done, experiences, ideas, and opinions.
The mission is to bring that discussion online, to a group of unique individuals with one common interest, potentially bringing new life, ideas, and expertise to ongoing issues within the dance world.
The site functions a lot like MySpace and Facebook but there is one important difference - everyone on the site has an interest in DANCE.
There are currently over 100 members, so you won’t be lonely. Also, if you are a member or organizer of a dance company of any kind, the Group feature makes it really easy to have a central spot in which to promote your company. Individuals can also add photos, videos, blog posts, forum discussions, customized widgets, RSS feeds…
All blog posts and forum discussions throughout the network appear on the main page (unless you choose to keep them private), opening up everything you contribute to a community of dance enthusiasts.
In the future I’m hoping to be able to offer discounts or special offers to our members for performances or dance products.
If you are an event organizer or represent a company that creates dance products and would like to work on creating a special offer in conjunction with THE ( INTER ) MISSION, let us know.
Hope to see you at the intermission!
Recent Posts by kristin sloan
April 4, 2007 at 2:36 pm · Filed under websites, video, modern, contemporary, apple, RESfest, tronic studio, misnomer dance theater, chris elam, myspace, balinese dance
Posted by Sloan
Just a heads up about a dance company that’s doing some really interesting things both online and off…
I first saw them on myspace (a great way for companies to connect with more people). Then I found their website and blog, which is full of videos, info, rep list, calendar, tons of press. Very impressive. Chris Elam is the director/choreographer, (you can see a video interview of him here). He says he is heavily influenced by Balinese dance. (I took Doug there for his birthday a few years ago, but we were so destroyed by our jet-lag that we missed our one opportunity to see a traditional dance performance! ugh! maybe next time.)
So check out their videos, especially this one done by Apple about Misnomer’s collaboration with Tronic Studios (how cool!) for RES Digital Film Festival.
Their next performances are April 12 & 14 and NYU’s Skirball Center, followed by tours in the Ukraine, France, and Turkey.
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