Featured Articles: July 2002

Susana teaching her Tango class

Check out the new article on Susana Miller, renowned Tango teacher.

Article and photos by Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower.

Milena Plebs
Photo by Alejandra Quiroz, reprinted courtesy of Tango Times

Check out the new article on Milena Plebs.

Report and photos by Roberta E. Zlokower.

New Photo Essays by Lisa Allen

Lisa Allen is a dance photographer with a fine eye. Check out her two photo essays. Don't forget that you can click on the pictures to see larger versions.

Swango - The Photo Essay

The Final Night of Midsummer Night Swing

Manhattan Dancesport Championships 2002

Some of the winners

The Manhattan Dancesport Championships was held in a superb space this year at the Regent Hotel on Wall Street. This year, the Manhattan Dancesport Championships was the site of the United States Mambo Championships, in addition to all of the usual events. The entire event was a great success. Our congratulations to all of the organizers and participants.

SWANGO, the fusion...

An amazing show combining Argentine Tango and West Coast Swing with drama akin to Romeo and Juliet.

The cast of Swango
Photo courtesy of Grant Le Duc

For Robert Abrams' review of Swango, please click here.

For the Inside Perspective, read Dr. Roberta E. Zlokower's interview with Robert Royston and Mariela Franganillo.

For pictures of Swango, please go to the Swango Pics page.

And be sure to check out The SWANGO Photo Essay by Lisa Allen. Her photos are as stunning as the show itself

If you would like to take lessons from any of the SWANGO performers, here is the contact information for the SWANGO teachers who have sent us their info to date.

London Calling: Flamenco

Eva Yerbabuena
Photograph by Josè Luis Alvarez

Eva Yerbabuena, a world class Flamenco dancer, performed her show, Eva, in London, England recently. Rajika Puri, one of ExploreDance.com's newest writers and an accompished Flamenco and Indian classical dancer herself, reviews the show.

Performance reviews

Merce Cunningham - 50 Years of Forward Motion, presented at Lincoln Center. A performance review by Robert Abrams.

Oregon Ballet Theatre - James Canfield Signatures presented at the Joyce Theater A performance review by Roberta Zlokower.

Can't get enough of SPICE? Neither can we.

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Midsummer Night Swing

Check out our recent reviews of Midsummer Night Swing: Son, Merengue and Tango - 7/16/02, Samba and Swing - 7/27/02. We've been covering Midsummer Night Swing since ExploreDance.com started. Go to the new Featured DanceSpots section to find a review from 2000 and a creative non-fiction article by Robert Abrams from 2001.
We would like to thank The Rosen Group for their gracious assistance with our coverage of Midsummer Night Swing this year.

Personal Reflections: Maria Bastone on Argentine Tango

Bailemos Tango Candids. Photos by Roberta Zlokower, Denise Hassman and Larry Hassman.

Maria Bastone reflects on the nature of Argentine Tango and the relationship between social dance and performance.

Check out the Milena Plebs Workshop hosted by Bailemos Tango.

From the Bandstand: Musicians speak out

Hilliard Greene, a professional Jazz Bassist, discusses his exploration of the music of Tango.

Tangueros Talk about Tango

Argentine Tango: A Student Perspective

Batt Johnson gives fellow students advice on listening to music in order to improve their dancing.

Inside Perspectives

More Current Interviews and News

Carlos Quiroga and Pamela Saichann 7/9/2002.

Backstage with the American Ballet Theatre Fans 7/4/2002.

At SPICE with Reba Perez and Trey Parker 7/3/2002.

Dance Instructor arrested for teaching dance

As reported in the New York Times (NYT 7/3/02, by Nazila Fathi, p. A5), Mohammad Khordadian, an Iranian-American dance instructor based in Los Angeles, was arrested for allegedly teaching dance in Iran while visiting his family. Mr. Khordadian asserted that he did not teach dance in Iran, but even if he had, the assertion by the Iranian government that dance is an inherently sinful and corrupt activity should be strongly opposed by the international dance community.