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A scene from “Dancing Across Borders” with Phillip Glass, left,
and Sokvannara Sar.

Our television screens keep taking us to scenes of devastation in Haiti. So it is uncanny to realize that the choreographer Ralph Lemon, in planning his “i get lost” Platform series, had already (in December or earlier) booked [...]

Producer and choreographer Adam Shankman, center, watches a dancer perform during open dance auditions for the 82nd Academy Awards Telecast in Burbank, Calif. on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.  (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

BURBANK, Calif. – Lined up in sweats and leotards, hundreds of sinewy dancers wait with paper numbers pinned to their chests and a singular hope [...]

 
In this photo taken Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, Members of folklore group Ekobios practice cumbia in Cartagena, on Colombia’s northern Caribbean coast. Cumbia is a Colombian rhythm and dates back to 18th century, in the Atlantic coast of the country, and is the result of a long process the blending of three cultural elements, the [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – After performing in more than 30 countries, ballroom dance company "Burn The Floor" debuts on Broadway on Sunday with producers saying the time — and the timing — is right.

Reality TV dance competition shows such as "Dancing with the Stars," "So You Think You Can Dance" and "America’s Best Dance [...]

Distilling Four Decades of Dance

Before Patrick Bensard’s 2006 documentary, “Lucinda Childs,” about the postmodern choreographer, had a Thursday screening at the Baryshnikov Arts Center, Mr. Bensard, Ms. Childs and Mikhail Baryshnikov appeared. Ms. Childs was, characteristically, to the point. “Patrick Bensard attempted to put 40 years into 52 minutes, for which I am grateful,” [...]

Plus a Facebreaker developer interview and TV talk.

The latest Sports Anomaly podcast (episode 74) features The Sports Game Guy (Todd Zuniga) with a tongue injury going solo as he blathers for a spell about his hands-on with NBA Live 09, then interviews Facebreaker’s line producer Todd Batty in lieu of a day-and-date extravaganza. Plus: chat [...]

Nutrients from the Amazon River spread well beyond the continental shelf and drive carbon capture in the deep ocean, according to the authors of a multi-year study.

The Amazon River’s outflow extends thousands of kilometers into the Atlantic Ocean.
(Credit: Norman Kuring/NASA)
The finding does not change estimates of the oceans’ total carbon uptake, but it reveals [...]