Dance Gear- Choosing the Proper Clothes for Dancing

Ballet, jazz, tap dance, ballroom or modern dance, whatever genre it is, they all have something in common- it is a form of art. It is moving through emotions, expressing thoughts and telling a story that words cannot express. It is communicating with people using body movement, flexibility and physique. As a performance arts that is also visual, as a dance performer you have to look pleasing to get the attention of the audience. Since dancing is an activity that requires physical effort, comfort should not be compromised when choosing the proper gear. Thus, finding the good fitting dance wear is a challenging task to most dancers.

Wearing the proper clothes for dancing is very essential. It says a lot about the dancer and boosts their confidence on the dance floor. It builds a good impression of a good stage presence. Carrying the right clothes on the stage for a particular dance style evokes feeling, style and story. Usually, your outfit on stage makes the unseen ideas in the dance visible to the audience. Moreover, these dance apparel are created to help dancers to look good and move comfortably and freely. It must stay in place even if you leap, jump, kick and do other moves. It also improves the body form of dancers and emphasizes their best dance technique.

It takes time to acquire the proper fit and type of dance clothes. And here are some tips on choosing the appropriate dance gear for you:

1. Determine the type of dance to perform. The type of dance wear depends on the genre you are going to perform. For example, ballet leotards, tutus and ballet shoes are worn for ballet dancing because these clothes emphasizes the grace, poise and character of every ballerina. You cannot use them as dance outfit for salsa, tango or tap dance as those style of dances require other kinds of garments.

2. You should also choose the right kind of clothes for your body type. Your outfit should not be too tight or too short for you because it will not look good on you and may cause wardrobe malfunction. Good fit of dance clothes allows you to perfect the dance routine freely without any restriction. And does not encumber your movements while dancing.

3. Choose clothes the will accentuate your best parts and create the illusion of a good body form. Your costume should compliment your figure and suit you. It should highlight your good side and hide the bad sides such as weak movements and figure flaws.

4. Check the quality of the clothes. Your costume must go along with the dance, protect you from any injury that you might encounter while doing your movements. Good quality dance gears last longer.

5. Your dance wear should match your dance performance. Let yourdress match and harmonize with your dance movements and contribute to your performance on stage.

Looking good and feeling great at the same time while wearing your dance clothes is not impossible. You only have to take time and exert effort in seeking for right gears for your dancing endeavor.  Eventually, finding good fitting clothes let you confidently show people what you got.

Buy DISH Latino Plus: Tune in to complete Latin entertainment

Leaving in the midst of hullabaloo of American country it is all the more imperative for you to catch best of entertainment for Latin community. Though there are numerous providers cluttering here and there catching hold of the best entertainment in original Latin is genuinely a tough job. However intensive research and surveys have declared that DISH Network TV is the famous provider that can bring you exclusive entertainment for the Latin community. So contact your local DISH Network retailer and go for best DISH Network deals. By bringing home exclusive DISH Latino programming packs is the call of the time.

Remember, DISH Network packages for Latin community are not the sole programming bundles in Latin; other providers too have launched a handful of Latino pack. Cable television and also the leading Satellite TV provider namely DirecTV have introduced quite a few Latin channels but in terms of cost and quality programs it never scores as high as that of DISH Network TV. Remember, not only Latin programs, you can pick as many as 200 international channels in twenty eight different languages of the whole world. So ask for any languages like Arabic, Portuguese, Brazilian, Korean or any other languages you can enjoy them all at DISH Network packages.

Amongst five exclusive DISH Latino programming packs, the name of DISH Latino deserves special mentioning. Needless to say you can get all the exclusive programs and service from DISH Network specials and stuff. Subscribe to this DISH Latino pack and you can enjoy more than one hundred and ten channels that include all the special and famous channels in English and Spanish languages. Guys, remember that you have the facility of getting all the excusive channels from another DISH Latino programmings pack namely DishLATINO Clasico. Plus you can enjoy few of your favorite channels like Boomerang, AMC, Cartoon Network, TBS, SyFy, and USA. Without exaggeration it can be said that this special package of Latin language is being packed with exclusive programs and show thereby meeting the entertainment needs of all the television lovers.

