Spellbound: Starring Carlton & Company and The PenDragons.
I am finally going to post this! My first professional gig as a Professional Dancer.
This production has been viewed in 55 Countries in the World since I uploaded it.
It is magic!
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Spellbound: Starring Carlton & Company and The PenDragons
Posted in Dance, News by Spellbound84, Pop Culture, tagged Carlton & Company, Dick Foster, Encore Theater, Encore Theater & Restaurant, Glen Mills, Nightclub, PA, Pulsations, Pulsations Nightclub, Spellbound, Spellbound cast, Spellbound Dancers, The PenDragons, Willie Bietak on January 18, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Tears For Fears , Friday Tunes Turning Butterfly
Posted in Angels, butterfly, Dance, Entertainment, Life, Music, Retro, tagged Angels, anxiety, Art, butterfly, Butterfly Life Cycle, Dance, Fall, Friday, Head Over Heels, humanity, Latin, Life, metamorphosis, Miracles, music, Season, Shout, songs, Stress, Stressors, Tears for Fears, transfigured, transform, Woman in Chains on September 23, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Tears For Fears, Friday Tunes Turning Butterfly.
It has been a rough stressful week in my life or maybe in the world space in general. We are into Fall, the last complete season of the year, 2016. My life has been is a constant battle for sustaining life functions. I am comparing it the cycle of the butterfly’s transformation or change in shape, called metamorphosis.
Will there ever be peace for humanity? Miracles occur 24/7! Calling all Angels!
One Step, Life Steps
Posted in Dance, movement, News by Spellbound84, tagged actions, Chicane, choices, feet, Life, Life Steps, Move, One Step, Poem, Saltwater, steps of life, Trance on June 3, 2016| Leave a Comment »
One Step, Life Steps.
Our entire life is made up of choices,
What we decide,
the action we take,
the attitude we display
All represent the steps of life.
Sometimes we take two steps forward
And one-step back.
Some of us take baby steps
Some of us take giant steps
But the secret is not to let that
one step back turn into a failure.
Learn from backward steps
And keep on stepping forward in this dance
Called Life!
Earth Wind & Fire Founder Maurice White Dead at 74
Posted in Dance, Music, News by Spellbound84, R&B, Twitter, tagged #MauriceWhite, 74 years old, Big Band, Dance, Dancer, dead, died, Earth Wind & Fire, funk, Gospel, Jazz, Maurice White, music, Pop, Professional Dancer, R&B, R.I.P. on February 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Earth Wind & Fire Founder Maurice White Dead at 74.
Growing up in the single digits in the 1960’s, music was my passion as I was a young dancer. Then, I became a choreographer at age 12 at my local dance studio. I had the most brilliant bands to create movement to. One of my favorites was Earth Wind & Fire which I attended their concerts at the Philly Spectrum. As I became classically trained dancer at Temple University in the mid 70’s that Philly R&B was in my blood. Remembering at the Sorority house of Alpha Gamma Delta the album would go on “That’s The Way of The World.” Brilliant reflections for my soul. Music never would have been the same without your presence. Ty so for your inspiration Maurice White. R.I.P.
Flashdance: She’s a Maniac
Posted in Dance, News by Spellbound84, tagged Dance, Flashdance, motivation, movement, Movie, She's a Maniac, What a Feeling on August 3, 2015| 2 Comments »
Flashdance: She’s a Maniac.
I remember when I was living up in the Boston area viewing this movie.
I knew the stage was calling my feet. In a few years, started my professional dance career.
I gotta Dance!
National Dance Day, July 25
Posted in Dance, News by Spellbound84, tagged #NationalDanceDay, Ballet, Dance, Dizzy Feet Foundation, Hip-Hop, Hip-Hop dance routine, Jazz, July 25, Modern dance, movement, National Dance Day, NFL, Nigel Lythgoe, Philadelphia Eagle's Cheerleader, So You Think You Can Dance, SYTYCD., tap, TV:, Tweet, Twitter on July 25, 2015| Leave a Comment »
National Dance Day, July 25
I believe I was delivered from my mother at birth doing a 180 degree grand je·té.
Been a devoted dancer since age 9. Never stopped 5 decades later and never will.
I traveled to NYC at age 12 to perform at the Dance Caravan conventions. Wanted to become a Rockette, but did not grow tall enough as you must have had a height of 5’7″. Also, started choreography at my yearly recitals at age 12. Performed on local TV Philadelphia talent shows also did the areas competition circuit.
At 18, enrolled at Temple University where I studied at a professional level. Had a taste of the Masters from Pennsylvania Ballet, Vaganova, and many Professors of Modern dance.
While at Temple University I was also a NFL Philadelphia Eagle’s Cheerleader and a 2 year Varsity Gymnast.
