Dance

Catching some air
By Richard Gwin
November 4, 2009
The Lied Center’s Performing Arts 3to5 program took preschool children to the stage again on Monday and Tuesday.
Perfect partnership: Troupe spreads love for wheelchair ballroom dancing
By Terry Rombeck
October 18, 2009
The dance music blares through the halls of this office building in Westport.
Moving in step
Twins share love for dance
By Chansi Long
September 28, 2009
Chelsea and Amanda Reichert have never been the sort of people to gravitate toward compliments. They blush easily and are quick to remind everyone, as if a way of reminding themselves, that they’re not as good at dance as they’d like to be.
Arts notes: Professors to present evening of Chinese music
J-W Staff Reports
September 13, 2009
Two music professors at Tianjin Conservatory of Music in China will perform Monday at the Lawrence Public Library, 707 Vt. Although the library will be closed Monday for the funeral of staffer Joyce Steiner, the program will continue as planned.
Ancient rituals for modern-day audience
Haskell powwow highlights unity within tribal diversity
By Christine Metz
August 30, 2009
With the sun setting over the Haskell Pow-Wow Grounds and sounds of the Thundershield drum group drifting through the air, students at Haskell Indian Nations University were officially welcomed back to school Saturday evening.
Ancient rituals for modern-day audience
Haskell powwow highlights unity within tribal diversity
By Christine Metz
August 30, 2009
With the sun setting over the Haskell Pow-Wow Grounds and sounds of the Thundershield drum group drifting through the air, students at Haskell Indian Nations University were officially welcomed back to school Saturday evening.
Stepper: Southwest student realizing dance dreams
By Sarah Henning
August 17, 2009
When Jake Landgrebe returned to school last week, the seventh-grader at Southwest Junior High School came back after taking part in a true midsummer’s night dream.
Renowned choreographer from Lawrence works with K.C. Ballet
By Greg Hurd
April 29, 2009
Karole Armitage grew up in Lawrence and has returned to the area to work with the Kansas City Ballet.
Dance Marathon hits KU campus
By Jon Niccum
April 17, 2009
Marathon dancing grew into a popular craze of the 1920s and ’30s before it was later vilified as inhumane.
Twyla Tharp work reconstructed for dance troupe’s concert
By Terry Rombeck
April 15, 2009
An early work by renowned choreographer Twyla Tharp will hit the stage Thursday and Friday at the University Dance Company at Kansas University.
940 Dance company plans international performance
By Terry Rombeck
April 12, 2009
The 940 Dance Company is about to make an international splash. The resident professional troupe at the Lawrence Arts Center, 940 N.H., is traveling starting today to Puebla, Mexico, for the Performatica Festival, which draws dozens of dance groups for 10 days of performances, workshops and other presentations.
Dance fever: Couple keep fit teaching what they love
By Sarah Aylward
April 6, 2009
It started with a dress. A dress for Shirley Barrand to dance in with her husband, Warren “Blue” Barrand. The couple had met on a dance floor at a single’s mixer, and one thing led to another, and then, as a young married couple, they took up ballroom dance lessons. But it wasn’t until Shirley laid her eyes on an elaborate ballroom gown that the thought of competitive dancing crossed her mind.
Emotion in motion: CJHS troupe works out stories through dance
By Terry Rombeck
February 21, 2009
It’s after school on a Tuesday, and the hallways of Central Junior High School are mostly empty.
Lawrence High School students add artistic touch to Mardi Gras event
By Terry Rombeck
February 21, 2009
The Dance Crew won’t be the only support the Douglas County AIDS Project has from local youths during its fundraiser tonight.
Newfangled dance class offers ‘exercise in disguise’
By Brian Lewis-Jones
January 18, 2009
Loren Dolezal cha-chas prudently in his black New Balance shoes, his eyes focused on the instructor. It’s the Westlake Ace Hardware employee’s first time at a Zumba dance class, and he’s not exactly dressed for the occasion.

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