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| Why not give the dance-lover in your life a special gift with a Rhode Island connection. There's something for everyone here. |
| BOOKS DANCE MASTERS: Interviews With Legends of Dance by Janet Lynn Roseman Price: $20.95 Available at: Barnes&Noble 1441 Bald Hill Road Warwick 401-828-7900 Borders Garden City Cranston 401-944-9160 Online: Amazon.com Former Rhode Islander, dance critic Janet Roseman interviewed choreographers or artistic directors from a number of dance forms (ballet, modern dance, historical representations, and re-creations). Those interviewed include ballet's Mark Morris, Edward Villella, and Alonzo King as well as modern-dance's Merce Cunningham. In each sometimes contentious and always fascinating interview, she delves into the many ways choreographers envision creation and performance. |  |
| BUILDING DANCES: A Guide to Putting Movement Together by Helene Scheff and Susan McGreevy-Nichols Price: $30.00 Available at: Dance Alliance P.O. Box 372, East Greenwich RI 02818/Phone 402-885-6073 A good gift for budding choreographers and a great resource for teachers helping students of any age learn how to put together a dance. It comes with a set of dance cards which can be used in various exercises. Along with Fusionworks dancer Marty Sprague, they have just published a new book, BUILDING MORE DANCES, which is available from Dance Alliance for $25.00. |
QUICKSTART TO TANGO by Jeff Allen Price: $19.95 Available at: Barnes&Noble 1441 Bald Hill Road Warwick 401-828-7900 Online: Amazon.com The only book in print that contains the technique and development of American style and Argentine Style tango. Jeff Allen has beautifully written an easy to read informative book that focuses on the skills needed for proper tango posture and technique as well as their respective histories. This is a great gift for a ballroom or social dancer, or anyone interested in dance! |
| ANATOLIA IMPORTS 279 East Central Street PMB 128 Franklin Ma 02038 Phone: 508-238-6348 Hip Scarves Just imported from Turkey, these scarves make a great gift for belly-dancers and come in a wide variety of colors including black and white and many shades of greens, browns and purples. The attached coins are available in gold or silver. .....Price $30.00 CD - Asena A very popular CD compilation for middle eastern dance routines. This wonderful music would be ideal for world music fans as well as dancers....Price $15.00 Book - Oriental Belly Dance by Kemal Ozdemir Filled with colorful pictures of dancers and their costumes, this book provides an excellent history of Turkish dance as well as a resource for costumes..... Price $20.00 |
Mail-order Anatolia Imports (run by Baha and Deborah Korkmaz) will be offering merchandise on December 22nd at The Gala Christmas Party in Arlington Massachusetts, and in January will be opening a Warwick studio and store.
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| MIDDLE EASTERN DANCE-NOURHAN SHARIF CD'S Phone: 718-784-4361 Email: Nourhan@AOL.com Online: EGYPTIAN ACADEMY Raqs Sharki Vol 1: Wash Ya Wash Wash Ya Wash was produced in Egypt last year as a cooperative work between Yousry Sharif and Raqia Hassan. The music is beautiful and very diversified and the orchestra is perfection. Nourhan Cairo Nourhan Cairo combines the passion of Nourhan Sharif with her desire to perform, teach, and move Middle Eastern Dance enthusiast and fans a like. Arabic Rhythms Volume Wahid Arabic Rhythms Volume Wahid is an amazing collection of 11 Rhythm tracks by Yousry Mohamed, Said Emam, with vocals by Nourhan Sharif. |
When Nourhan Sharif lived in Rhode Island, she taught extensively at Groundwerx and The Learning Connection and performed all over New England. Now based in New York, she sings and produces on CD's for Middle Eastern dance routines. |
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GIFT CERTIFICATES DANCE LESSONS SUGGESTIONS FOR ADULTS: LEARNING CONNECTION: Phone: 401-274-9330 or 800-432-5520 The Learning Connection's upcoming 2002 session provides the lucky gift recipient with a cornucopia of dance to choose from including modern, beginner tap, salsa, foxtrot, cha-cha, and swing. DONALD ACEVEDO: Phone: 401-861-4842 One of Providence's best-kept dance secrets, Donald Acevedo is a rare ballet teacher who is sought out by professionals but works equally well with beginners and intermediate students. He offers private lessons and groups as well as private stretching classes and dance therapy. BODY WORK MASSAGE Frank Campisano Phone: 401-497-3153 A member of Festival Ballet, Frank Campisano is a massage therapist who brings his understanding of dance to his massage work. REFLEXOLOGY Happy Feet Phone: 401-789-5055 Even if you don't believe in reflexology, you can still enjoy the sybaritic thrill of a foot massage. Put those poor ol' dancing feet into the capable hands of the always fun Linda Leete. Or why not throw a Reflexology (Christmas?) party where everybody gets their feet done. Betcha its one party no one will forget. |
If you know someone who has always wanted to try dance (or get back into it), a dance lesson is a great present. Make sure the studio you get the certificate from is not too far away and has beginner classes at a time that will work for the giftee. Most adult classes are in the evening. If the recipient has never had any dance at all, consider giving her/him a gift certificate to a school which offers a beginning modern dance class. |
| THEATRE BY-THE-SEA Matunuck RI Phone: 401-782-8587 Website: THEATRE BY THE SEA |
TBTS has gift certificates for the musical fan who spends his/her summers at the beach or who's happy to drive to Matunuck RI (kinda off the map for you Northern RI types), next summers productions include Anything Goes, Footloose,Jekyll & Hyde and Smokey Joes Cafe. |
| TICKETS Providence Performing Arts Center Providence RI Phone: Phone 401-421-ARTS Rhode Island College Providence RI Phone: 401-456-8144 Price: $23.00 per person URI Great Performances Kingston, RI Phone: 401-874-2627 Price: $20.00 per person (if you are a WGBH member, you can get two tickets for the price of one.) |
Get your special someone tickets to PPAC (get 2 its no fun going by yourself) to upcoming musicals Annie Get Your Gun or Kiss Me Kate, or dance events like Stomp or Burn the Floor(great for ballroom fans). RIC has The National Acrobatics of China, JazzDance and Ballet Concierto de Puerto Rico. URI's Great Performances has Philadanco. Just make sure that the date you pick is a date your giftee can go. |
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DONATIONS EVERETT DANCE THEATER 349 Hope Street Providence RI 02906 Phone: 401-831-9479 Make the check payable to Everett Dance Theatre Everett Theatre keeps RI's only small dance theatre (The Carriage House) going and provides high quality lessons to low income students as well as provides RI with many interesting dance events durint their annual Spring season. | For the dance fan who has everything or who has eleemosynary tendencies...donate in his or her name to any of the many worthy dance projects and companies in Rhode Island. Dance companies must always struggle to survive, but in the last few years, grants and contirbutions from corporations have declined. This year, it is even more important to donate to your favorite company. They are all struggling. |
