Plus all the best dance performances and classes this month in Hampton Roads.

The dance floor was packed – an array of swinging arms, kicking legs, and turns. Smiles were in abundance; the bouncing energy filled the room.

Plus dance events and classes around Hampton Roads this month.

Thinking about it now still shatters my brain. Things make so much less sense when you watch real live people spin like violent cyclones one minute and then suddenly they’re gliding through the air like a wind-plucked dandelion tuft.

Arts for Life, Virginia Musical Theater, TRDance, The Kings of Salsa, Nutcracker, Southside Stomp, Latin Dance Party, and more…

Dance It Up, November | This Month in Local Dance

A collaboration with East Village Opera Company, Remember Me is described on the company’s website as a rock-dance opera. The inspiration for the piece came from the music itself.

We headed out to that beautiful campus on the water to check out the band and to get to some input from HU alumni on what makes the school so special. Turns out there was a football game going on as well.

The big arts and culture institutions in Norfolk are coming together in hopes of growing the scene. Here are some ideas they should consider implementing.

The October dance happenings around Hampton Roads, as well as a dance mini-lesson and interview with Elbert Watson.

They floated in and out of unison… each dancer, in turn, stretched out as if to break free, but the others pulled her back.

Swing at The Attucks, new local ballet company with TRDance, Lindy Hop, Elisa Monte, Elbert Watson, and more. Hampton Roads has the moves, y’all.

The Philadanco Dance Company, a contemporary company from Philadelphia, took the audience with a turn in every direction.

Two mimes fight over the best spot to place their pieces of art work not realizing their two parts create the perfect picture when placed together.

The monumental performance this company brought to our area last Friday night, their first performance ever in the United States (and I hope the first of many to come), said more to me than a volume of words could have.

“On with the dance! Let joy be unconfined.” -Lord Byron

“I want little African American dancers to have an opportunity similar to what I had.” Dance Theatre of Harlem performs as part of the Virginia Arts Festival at NSU Thursday.

I looked at the scene around me, and realized with immense delight that every single person in the theatre was dancing.

“To dance with the feet is one thing; to dance with the heart is another.” – Author Unknown

9th Regional High School Dance Festival in Norfolk.

The Shake By Shantel, 15 Can you hear what I hear? Do you feel what I feel? I think about the Shake. I awake from my dreams. Can you help me? Do you ever feel like you can’t get out, when the Shake is all that you hear? You hear about God. Let me know [...]

Dancing in underwear and having the ability to move with no restrictions or limitations must be so freeing.

Dance for a cause!

March dance event info, plus an interview and mini-lesson with the Mambo Room’s Lead Salsa Instructor, Leroy Windfield.

The turns allowed them to drag their toe and create a long continuous sound; the higher kicks and swinging arms provided momentum for more powerful hits to the floor, increasing the volume.

A review of the exhilarating and electrifying Broadway must-see. Plus, an interview with the show’s Artistic Director, Jason Gilkison.

Alys started with a double turn, and then after the à la seconde turns, she pulled into triple fouettés. And that is when I cheered; actually, it was more of an involuntary yell.

The Governor’s School for the Arts’ Winter Concert, which took place this past weekend, had such outstanding music; with styles ranging from the unpredictable Stravinsky, to the smooth Patsy Cline, each dance piece was a fantastic integration of music and movement.

Ekaterina Bortyakova is the epitome of a classical ballerina: waiflike without being frail; delicate without being weak.

Riverdance pounded the Chrysler Hall stage with their feet, and filled the air with the music of their band and their voices.

An interview with Renée Jaworski of Pilobulus.

A conversation with a dance captain for Riverdance, which plays Chrysler Hall this weekend.

If von Rothbart was killed, or if the oath of love were broken, she would forever remain a swan.

As I was walking from the Master Class to watch General Rehearsal, the sun shining on my face, my hair up, and my ballet gear on, I had a “Moment.” I felt a flash of my 16-year-old self.

Part 1 of a three-part series on The Birmingham Royal Ballet’s “Swan Lake.”

I heard a woman say, from a few rows behind me, “It’s like he didn’t have any bones in his body!”

The packed Shen Yun program was so much more than a dance performance; it was an amazing adventure that went beyond entertainment, combining history and legend with incredible artistry.

A TRDance company member talks about onstage focus, the beauty of imagined worlds, and what happens when your underwear is exposed for the entire audience to see.

“Tradition. Tradition is one of the major things. Look at the band. Look at the fellowship. They all share a goal and an experience. The experience is one of coming together and having a good time with each other.” – Allen Davis, stadium electrician of 15 years “We know the students, and they know us. [...]

“It’s family. The relationship between the students and the alumni. The concern we have for the students… We help them with anything they need. We recognize them. We reward them.” – Jeanette Clarey, chapter secretary, HU Alumni Association “It’s not so much about the black college experience. It’s not a black world. Now you’ve got [...]

“You knew you were at a good institution. Just the name–Hampton–had a ring of success.” – Virginian Owens, class of ’73 “They looked after you here. When your parents sent you to Hampton they knew you’d be taken care of. Even though the world has changed, the atmosphere on campus has remained the same.” – [...]