Reasons For Doing Daily Yoga Sessions

Posted February 25th, 2010

Yoga has been around since ancient times when people would use it to relax and create good karma around themselves. When most of us think of the practice we often imagine people who contort their bodies into all sorts of positions that the normal human should not even attempt. The truth is that the ancient art is so much more than that.

Opera Glasses, Love, Racism, and Hairspray: A Review

Posted February 16th, 2010

Hairspray, is a musical set in Maryland 1962. Our story revolves around Tracy, an overweight high schooler, Tracy would love to become famous, and is prepared to do something about it. This musical is fast-paced, and colorful, to make sure that you don’t miss a beat, remember to bring along your opera glasses.

Opera Glasses, A Great Method To See All The Action On Stage From Far Away

Posted January 21st, 2010

Opera Glasses are similar to binoculars but they are made for being able to see performances on stage. In old opera houses seats placed in balconies that were subsequently cheaper were very far away from the stage. In some they were so far away on the figures could be seen from that distance but seeing facial features, and thus part of the acting, was impossible to make out. Opera glasses would enable those people in the peanut gallery to see on stage much better to the point of seeing the facial expressions of the actors or singers. They have been popular since the 50’s.

Opera Glasses and Hairspray: A Musical Review

Posted January 21st, 2010

The musical Hairspray is set in June in the year 1962 in Baltimore, Maryland. The main character, Tracy, is an overweight young girl. The young girl dreams of becoming famous. If you do not have front row seats, you will want to bring your opera glasses so as not to miss a heartbeat of this fast-paced musical.

Opera Glasses ” Fashion Wear, Spyglass Or Optical Instrument?

Posted December 25th, 2009

If it wasn’t for the Dutch optician Hans Lipperhey, we might not have had either binoculars or opera glasses today. He first started manufacturing simple binoculars in 1608. These were not much more than two telescopes connected by a central bridge, but they led to many further modifications and improvements. His early binoculars had a magnification capability of x3. Within less than a year the Italian mathematician and inventor Galileo Galilee made another drastic stride forward by increasing the magnification ability of telescopes to x30.

Rewarding Careers In Dance

Posted October 18th, 2009

Performance dancing is a physical and beautiful artistic form. It seems, as you will realize, that dancing never leaves you. The majority who choose dance for a career eventually come to refer to it as a way of life and not a job. Many who started as dancers branched out into various other dance fields throughout their lives, changing as their situations do. Here are a few examples of other dance related areas where students, whose careers began as dancers, branched out into.

State Performing Arts Faculty : The Pride of Dublin

Posted September 22nd, 2009

NPAS is the acronym for state Performing humanities college. Found in Dublin, ireland, it’s the school for students aged two to 20 and 20+, who have the serious wish to learn and build a future in the performance humanities.

Know your Ballet Barre Exercises

Posted July 13th, 2009

Walking into a ballet class where the students are poised with straight backs, one arm poised gracefully to the side, and one foot resting lightly in line with the barre may seem like something out of a dance movie, but it’s a common sight in all ballet classes. Barre work is the important foundation on which ballet technique is built. By learning not just the basic movements, but understanding how to perform them slowly and with correct posture and balance will help you become a better dancer. Barre exercises are especially developed to train and strengthen the muscles in both your back and legs so that the more complex ballet movements appear effortless. The grace, balance and poise of a ballerina doesn’t come from her clothing, or length of time she has danced, but rather the amount of focus she has put into her barre work.

Belly Dancing Jewelry Today

Posted July 10th, 2009

The thought of a belly dancer for most people conjures up the image of a beautiful woman adorned with expensive looking jewelry and hardly any clothing. This is an appealing image for most people and describes many belly dancers out there. Interestingly, the jewelry commonly pictures is a recent addition to the tradition belly dancing outfit.

Ballet, It’s More than a Dance

Posted July 8th, 2009

Ballet is more than a dance form, it’s an art. It isn’t just structured steps that are choreographed to fit to music, but rather a formal variety of steps that are very precisely executed. The ballet dancer is trained to not only carry these steps out to perfection, but also to add emotion to their movement. To the audience, ballet dancing is all about grace, elegance and poise. Ballet dancers throughout the centuries have had to develop not only their dancing skills, but also learn how to sing, mime and act.