There is one more thing. Like DISH Networks packages, you can catch hold of this bundle at a price rate which is reasonable and also does not burn holes on your pocket. That is to say you can get this pack just at a meager price rate of $27.99 every month for the first one year. And in case you want o continue with the service you have to pay the regular price of $37.99 every month for one more year. Plus you can view the premium Showtime for 3 months absolutely at free of cost. You can also get standard professional installation on up to 6 television sets.

Are you thinking how you can keep the memories of watching programs on television for a long period of time? Simply, you set your DISH Network Receivers along with DVR service and go on record programs for several hours. You can watch the programs later several times according to your convenience.

A Sit Down with the Man People Love to Hate: Minneapolis Critic Dwight Hobbes

"If you see things one way and nine people see it the other way, you're probably right."

As interviewed by Lyssa Hansen

Dwight Hobbes has done it all; write plays performed on stage, freelance for just about every newspaper and magazine in the Twin Cities area, strum his guitar in coffee houses and live on the streets. Hobbes' opinions have burned a lot of bridges in his career, but he doesn't care. I sit down with the man people love to hate and as he calls it, we shoot the shit.

How did your career in journalism start?

 I failed journalism at college. I went to Long Island University and I flunked out of journalism. Why, because I wasn't any good at it. And when I was teaching at U of Wisconsin, I mentioned that to the students and they were aghast; well if he failed journalism then why is he teaching us journalism?

It took me a long, long time to be able to get my mind around writing essays. I didn't start writing essays until 1992, before that all I had done was fiction. I wrote a lot of short stories, one of which got published in Essence Magazine. I grew up reading novels so therefore it was like second nature. You know, at least the art form was. It wasn't that I was great at it, but I was comfortable doing it.

So yeah, I came out here and I was staying at a homeless shelter downtown. Asha Blake used to be a local correspondent for KARE 11, and she was down there doing a story and I saw the camera lights and this cute little chick and I said, let's go stick my nose in and see what's going on. She interviewed me and she said, stay in touch. So, I wrote a letter to her at the station and she responded by saying I should turn it into an essay, and I didn't really give it too much thought. Turn it into an essay, why?

Then I was at this playwriting workshop and this fellow Anthony Porter came to the workshop with this magazine that he was the editor of called Colors: Journal of Opinion by Writers of Color. And he was looking for essays so…. I went and dug out that letter that I sent to Asher Blake and I sent it to him. And he gave me feedback on it. So I strengthened it and he published it, and I got paid. And I was like, I could get used to this. Now it's what I do. I write essays.

 What was it like being homeless?

It was a bitch. That's a long painful story that I just rather not go into. You know, I think about it just about every year, on one of these nights in December or something when students at the U pitch a tent and they spend the night outdoors to call attention to the homeless plight and I'm like heh, you think you're doing something. Believe me, one night outdoors don't impress me.

What kind of doors did the essay in Colors Magazine open for you?

John Habich, the arts editor at the Star Tribune, was at this panel discussion and I told him, "You're paper doesn't have any black writers and your white writers don't know black culture, so your paper doesn't know black culture. You ought to hire someone like me." I wasn't bashful or shy. And actually John Habich went back and the powers that be at the Star Tribune handed him his head.  Like hell no, we're not letting Dwight Hobbes write for this paper. See, along the way, I had started writing commentaries for a local newspaper called Insight News and I didn't pull any punches at all, and they didn't particularly care for that. They reached kind of a compromise where the paper refused to hire me on staff, but they let him give me freelance assignments.

What's it like working as a minority in an all white newsroom? What are the frustrations?

The frustrations are being broke all the time, while you watch people who can't write half as good as you sitting around in expensive clothes. That's a frustration. The frustration is having to eat in soup kitchens between pay checks. It's really galling and quite honestly, it pisses me off. I can't get a foot in the door to save my life. You know, it was a miracle that my play Shelter even got produced here in town because nobody would give me a shot.

How do you feel about the Jungle Theater? You were quoted in the Twin Cities Daily Planet saying the Jungle was a white theater for white plays seen by white people.

 Penumbra's got black theater; Theatre Mu's got Asian theater, so why can't the Jungle Theater have a white theater? See, that's what I mean about saying things that you're not supposed to say. It's automatically supposed to be, "Boo, hiss, they're all white." Well I got news for you; they're allowed to be all white. Penumbra's all black isn't it? When Colors Magazine ran an essay contest for writers of color, white writers weren't allowed to submit. And I said, "White's a color. How come they can't be in on it too?"