My first National choreography was in Canada of the CFL. I was the director/choreographer of the Ottawa Rough Riders Rhythm Riders Cheerleader/Dancers. We did perform at the Grey Cup, the Superbowl of Canada in Montreal 81′ season.
I had decided to become a professional teacher but the stage was calling my feet. At age 28, first professional dinner theater employed by the legendary Dick Foster’s Spellbound.
In 1986, I left for the entertainment of Cruise ships in Bermuda with Greg Thompson Productions.
I also performed and choreographed in TV pilots, Industrial shows, and nightclubs.
Ballet is the base of all movement and is a must. But Jazz is my favorite.
This day I celebrate all forms of the Dance.
Get up on your feet for National Dance Day!
Hip-Hop dance routine below.
Pharrell Williams – Happy
Posted in Dance, Fitness, Music, News by Donna, News by Spellbound84, tagged American singer and producer, “Despicable Me 2” soundtrack, Bermuda, Billboard, Columbia Records, Despicable Me 2, funk, Happy, indoor cycling, Lee, music, neo soul, Pharrell Williams, playlist, song, Sony Music, soundtrack, Spin, Spin class, Sunshine, Utley on April 10, 2014| 1 Comment »
First time heard this song was in spin class. Lee had it on his playlist during the summer=fall in 2013. I am a rocker so I do not listen to pop stations. It is categorized under neo soul and funk. This song stuck with me. Thank you again Lee for your inspiration. You are the man who has so much to give to your students. There is no instructor that can touch your talent. God Bless you and your family.
Lee, You make me so happy when I can ride with you.
Originally released last summer on the “Despicable Me 2” soundtrack, “Happy” got a post-“Blurred Lines” and “Get Lucky” boost late last year thanks to a viral music video and Academy Award nomination. Contiguously peppy and brilliantly simple, it seems likely to dominate radio for weeks to come.
PHARRELL WILLIAMS LYRICS : HAPPY
Pharrell Williams’ 20 Biggest Billboard Hits
24 Hours of Happy Video Click Here For The World’s First 24 Hours of HAPPY.
Found the HAPPY video with Bermuda as it’s background. Special meaning because I cruised there from New York to Bermuda as a Professional dancer for two seasons. HAPPY MEMORIES.
Can-Can Dance
Posted in Dance, New by Spellbound, tagged Bermuda, Can-Can, Can-Can Dance, Cruise Ship, Dance, Mistinguett, Mistinguett Productions, New York City, Nordic Prince, Productions., Showgirl, Skirt on March 28, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Can-Can Dance. Showgirl, Professional Dancer, Nordic Prince Cruise Ship, Greg Thompson Production.
Did two shows, fifteen different production numbers, New York City to and from Bermuda on a weekly basis. One of the numbers was a Can-Can as I picked the color blue for my skirt. BTW, they are very heavy. I would nail it every time I preformed it with six other dancers and three singers.
“…What the Critics are saying…”
A Dancer: An Athlete of God
Posted in Dance, News by Spellbound84, tagged A Dancer: An Athlete of God, A. Dancer. An Athlete, Art, Ballet, Dance, God, Jazz, Life, Martha Graham, Modern, of, Performing arts, Practice, principles, United States on September 1, 2013| 1 Comment »
Koresh School of Dance, Instructor, Melissa Rector, Modern Jazz
Posted in Dance, Fitness, News by Donna, tagged Artistic director, Arts, Companies, Dance, Dance Magazine, Dancer, Instructor, Jazz, Koresh, Koresh Dance Company, Melissa, Melissa Rector, Performing arts, Philadelphia, Philly, Professional dance, Rector, Roni Koresh, Suzanne Roberts Theatre, United States, University of the Arts on August 3, 2013| 1 Comment »
Koresh School of Dance, Instructor, Melissa Rector, Modern Jazz.
My spin class was cancelled at Fly Wheel Sports with Utley, or Lee as we call him at the Sporting Club at Voorhees in Philadelphia due to air conditioning problems at 1521 Locust in Philadelphia yesterday. I was already in the city so I called Koresh School of Dance to see if Melissa Rector was teaching at 6pm. Fortunately, she was, I ventured to my love of movement once again, Modern Jazz.
Thank you Melissa for sharing dance/life with me once again. You still are fierce, methodically precise choreographer as when I left a few years ago. Roni is very lucky to have you still around. ” I do not want this movement to look like a competition, I want you to feel it from your soul, heart.” she exclaimed with a voice of stern expertise. “Take those socks off, this is Koresh.” I did not have socks on as I know better. By the way, no matter how great of shape you think you are in, a professional dance class is the true barometer of fitness. Yes, I still feel sore down to my toes twenty hours later. It is a good sore.
Below is Melissa Rector. Yes she is one of Philly’s Female Phenoms.
Via Philly.com
Via Koresh Dance Company’s Website Click Here for Bio.
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