See, if you're gonna have a conscience about humankind, you gotta have a conscience of all humankind. You got to be able to think for yourself. Make up your own mind about things, judge your own perceptions, and nine times out of ten, if you see things one way and nine people see it the other way, you're probably right. They're so damn busy saying what's expected of them. People love their illusions; it keeps them from having to do the hard work of thinking for themselves.

How did you learn how to write plays?

 Way back in the mid 80's Fred Hudson had a place called the Frederick Douglas Center for Creative Arts in New York. Fred has the unique talent of being able to let you learn instead of trying to put shit in you, you know. He had the ability to let you bring out what you already had. I mean, shit, learning how to write is not an easy thing to do. Otherwise everybody could do it. But, once you know what you're doing, that's a skill nobody can ever take away from you. It's a growth process and it can be agonizing because you don't just add hot water and I can do it! It takes time and effort and applying yourself. I've done manual labor, I've worked in factories, and I'm telling you, it's a hell of a lot easier because you don't have to think about it, you just do it.

When we did Shelter, I was blown away. The whole dang night, people were coming up to me with their playbill asking for my autograph. And I'm like, "What do you want my autograph for? I'm trying to get to the bar." Chuckle.

You seem to get rejected constantly; how do you keep your momentum going?

Something that you really want a whole lot, there's like this kind of mechanism in you that says there's no way you're going to get it, just because you want it. And if you can silence that voice, if you can shut the gremlins up, you get out of your own way.

I called Steve Kaplan at Minnesota Law and Business Magazine for a solid year, every couple of months, pitch him an idea, and he said, nah, not interested. One day he said, okay, that works. After a while, I got another story and then I became one of his semi regulars. The publisher down there, Bill White, God bless him, Bill had a running joke; he would say, "Steve Kaplan has the toughest job in publishing saying no to Dwight Hobbes." I was always in there pitching. But I didn't care; I came back in there the next day with something else. You gotta be open-minded enough with yourself so that you don't limit yourself to possibilities. And you've gotta be persistent.

Inevitable iPod touch and iPhone applications for every movie lover

We may state that numerous persons are literary obsessed of watching motion pictures and would wish to know in every second what is new in this branch.  Still if it's not about so large fanatics, very probably that there isn't somebody in the world that does not watch motion pictures occasionally, in his house or at the cinema, so it isn't foreign that the motion picture industry is growing with a speed of light.

However, the alternative of motion pictures and ways to watch a motion picture is so large but fortuitously, there is handful of iPod touch and iPhone apps that may serve sort through and select a motion picture already. Here are 5 best applications, taken for their value to a motion picture fan and simplicity of employ.

The application ‘Movies' is a literal fave from this sort of applications.  You may get fresh info about common releases and older films, supervise box office results or seek for flicks by pertinent info such as actor or director.  As well you may watch trailers and film clips, which number is over 10 000 at the time, you may read revises from Rotten Tomatoes, or find out the showing times and theatre destinations in your place, and still buy tickets in advance. 

‘Imdb' in web has the most prominent foundation of motion picture info.  There are over 1.5 million motion pictures and TV episodes indexed in its data foundation, seeking by a number of smart lines such as actor, director, and writer.  There are as well images and trailers following every motion picture that may be watched inside this Imdb application, as well as links to show times, revises, and a host of amusing graphs like the top box office grossers at any time.

Admitted or not truth is that Blockbusters and Hollywood Videos are closing down and probably ‘Redbox' is one of the causes. The petty red booths are everyplace across the country, establishing it simple to rent a DVD without establishing a peculiar trip to a videostore.

It obviates paying awful rental and late fees. Redbox application lets you reserve motion pictures through your iPhone, indicating which booth you may employ to select up your dollar-a-day rental.  The application still maps Redbox placements through Google Maps.  The application is very easy to employ but it demands to be updated to tell persons which booths have Blu-rays.

‘Yelp' is perchance known as foundation of revises and recommendations of top eateries, shopping, nightlife and fun, but the application provides more that this.  It gives you info about the destinations of cinemas in your neighbourhood and as well provides revises of the deftness from other enployrs what may be very valuable, peculiarly if you are new in town.  With the theatre revises, you may discover the best house in town for 3D but as well find numerous info about the theatre.  You may enjoy motion picture more if the theatre has larger quality.

As you could assume, ‘Run pee' is a amusing application that tells you if it is safe to go to the bathroom when watching a motion picture so you don't overlook anything concerning.  It as well has a timer that lets you recognize if a "drilling part" is coming up and how long you have in front you better get in the seat.

Can amruthuvarshini produce enough music for the ear ?

AMRUTHAVARSHINI

This raga derives its name from the two words "Amrit" and Varshini". It means one which showers "amrit" or the elixir of immortality.



A particular incident, which occurred in connection with this raga, may be of interest to the reader. During his visit to Ettayapuram,  a small village in Tamilnadu, the great composer Muthuswamy Dikshithar (late 18th century and early 19th century) was shocked to see people suffering owing to a draought. He looked up at the sky and sang in praise of the goddess Devi in the raga Amruthavarshini. The moment he uttered the words "salilam varshaya, varshaya" there was a heavy downpour and the place was flooded.

Then he had to appeal to the Goddess "Sthambhaya; sthambhaya" meaning, stop' stop"

Even today musicians sing – "Amruthavarshini" raga to invoke the Rain God. The corresponding raga in Hindustani music is "Malashree"

Jugalbandhi

This word means, literally, "entwined twins". In the context of music, it may:

01.  A mixture of two classical systems of music or

02.  Two different types of musical instruments or

03.  An unusual combination of vocal classical and instrumental music. For e.g. a musical performance between Sarod player (Hindustani) and a vocal artist (carnatic)

In jugalbanshi, both musicians act as lead players, and a playful competition often ensues between the two performers.



Jugalbanshi kindles the curiosity of the audience as well as the artists to see how the twins work in such a mixture. Both the artistes should be well matched and complement each other with their respective style of singing. Normally the two artists take a raga and elaborate the alapana, sahithyam, swara prastharam and niraval for more than an hour in their instruments or in their systems. The audience is able to appreciate both the factors, common and contradictory. Sometimes, in a vocal concert, the attempt by the artists to sing in the other style will be very interesting and will win audience appreciation.

SRUTHIPETTI:

Sruthi petti is a small wooden instrument that works on a system of bellows. It produces a continuous drone during a music concert. It is used along with other accompaniments in a kutcheri. It is normally kept in front of the vocalist on the dias. Adjustable buttons allow tuning in an electronic sruthi petti. The "tambura" is another traditional drone instrument used in concerts. However, tamburas are increasingly being replaced by the electronic sruthi pettis. In modern days we see electronic tamburas also. The drone itself is an integral part of a performance and furnishes stability (the basic pitch)



PRINCIPLE INVOLVED IN SRUTHI PETTI AND HARMONIUM:

A small wooden reed (a thin wooden piece which will vibrate when air is blown over it) is fixed to one end of a close fitting wooden frame. The loose end has a slight upward curve. When air pressure is applied under the reed, th reed obstructs air flow, allowing only a small, high-velocity flow at the tip.



Here the elasticity of the reed lets it get back to its original place in the frame. Each time the reed passes through the frame, it interrupts the air flow. These rapid, periodic interruptions of air flow create the audible vibrations perceived by the listener.

GHATAM:

This is one of the very common percussion instruments, next only Mridangam as an accompaniment in a kutcheri. The word "ghatam" means clay. But the composition of clay for "ghatam is different from other earthern pots, which we use as utensils. The ghatam is made from a special clay mixed with graphite dust to make it stronger. Probably this is the reason for ghatam having a bluish or grayish patch. We may all think that the ghatam is fragile, but it is not so. Even though it will break if you drop it on the floor, it is very strong and can withstand the strong thumpings of the powerful hand of the ghatam vidwan.



There are two types of ghatams.01. Madras ghatam and 02. Manamadurai ghatam. The tone of the pot must be good and its sides should be of even thickness all around to produce an even tone. Manamadurai ghatam is of this type. This type of ghatam also produces a sharp metallic, ringing sound which is favoured by some players.